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Quiz for The Whiskey Rebellion

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1. In the Resolution to the Pennsylvania Legislature (Document 7.5), farmers protest the excise tax on whiskey. Which of the following is an implication of the tax, according to the authors of the resolution?

Farmers will move farther west.

Agriculture will decrease in the western region of the nation.

Urban residents will stop drinking whiskey.

The middle class of men will benefit financially from the tax.

Correct: The answer is b. The authors assert that the tax will discourage agriculture as well as the manufacture of whiskey.

Incorrect: The answer is b. The authors assert that the tax will discourage agriculture as well as the manufacture of whiskey.

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2. The authors of the Pittsburgh Resolution in 1794 (Document 7.6) threatened to banish any person who was “unfriendly to the common cause.” What was the reason for this fervor?

The rebellion had turned violent, and an armed battle appeared to be imminent.

They suspected spies within their ranks, planted by Washington.

They had been advised by Thomas Jefferson to fight in the spirit of the revolution.

Hamilton had planted spies in local militias across Pennsylvania to gather information.

Correct: The answer is a. The authors met at the height of the rebellion. They sought ways to support the rebels who were to meet up with other armed militias to ready themselves for battle.

Incorrect: The answer is a. The authors met at the height of the rebellion. They sought ways to support the rebels who were to meet up with other armed militias to ready themselves for battle.

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3. Which of the following explains the reason why the U.S. government wanted to put down the rebellion (see Document 7.7 and Document 7.8)?

To protect social order

To prevent civil war

To punish traitors

To protect the Republican Party

Correct: The answer is a. Washington and Hamilton both feared for the degradation of the social order. Washington expressed that the government and the “fundamental principles of social order” were involved in his decision to send federal troops to suppress the rebellion.

Incorrect: The answer is a. Washington and Hamilton both feared for the degradation of the social order. Washington expressed that the government and the “fundamental principles of social order” were involved in his decision to send federal troops to suppress the rebellion.

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4. Why is the term “civil war” a mischaracterization of the Whiskey Rebellion, according to Alexander Hamilton (see Document 7.9)?

A civil war is a battle over access to power, not money.

A civil war takes place over constitutional issues, rather than acts of treason.

A civil war erupts between two large factions, not a small group against the whole.

A civil war is based upon ideological differences, not upon the acts of disgruntled extremists.

Correct: The answer is c. Hamilton writes that a civil war is defined as a contest “between two great parts of a country,” not by the suppression of a rebellion “by a sixtieth part of itself.”

Incorrect: The answer is c. Hamilton writes that a civil war is defined as a contest “between two great parts of a country,” not by the suppression of a rebellion “by a sixtieth part of itself.”

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5. Based on James Madison’s letter to James Monroe (Document 7.10) as well as your knowledge from the chapter, which of the following could be considered an effect of the Whiskey Rebellion?

A sharp decrease on the excise tax on whiskey

The execution of the leaders of the rebellion

Consensus in politics for the remainder of Washington’s presidency

The creation of a new political party

Correct: The answer is d. The Whiskey Rebellion, along with displeasure over other Federalists policies, spurred Thomas Jefferson and James Madison to form the Democratic-Republican Party.

Incorrect: The answer is d. The Whiskey Rebellion, along with displeasure over other Federalists policies, spurred Thomas Jefferson and James Madison to form the Democratic-Republican Party.