READING QUIZ 2 Why were thousands of men out of work in the Boston area in 1774 Selected Answer The port was closed due to the Boston Port Act Question 2 Who made the ride to Lexington to warn Sam Adams and John Hancock 10 out of 10 points Selected Answer Paul Revere Question 3 Who fired the first shot in the encounter between Pitcairn and Parker Selected Answer We do not know who fired the first shot How did Corporal Barrett nonchalantly express his entry into the war We thought we wood sic go meet the British Question 4 Selected Answer Question 5 In order to avoid economic disaster many American farmers resorted to Selected Answer barter and credit Question 6 How did the farmers feel about the merchants and lawyers Selected Answer That they were opportunistic predators 10 out of 10 points 10 out of 10 points 10 out of 10 points 10 out of 10 points Question 7 To emphasize their demands the protestors resorted to 10 out of 10 points What message did Shay s rebellion send about the Articles of Confederation 10 out of 10 points Selected Answer Question 8 coercive violence Selected Answer That it was weak and ineffectual Question 9 Which of these events created the major division between the Federalists and the Republicans in 1798 10 out of 10 points Selected Answer The French Revolution Question 10 Why did the growing immigrant population in the United States trouble the Federalists Selected Answer They feared that the immigrant s extremist ideas would corrupt the majority of the population and incite a social revolution Question 11 Question 12 According to Larry Gragg President Adams supported the Sedition Act because Selected Answer He thought that any journalist who distorted the news in order to mislead people could hurt the representative government The main target of the Federalists during the Sedition Acts was Selected Answer Question 13 Matthew Lyon Who negotiated a treaty with Spain in 1795 that ensured American use of the Mississippi River and New Orleans 10 out of 10 points 10 out of 10 points 10 out of 10 points 10 out of 10 points Selected Answer Question 14 Thomas Pickney Selected Answer St Louis Question 15 Lewis and Clark began their expedition out of what city in 1804 On what river did the expedition party establish peace with the Lakotas Selected Answer Bad River Question 16 Friendly Indians became hostile during the return of the expedition due to what Selected Answer Agents of the British North West Fur Company Question 17 What was the problem with harvesting cotton Selected Answer It was difficult to separate it from the seeds Question 18 What and when was the turning point in the Cotton Gin controversy Selected Answer 1801 the South Carolina legislature bought the right to use the Whitney machines in their state ginneries Question 19 What important ideas were brought about with the advent of the cotton gin Selected Answer Mass production and interchangeable parts Question 20 What else did Eli Whitney produce for the government Selected Answer Muske ts 10 out of 10 points 10 out of 10 points 10 out of 10 points 10 out of 10 points 10 out of 10 points 10 out of 10 points 10 out of 10 points
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