1. Where did the Whiskey Rebellion take place?
Northern New England
Eastern Kentucky
Southern Virginia
Western Pennsylvania
2. When did the Whiskey Rebellion take place?
1791 - 1794
1802
1786-1787
1791
3. Who was responsible for the Whiskey Rebellion?
farmers in Western Pennsylvania
Thomas Jefferson
Both Hamilton and the farmers
Alexander Hamilton
4. Why did the Whiskey Rebellion take place in Western Pennsylvania?
farmers there were unable to vote
farmers there produced alcohol with their crops
farmers there were still angry about Shays' Rebellion
settlers were mad they couldn't settle in the Northwest Territory.
5. Why did farmers in western Pennsylvania turn their crops into alcohol like whiskey?
Too much grain was being grown to make food so other uses had to be found.
Alcohol, unlike grain, wouldn't go bad by the time it was sold back east.
They were thirsty.
They made large profits from selling alcohol.
6. Why did Hamilton place an excise tax on alcohol in 1791?
He wanted to tax wealth individuals.
He wanted to anger Anti-Federalists.
He wanted to pay off the government's debts.
He was forced to by President Washington.
7. Why were the farmers in Western Pennsylvania outraged by the tax?
They felt Hamilton was targeting them.
Jefferson supported the tax and the farmers felt betrayed.
They were poor, and the tax took some of their already small profits.
They felt both targeted and angry their small profits were being taxed.
8. How did the rebellion turn violent in 1794?
The rebels set fire to the tax collector's house.
The rebels attacked Alexander Hamilton.
The rebels blocked court houses and threatened judges.
The rebels attacked an armory and tried to steal weapons.
9. How did the government under the new Constitution respond to the rebellion?
Like the Articles of Confederation, it was weak and powerless.
The Judicial Branch declared the tax "unconstitutional."
The Executive Branch vetoed the tax.
It showed strength, responded, and put down the rebellion.
10. To put down the rebellion...
Hamilton ordered an attack on the farmers and dozens were killed
The tax was ended so the farmers stopped protesting.
The army rounded up the leaders of the rebellion and executed them.
Washington lead almost 13,000 troops to Pennsylvania.
11. As the army approached, most of the rebels scattered. For those that were arrested...
two were found guilty, but Washington pardoned them.
they were sentenced to 10 years in prison.
150 were executed.
they had to pay extra taxes on their whiskey.
12. The Whiskey Rebellion proved the new Constitution was...
a danger to rights and freedoms.
strong
ineffective
weak
13. The Whiskey Rebellion is an example of a...
foreign policy issue
domestic policy issue
14. By putting down the Whiskey Rebellion, the new Constitution showed it could meet it's goal to:
promote the general welfare
secured the blessings of liberty,
insure domestic tranquility
provide for the common defense
15. The excise tax on alcohol impacted the farmers until ...
the nation's debts were paid off.
Presdient Washington left office.
Hamilton admitted it was a bad policy and repealed it.
1802 when Jefferson was President and ended the tax.
What is the last name of the President?
Biden
biden
