Author Question: The political conflict over separation of church and state at the state level in the 1790s A) ... (Read 296 times)

SO00 · **on:** Sep 21, 2019

Question 1

All of the following were members of the Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery as they prepared to leave from St. Louis for their expedition during the winter of 1803-04 EXCEPT

A) soldiers.
B) civilian boatmen, woodsmen, and interpreters.
C) Clark's slave York.
D) captured Indian tribal leaders from the Ohio and Indiana Territories.

Question 2

Opponents of the American System argued, in part, that the federal government's support of various federal infrastructure projects was unconstitutional because it involved the federal government in matters not specifically assigned

to it by the Constitution.
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

Question 3

Which of the following represented the religious worship preferences of slaves?

A) religious services organized and led by plantation owners and their family members at churches built on their plantation
B) small numbers of slaves worshipping in the slave quarters and led by alternating slaves who possessed little knowledge of the Bible
C) covert, often evening services that included singing, dancing, and cathartic emotional release led by passionate black preachers, knowledgeable about the Bible
D) Episcopal-style services led by white ministers that were heavy on rituals and readings from the New Testament

Question 4

The phrase wall of separation between church and state

A) was explicitly written into the First Amendment of the Constitution to guarantee that governments not interfere with the work of churches and churches not interfere with or gain support from government.
B) came from a letter written by Thomas Jefferson to members of a local Baptist association in Connecticut expressing the republican belief that politics and religion should remain as separate from each other as possible.
C) was one of the rare anti-republican sentiments expressed by Thomas Jefferson in a letter to local Baptist Church association in Connecticut.
D) was used by Thomas Jefferson to advocate for the expansion of state support of the Congregational churches in Connecticut, through mandatory taxes, to include all Christian churches and Jewish synagogues.

Question 5

The political conflict over separation of church and state at the state level in the 1790s

A) found its fiercest expression in Virginia concerning whether the state should end its support of the Episcopal Church.
B) was unconnected to the politics of the Federalist and Democratic-Republican parties.
C) founded its fiercest expression in Connecticut concerning whether the Congregational churches should be state-supported through taxes and be the established church of Connecticut.
D) founded its fiercest expression in Maryland where the Catholic Church was the state-supported established church of the state.