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Most of the delegates at the Constitutional could best be labeled
nationalists
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The idea that all tax measures should start in the House was made to appease
the big states with the most people
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As a means of ensuring that legislators stay in touch with the mood of the people, state constitutions
required the annual election of legislators
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The most important outcome of the Revolution for white women was that they
were elevated as special keepers of the nation's conscience
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Probably the most alarming characteristics of the new Constitution to those who opposes it was the
absence of a bill of rights
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The struggle for divorce between religion and government proved fiercest in
virginia
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As a result of the Revolution's emphasis on equality, all of the following were achieved except
full equality between women and men
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The delegates at the Constitutional Convention were concerned mainly with
protecting America from its weaknesses abroad and its excesses at home
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The "large-state plan" put forward in the Constitutional Convention
based representation in the House and Senate on population
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Match each nation on the left with the correct description of the problem it presented for U.S. foreign relations following the Revolutionary War.
A. Britain
B. France
C. Spain
D.Barbary Coast
1. threatened American commerce in the Mediterranean
2. demanded repayment of wartime loans
3.occupied a chain of trading forts in the Old Northwest
4. controlled important trade routes from the interior of North America
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The founding Fathers failed to eliminate slavery because
fight over slavery might destroy national unity
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The Great Compromise at the Constitutional Convention worked out an acceptable scheme for
apportioning congressional representation
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The constitutional Convention addressed the North-South controversy over slavery through the
"three-fifths" compromise
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The Articles of Confederation left Congress unable to
enforce a tax-collection program
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Shay's Rebellion was provoked by
foreclosures on the mortgages of backcountry famers
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The major issue that delayed ratification of the Articles of Confederation concerned
western lands
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The antifederalist camp included all of the following groups except
supporters of a strong central authority
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A major strength of the Articles of Confederation was its
presentation of the ideal of a United nation
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The ultimate guarantor of liberty and justice was
the virtue of the people
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The economic status of the average American at the end of the Revolutionary War was
probably worse than before the war
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The constitutional Convention was called to
revise the Articles of Confederation
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By their actions, the delegates to the Constitutional Convention manifested their common beliefs in all of the following except
checks and balances in government
stronger central government
government by the consent of the governed
man-hood suffrage democracy
the sanctity of private property
manhood-suffrage democracy
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The one branch of the government elected directly by the people is the
House of Representatives
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Under the Articles of Confederation, the relationship between the thirteen states
convinced many that a stronger central government was needed
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Motives of the delegates to the 1787 Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia include all of the following except
to increase individual freedom
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When the second continental congress met in 1775
there was no well0defined sentiment for independence
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The revolutionary War began with fighting in _________; then in 1777-1778, fighting was concentrated in __________; and the fighting concluded in _____
New England, the middle colonies, the South
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The Olive Branch petition
professed American loyalty to the crown
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The colonists delayed declaring their independence until July 4, 1776, for all of the following reasons except
lack of military victories
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In a republic power,
comes form the people themselves
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Thomas Paine argued that all government officials
should derive their authority from popular consent
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What prepared us for a republic
- New England town meetings
- Committees of correspondence
- the relative equality of landowning farmers
- the absence of a hereditary aristocracy
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The declaration of Independence did all of the following except
a. invoke the natural rights of humankind to justify revolt
b.catalog the tyrannical actions of King George III.
c. argue that royal tyranny justified revolt
d. offered the British one last chance at reconciliation
offered the British one last change at reconciliation
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Americans who opposed independence for the colonies were labeled as
loyalist or tories
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independence seeking patriots were also known as
whigs
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In late 1776 and early 1777, George Washington helped restore confidence in American's military by
defeating the Hessians at Trenton and British at Princeton
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The Battle of Saratoga was a key victory for the Americans because it
brought the colonists much-needed aid and a formal alliance with France
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Some indian nations joined the British during the Revolutionary War because
they believed that a British victory would restrain American expansion into the West
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Britain gave America generous terms in the Treaty of Paris because British leaders
were trying to persuade America to abandon its alliance with FRANCE
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The Great Compromise at the Constitutional Convention worked out an acceptable scheme for
apportioning congressional representation
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The delegate whose contributions to the Philadelphia Convention were so notable that he has been called the " Father of Consitution " was
James Madison
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Immediately after the revolution, the new American nation's greatest strength lay in its
excellent political leadership
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The ultimate guarantor of liberty and justice was
the virtue of the people
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The founding fathers failed to eliminate slavery because
fight over slavery might destroy national unity
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As a result of the Revolution's emphasis on equality, all of the following were achieved except
full equality between women and men
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The land Ordinance of 1785 provided for all of the following except
prohibiting slavery
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The Articles of Confederation left Congress unable to
enforce a tax-collection program
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Among other views,The Federalist, written during the ratification debate, argued that it was
possible to extend a republican form of government over a large territory
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The debate between the supporters and critics of the Articles of Confederation centered on how to
reconcile states's rights with strong national government
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It was highly significant to the course of future events that
economic democracy preceded political democracy in the United States
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Motives of the delegates to the 1787 Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia include all of the following except
increase individual freedom
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By their actions, the delegates to the Constiutional Convention manifested their common beliefs in
- stronger central government
- checks and balances in government
- government by the consent of the governed
- the sanctity of private property
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The American colonists' slogan, "No taxation without representation" was a rejection of
virtual representation
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The outcome of the Whiskey Rebellion helped to establish the power of the federal government to
enforce federal laws within states
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The Townshend Acts brought what about?
d. Indirect taxes on imported goods.
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1. Alexander Hamilton’s economic program was designed primarily to
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(C) establish the financial stability and credit of the new government
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The Antifederalists argued that the Constitution had all of the following faults except
it allowed the state governments to become a threat to the lives and property of their own citizens
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Of the following religious groups, which most suffered as a result of the Revolution?
Anglican
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The Sugar Act was an effort by the British Paraliament to do what?
stop smuggling
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Madison argued which of the following in favor of a large republic?
a. Large republics could not be dominated by a single faction.
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The American colonists' slogan, "No taxation without representation" was a rejection of
d. virtual representation
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How did the colonists react to the Intolerable Acts?
a. The First Continental Congress drew up a declaration of colonial rights.
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For the Iroquois Confederacy, the American Revolution led to a
a. weakening of tribes because the Confederacy split up.
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What did the XYZ Affair result in?
b. Strong anti-French feelings.
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The historical argument about the causes of the American Revolution revolves around the ideas of
e. ideological and economic reasons.
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The Townshend Acts brought what about?
c. Indirect taxes on imported goods.
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The Federalist party enjoyed widespread support in the
b. commercial centers of the Northeast.
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The Regulator movement of the 1770s, Shays' Rebellion in 1786, and the Whiskey Rebellion of the early 1790s were all expressions of the hostility of frontier settlers to
a. the dominance of eastern interests in government
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The Continental Army scored its first and much-needed victory at
trenton
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The Tenth Amendment was significant to the distribution of powers because it
d. reserved the states and people all the powers not specifically delegated to the federal government.
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