History 1301 CH. 6 quiz – Flashcards
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An important fact about the Americans who wrote the first state constitutions was that they
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demanded written documents.
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An important procedural decision approved at the opening of the Constitutional Convention involved
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the decision to keep deliberations as secret as possible.
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As understood in the late 1700s, a republic was a system in which ultimate political authority is vested in
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the people
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Even before achieving statehood, ________ prohibited slavery in its constitution.
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Vermont
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How could a territory become a state according to the Northwest Ordinance of 1787?
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Once population reached 60,000, residents could write a constitution and petition for statehood.
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How did Shays's Rebellion help advance Madison's reformation ideas?
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People throughout the United States realized that law and order were breaking down.
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How did disagreements between Federalists and Antifederalists reflect the political climate of the 1780s and predict the climate of the 1800s?
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The disagreement showed how the country was divided and would be divided for the next several decades on state, federal, and individual rights.
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How did the Bill of Rights of 1789 protect only some individual freedoms?
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They protected the freedoms of speech, religion, press, trial, bearing arms, and searches but did not grant rights to non-white males.
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How did the Constitutional Convention affect slavery?
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It permitted Congress to outlaw the importation of slaves in 1808.
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How did the Philadelphia Convention delegates ensure ratification of the Constitution?
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They called for electing 13 state conventions and allowing only nine state legislatures to ratify it.
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How did the debate between public morality and private freedom mirror political debate in the 1780s?
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Americans defended individual rights but believed that a society without virtue couldn't preserve liberty and independence.
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How did the question of slavery impact the Constitutional Convention?
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It threatened to disrupt and destroy the work of the convention.
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How does the modern Bill of Rights compare to that of 1789?
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The modern one allows for freedoms despite ethnicity, race, gender, or sexual orientation—provisions that were not made in 1789.
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How many states did not have to draft new constitutions, since they already had republican governments as part of their colonial charters?
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two
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How were women affected by the political ideas of the American Revolution?
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The ideas caused them to be more assertive about their roles in the family.
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In the 1780s, why did Americans disagree sharply over the relative importance of liberty and order?
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After British tyranny Americans valued liberty but also valued an ordered society.
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John Dickinson's 1776 plan for a new United States government revolved around the concept of
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a strong central government.
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Most new state constitutions after the American Revolution
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included Declarations of Rights.
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Shays's Rebellion involved
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discontented farmers in Massachusetts.
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The Articles of Confederation
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jealously guarded state sovereignty at the expense of national power.
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The European philosopher whose ideas supported the theory of state sovereignty was
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Montesquieu
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The Federalist was a series of essays written by
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Madison, Hamilton, and Jay.
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The Northwest Ordinance of 1787
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defined the process by which a territory became a state.
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The author of the original proposal for the Bill of Rights was
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James Madison.
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The compromise which resolved the dispute between the large and the small states included each of the following EXCEPT
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all bills pertaining to taxation or spending would begin in the upper house.
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The controversy which delayed ratification of the Articles of Confederation involved
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the disposition of western lands.
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The law permitting a man to pass on his entire estate to his eldest son was known as
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primogeniture
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The leading African American scientist and mathematician in early America was
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Benjamin Banneker.
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The most brilliant American political theorist of the post-revolutionary period was
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James Madison.
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The most important accomplishment of Congress under the Articles of Confederation was its
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passage of ordinances organizing the Northwest Territory.
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The most important result of the Annapolis Meeting of 1786 was
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the nationalists' recommendation to Congress for a convention to revise the Articles of Confederation.
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The proposed new Constitution of 1787 called for the election of a president by
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an electoral college.
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The three-fifths rule concerned the issue of
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whether to count slaves as part of the population.
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Under his intellectual guidance, the Constitutional Convention formed a new government.
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James Madison
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Under the terms of the ________, an orderly process for laying out lands and towns in the western territory was established.
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Land Ordinance of 1785
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What did women gain as a result of the American Revolution?
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Women gained education, new divorce laws, and some economic opportunities.
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What was the effect of the American Revolution on slavery?
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Initially, the war had little affect on slavery at all.
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Why did Gouverneur Morris use the phrase "We the people of the United States" in the new Constitution?
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He wanted to avoid mention of the states because he was unsure how many and which states would ratify the document.
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Why did disagreements over western lands delay the ratification of the Articles of Confederation?
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Some states claimed the land that Britain had given to Native Americans; and other states had no claim on the land.
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Why did most first state constitutions include a bill of rights?
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To remind future rulers of the exact limits of their authority.
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Why did the Articles of Confederation give states more power than the central government?
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The delegates believed that powerful central governments were dangerous.
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Why did the delegates at the Philadelphia Constitutional Convention vow to secrecy during the proceedings?
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To avoid erroneous and mischievous rumors.
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Why did those who campaigned actively for ratification of the Constitution call themselves "Federalists"?
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The term suggested that they stood for a confederation of states and not for a supreme national authority.
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Why did the new Constitution of 1787 call for the election of a president by Electoral College?
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So the president would not be indebted to Congress for his office.
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Why didn't William Paterson's New Jersey Plan appeal to most delegates of the Philadelphia Convention?
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It proposed a unicameral Congress in which the states would be represented equally, giving the states too much power.
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Why was James Madison described as a political genius?
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He helped Americans think of republican government in radical new ways.
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Why was there an uproar surrounding the formation of the Society of the Cincinnati?
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The public feared that it would begin a hereditary peerage in America.
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Why were Antifederalists concerned about the new Constitution?
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They believed that legislators should be insulated from political pressure.
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________ caused the most important changes in voting patterns in the immediate post-war years.
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Western migration
