HIST1301. Chapter 6
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By raising taxes in the early 1780s, the Confederation was able to reduce the national debt
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Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton were close friends
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False
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One important new development in the mid 1780s was the opening of US trade with China
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True
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Alexander Hamilton presided over the Constitutional Convention
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Delegates to the Constitutional Convention sharply debated whether to establish a monarchy or a republic
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The New Jersey Plan proposed keeping unicameral legislature with equal representation for each side
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True
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Under the Constitution, each slave would count as one person for purposes of representation, but as only half a person for taxation
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The Articles of Confederation required unanimous approval for amendment
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True
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Federalist favored a decentralized federal system of government
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False
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The essays that made up The Federalist were originally published in New York newspapers during the fight for ratification
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True
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The phrase \"critical period\" refers to
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America under the Articles of Confrderation
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Which one of the following gave the Confederation government the most trouble
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Financed
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The Newburgh Conspiracy involved
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A military threat to enlarge congressional powers
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Under the Articles of Confederation western lands would be
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Owned by the national government
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The 640 acre sections created in the Northwest
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Would likely be bought by land speculators
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The Northwest Ordinance of 1787
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Banned slavery in the Northwest
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An ongoing source of American tension towards the British was
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British forts along the Canadian border
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American contended with Spain over
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Freedom to navigate the Mississippi
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One serious economic problem under the Articles of Confederation was
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The differing tariff policies of the states
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The movement for states to issue paper money in the 1780s was led by
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Farmers
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Shays's Rebellion was led by
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Indebted farmers
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After Shays's Rebellion
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There were numerous calls promoting a stronger central government
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The Constitutional Convention met in
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Philadelphia
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The Convention,which assembled in May 1787, was supposed to
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Revise the Articles of Confederation
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Madison's Virginia Plan
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Would create a 2 house congress
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The Constitution addressed slavery by
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Stating that the African slave trade could not be banned before 1808
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Under the proposed constitution, members of the Senate would
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Be chosen by state legislatatures
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Amendments to the constitution
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Would be proposed by a two thirds vote if Congress
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The Constitution was to he considered ratified as soon as it had been approved by
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Nine of the States
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The Federalist argued that
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The size and diversity of the large new country would make it impossible for any one faction to control the government
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As the new Constitution went into effect, Founding Fathers like Franklin and Washington viewed its future with
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Uncertainty
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The emergence of political parties
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Reflected basic philosophical differences between Jefferson and Hamilton
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Edmond Genet
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Encouraged Americans to attack Spanish territory on the frontier
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The Whiskey Rebellion resulted in
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The sending of a massive army to western Pennsylvania
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Jefferson's election in 1880
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Had to be settled by the House of Representatives
