chapter 7 us history practice quiz true false – Flashcards
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The first written constitution of the United States was the Articles of Confederation.
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true pg249
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The final plan of the U.S. Constitution called for a two-house Congress consisting of a House of Representatives with its members apportioned according to population and a Senate in which each state has two members
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true pg258
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Alexander Hamilton was an Anti-Federalist
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false pg263
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In his will, Tadeusz Kosciuszko left funds for Thomas Jefferson to purchase and free slaves, but the founding father never used the money to do so.
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true pg278-279
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The Bill of Rights offered Indians a vital source of protection against further intrusions upon their land
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false pg272-274
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The Constitution of the United States was signed in 1776
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false pg257
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The 1790 Naturalization Act barred non-white foreigners from attaining American citizenship
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true pg276
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During the ratification debates of 1787-1788, the Federalists were more effectively mobilized than the Anti-Federalists.
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true pg264-266
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By 1790, there were no slaves in New England.
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false pg275 chart
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Shays's Rebellion was inspired by a belief that the Massachusetts government was not doing enough to protect indebted farmers from losing their land.
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true pg255
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By the time of the Declaration of Independence, the United States had already become larger than Great Britain, Spain, and France combined.
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true pg248
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The Constitution imposed high property qualifications for voting
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false pg258,259
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Only thirty-nine of the original fifty-five delegates to the Constitutional Convention signed the document
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true pg263
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As originally written, the Constitution acknowledged and tacitly supported the institution of slavery
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true pg261-262
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The father of the Constitution was Thomas Jefferson.
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false pg256,257
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Twelve of the first sixteen presidents owned slaves.
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true pg262
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Under the Articles of Confederation, national government consisted of a weak legislative branch and a strong judicial branch.
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false pg 249-252
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The Bill of Rights was a concession offered by the Federalists to overcome widespread fears of despotic national government.
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true pg257-259
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In the era of the Revolution, free blacks in most states had the right to vote.
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true pg274,275
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After the Treaty of Greenville in 1795, twelve Native American communities ceded most of their land from Ohio and Indiana to the federal government.
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true pg274
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Fewer than one-tenth of 1 percent of the population attended college in the late eighteenth century.
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true pg257
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