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Question 1 0.375 out of 0.375 points In 1786, a Massachusetts farmer and onetime captain in the Continental army named Daniel Shays Answer Correct Answer: b. led a tax revolt. Question 2 0.375 out of 0.375 points The most serious obstacle to settlement in the Northwest Territory was Answer Correct Answer: a. Indian resistance. Question 3 0.375 out of 0.375 points In 1780s New Jersey, white women and free African Americans Answer Correct Answer: b. could vote if they were worth more than £50. Question 4 0 out of 0.375 points The Antifederalists could be characterized as coming from Answer Correct Answer: d. All of the above Question 5 0.375 out of 0.375 points The only state in which the Federalists encountered difficulty early in the ratification process was Answer Correct Answer: c. Massachusetts. Question 6 0 out of 0.375 points The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 Answer Correct Answer: d. prohibited slavery in the Northwest Territory. Question 7 0 out of 0.375 points In essay number 10 of The Federalist, James Madison challenged the Antifederalist conviction that Answer Correct Answer: a. republican government had to be small-scale. Question 8 0.375 out of 0.375 points The framers of the Constitution curbed the excesses of democracy by Answer Correct Answer: a. devising a government with limits and checks on all branches. Question 9 0 out of 0.375 points The delegates meeting in Philadelphia in 1787 were supposed to Answer Correct Answer: d. revise the Articles of Confederation. Question 10 0 out of 0.375 points Under the Articles of Confederation, to derive revenue to finance the war each state was to contribute to the common treasury Answer Correct Answer: b. funds in proportion to the property value of the state's land. Question 11 0.375 out of 0.375 points In the debate over the United States Constitution, the Great Compromise adopted the bicameral legislature to Answer Correct Answer: a. end the logjam over how to apportion representation. Question 12 0 out of 0.375 points Thomas Jefferson's proposal for dealing with the national domain advocated Answer Correct Answer: a. giving the land to settlers. Question 13 0.375 out of 0.375 points Many state leaders liked the lack of centralized authority in the confederation government in the late 1770s because they Answer Correct Answer: a. felt it would prevent the potential tyranny of government. Question 14 0.375 out of 0.375 points From 1776 until 1781, the Second Continental Congress existed without any Answer Correct Answer: c. formal constitutional basis. Question 15 0.375 out of 0.375 points In the debate over slavery engendered by the Revolution, bills for general emancipation in the Upper South states of Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia were Answer Correct Answer: a. debated and defeated. Question 16 0 out of 0.375 points In the final version of the Constitution, senators were to be elected by Answer Correct Answer: c. state legislatures. Question 17 0.375 out of 0.375 points By 1789, slavery in Massachusetts had been effectively abolished by Answer Correct Answer: a. judicial decision. Question 18 0.375 out of 0.375 points To approve or amend the Articles of Confederation required the consent of Answer Correct Answer: d. all thirteen state delegations and all thirteen state legislatures. Question 19 0 out of 0.375 points During the Revolutionary War, the confederation and the individual states ran up huge war debts, financed by Answer Correct Answer: c. printing money and borrowing from private sources. Question 20 0.375 out of 0.375 points By 1790, approximately 10,000 freed Virginia slaves had formed local free black communities, complete with Answer Correct Answer: a. schools and churches. Question 21 0.375 out of 0.375 points Antifederalists were convinced that, under the Constitution, elected representatives would always be Answer Correct Answer: b. from the upper class. Question 22 0 out of 0.375 points At the 1787 Philadelphia meeting, the Virginia Plan for restructuring the government called for Answer Correct Answer: a. an extremely strong national government. Question 23 0.375 out of 0.375 points Antifederalists in Connecticut, Maryland, and South Carolina tended to be Answer Correct Answer: b. rural, western, and noncommercial. Question 24 0.375 out of 0.375 points The Ordinance of 1784 Answer Correct Answer: c. guaranteed self-government and eventual statehood. Question 25 0 out of 0.375 points After the delegates to the Philadelphia convention drafted the Constitution, they sent it to the Answer Correct Answer: a. Continental Congress. Question 26 0 out of 0.375 points The controversial points in the first draft of the Articles of Confederation were the congress's ability to Answer Correct Answer: a. settle disputes between states and administer unsettled western lands. Question 27 0 out of 0.375 points The most widespread objection to ratifying the Constitution was that it Answer Correct Answer: b. lacked any guarantees of individual liberties. Question 28 0 out of 0.375 points The Constitution specified a mechanism for ratification requiring that Answer Correct Answer: c. nine out of thirteen special ratifying conventions had to approve the document. Question 29 0 out of 0.375 points Georgians quickly ratified the Constitution because they Answer Correct Answer: d. felt that a stronger national government would provide greater protection. Question 30 0.375 out of 0.375 points A shared feature of all the postcolonial state constitutions was the conviction that government should Answer Correct Answer: c. rest on the consent of the governed. Question 31 0.375 out of 0.375 points The proposed constitution at the Philadelphia convention touched on but never directly named Answer Correct Answer: a. slaves or slavery. Question 32 0 out of 0.375 points To help solve the confederation's postwar economic problems, the superintendent of finance, Robert Morris, suggested Answer Correct Answer: b. a 5 percent impost. Question 33 0 out of 0.375 points Because the Articles of Confederation had intentionally refrained from establishing an executive branch, the Congress Answer Correct Answer: c. created executive departments. Question 34 0 out of 0.375 points There was widespread agreement in the 1770s that the only legitimate participants in government were the Answer Correct Answer: c. propertied classes. Question 35 0.375 out of 0.375 points The fifty-five men who assembled at Philadelphia in 1787 generally Answer Correct Answer: a. were troubled by the weaknesses in the confederation government. Question 36 0 out of 0.375 points The Articles of Confederation finally were accepted by all the states when James Madison and Thomas Jefferson Answer Correct Answer: d. agreed to give up Virginia's western lands. Question 37 0 out of 0.375 points After the Revolutionary War, many politicians were primarily interested in devoting their talents to Answer Correct Answer: a. state governments. Question 38 0.375 out of 0.375 points The governor of Massachusetts, James Bowdoin, responded to the 1786 tax revolt by Answer Correct Answer: c. characterizing the protestors as illegal rebels. Question 39 0 out of 0.375 points The ideals of the Revolution spurred seven Massachusetts freemen to refuse to pay taxes for three years because they Answer Correct Answer: d. were protesting their inability to vote. Question 40 0 out of 0.375 points Most political writers of the 1770s and 1780s believed that republics could succeed only if they were Answer Correct Answer: c. small. Most political writers of the 1770s and 1780s believed that republics could succeed only if they were
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The ideals of the Revolution spurred seven Massachusetts freemen to refuse to pay taxes for three years because they
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were protesting their inability to vote.
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The governor of Massachusetts, James Bowdoin, responded to the 1786 tax revolt by
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characterizing the protestors as illegal rebels.
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In the debate over the United States Constitution, the Great Compromise adopted the bicameral legislature to
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end the logjam over how to apportion representation.
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To help solve the confederation's postwar economic problems, the superintendent of finance, Robert Morris, suggested
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5% impost
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By 1790, approximately 10,000 freed Virginia slaves had formed local free black communities, complete with
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Schools and churches.
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Because the Articles of Confederation had intentionally refrained from establishing an executive branch, the Congress
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created executive departments.
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The proposed constitution at the Philadelphia convention touched on but never directly named
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slaves or slavery.
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The Northwest Ordinance of 1787
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prohibited slavery in the Northwest Territory.
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To approve or amend the Articles of Confederation required the consent of
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all thirteen state delegations and all thirteen state legislatures.
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The framers of the Constitution curbed the excesses of democracy by
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devising a government with limits and checks on all branches.
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Antifederalists in Connecticut, Maryland, and South Carolina tended to be
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rural, western, and noncommercial.
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The most serious obstacle to settlement in the Northwest Territory was
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indian resistance
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The only state in which the Federalists encountered difficulty early in the ratification process was
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massachusets
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A shared feature of all the postcolonial state constitutions was the conviction that government should
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rest on the consent of the governed.
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In the debate over slavery engendered by the Revolution, bills for general emancipation in the Upper South states of Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia were
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debated and defeated
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Antifederalists were convinced that, under the Constitution, elected representatives would always be
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from the upper class.
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There was widespread agreement in the 1770s that the only legitimate participants in government were the
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propertied classes
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In 1786, a Massachusetts farmer and onetime captain in the Continental army named Daniel Shays
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led a tax revolt
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Many state leaders liked the lack of centralized authority in the confederation government in the late 1770s because they
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felt it would prevent the potential tyranny of government
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he Articles of Confederation finally were accepted by all the states when James Madison and Thomas Jefferson
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agreed to give up Virginia's western lands.
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Thomas Jefferson's proposal for dealing with the national domain advocated
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giving the land to settlers
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After the delegates to the Philadelphia convention drafted the Constitution, they sent it to the
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Continental Congress.
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The Constitution specified a mechanism for ratification requiring that
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nine out of thirteen special ratifying conventions had to approve the document
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In essay number 10 of The Federalist, James Madison challenged the Antifederalist conviction that
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republican government had to be small-scale.
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Under the Articles of Confederation, to derive revenue to finance the war each state was to contribute to the common treasury
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funds in proportion to the property value of the state's land.
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After the Revolutionary War, many politicians were primarily interested in devoting their talents to
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state governments
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During the Revolutionary War, the confederation and the individual states ran up huge war debts, financed by
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printing money and borrowing from private sources
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In the final version of the Constitution, senators were to be elected by
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state legislatures.
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The most widespread objection to ratifying the Constitution was that it
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lacked any guarantees of individual liberties.
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The Antifederalists could be characterized as coming from
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elite social backgrounds. states with solid economic footing. rural and backcountry areas.
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At the 1787 Philadelphia meeting, the Virginia Plan for restructuring the government called for
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an extremely strong national government.
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By 1789, slavery in Massachusetts had been effectively abolished by
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judicial decision.
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The delegates meeting in Philadelphia in 1787 were supposed to
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revise the Articles of Confederation.
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From 1776 until 1781, the Second Continental Congress existed without any
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formal constitutional basis.
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Georgians quickly ratified the Constitution because they
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felt that a stronger national government would provide greater protection.
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The fifty-five men who assembled at Philadelphia in 1787 generally
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were troubled by the weaknesses in the confederation government.
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The governor of Massachusetts, James Bowdoin, responded to the 1786 tax revolt by
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characterizing the protestors as illegal rebels.
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The Ordinance of 1784
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guaranteed self-government and eventual statehood.
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In 1780s New Jersey, white women and free African Americans
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could vote if they were worth more than £50.
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