History 1 Chapter 8 – Flashcards
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What did the national government lack under the Articles of Confederation?
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An executive and a judicial branch
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How did the Articles of Confederation incorporate the power of the states?
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Each state had a single vote in Congress
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What was a shared feature of all the state constitutions drawn up during the American Revolution?
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A commitment to republicanism
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Virginia's constitution was the first to
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include a bill of rights
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Which state allowed free blacks and women to vote in the early years of the republic?
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New Jersey
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What financial problem did the confederate government face after the war?
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Huge war debts it could not afford to pay
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The Northwest Ordinance of 1787
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prohibited slavery in the Northwest Territory
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What was the legacy of Shay's Rebellion?
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Political leaders realized the Articles were inadequate
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Who, along with Alexander Hamilton, was instrumental in calling for the Philadelphia meeting in May 178 to discuss the Articles of Confederation?
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James Madison
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Which issue dominated debate at the Constitutional Convention?
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How to balance the interests of large and small states
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At the Constitutional Convention, the proposal to create a two-chamber legislature-with representation in both houses based on each state's population-was known as the
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Virginia Plan.
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What was the smaller states' major objection to the Virginia Plan at the Constitutional Convention?
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Representation based on population in both houses
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As a part of the Great Compromise, delegates at the Philadelphia convention agree
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that the lower house would be apportioned by population of the states
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How did delegates decide to count slaves when determining the apportionment of representatives?
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Slaves were counted under the three-fifths clause.
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In a new distinction between democracy and republicanism, the delegates to the Constitutional Convention
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gave a direct voice to the people only in the House.
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According to the Constitution, who would settle disputes between states and citizens of different states?
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A national judiciary
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Who had to ratify the Constitution before it could go into effect?
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Nine states in ratifying conventions
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What did pro-Constitution forces call themselves?
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Federalists
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The core of Antifederalists' opposition to the Constitution centered on what fear?
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Distant power might infringe on people's individual liberties.
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In essay 10 of the Federalist, James Madison maintained that the constitutional government would
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prevent any one faction from the subverting the freedom of other groups.
