2/11 8th U.S History

Question 1

What is a Nation?

Answer 1

A large body of people with a common accent, history..

Question 2

What is nationalism?

Answer 2

Supporting your nation.

Question 3

What is unique about the relationship between nationalism and revolution in america as opposed to all other examples?

Answer 3

Nationalism was the result of the war.

Question 4

How did the British drive the Americans together?

Answer 4

Their fear of the colonies independence.

Question 5

What is the difference between the plural and singular interpretations of the term “United States”?

Answer 5

People refer to the United States as one, not plural.

Question 6

What was the first thing congress thought the new nation needed?

Answer 6

A constitition.

Question 7

According to the Dickinson Report, who should handle all functions of the central government?

Answer 7

Congress.

Question 8

What were some of the problems Congress discovered in implementing the Dickinson Report?

Answer 8

Inexperience running a nation.

Question 9

Why didn’t the public trust the new central government?

Answer 9

British tyranny was the only rule they knew.

Question 10

Why did congress avoid imposing taxes?

Answer 10

They didn’t want to anger the people farther.

Question 11

What was the solution Congress came up with to finance the war and themselves?

Answer 11

Bills of Credit (Paper money).

Question 12

What was the problem with the bills of credit?

Answer 12

People didn’t believe that a piece of paper had value.

Question 13

When starting to work on the constitution, why were the seperate states more of a problem then a help?

Answer 13

They were becoming to independant.

Question 14

Who was stronger, the central or local governments?

Answer 14

The local governments because the local governments were becoming solvent.

Question 15

What was the first constitution called?

Answer 15

The Articles of Confederation.

Question 16

What were 3 powers given to congress by the AoC?

Answer 16

Naval matters, state disputes, and postal communication.

Question 17

Why couldn’t congress enforce its vast theoretical power over the states?

Answer 17

Congress was payed by the states.

Question 18

What was the main topic that stopped the ratification of the AoC?

Answer 18

Territory.

Question 19

Why was Maryland worried that states like Virginia woulld claim the western lands?

Answer 19

The only border that the western states had was the pacific ocean.

Question 20

Why would the growing of other states hurt states like Maryland?

Answer 20

Economic advantage.

Question 21

Why did Virginia ofer to limit its own borders?

Answer 21

They thought an oversized republic would result in tyranny.

Question 22

What were the conditions Virginia made pending its ratification?

Answer 22

1. Land had to be owned by government
2. States have to be no more than 150 sq.m, and no less than 100sq.m.
3. Any state would be admitted into the union.

Question 23

Who eventually made Maryland ratify the AoC?

Answer 23

La Luzerne, blackmail.

Question 24

What gave “The Critical Period” it’s name?

Answer 24

People then thought it was a dark time.

Question 25

What were the conditions Jefferson set in the 1784 Northwest Ordinance?

Answer 25

Had to have enough free inhabitants as the smallest state, and it could not interfere with public lands.

Question 26

Why did Congress start selling those lands for cheap?

Answer 26

People threatened with guns.

Question 27

What was the tutelage system congress made the new territories undergo? How is it similar to what the British Parliament did?

Answer 27

They placed people over them which scared them and reminded them of British tyranny.

Question 28

What were the new terms of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787?`

Answer 28

A new state needed 60,000 people, and it would be slave free.

Question 29

What is the story of Tennessee? a) Which state did it belong to b) What did they call the made up state? c) Which 3 governments competed for the area? d) How did the story end?

Answer 29

a) North Carolina b) Franklin c) Franklin, Spain, North Carolina d) NC won, but eventually gave it to congress as Tennessee.

Question 30

What's the story on Kentucky?

Answer 30

Broke off of Virginia.

Question 31

`What's the story of Vermont?

Answer 31

New York gave up land.

Question 32

What did the Americans want in terms of trading with the British again after the war?

Answer 32

Normalcy.

Question 33

What did the British do to them in terms of trade restrictions? Why were they against helping the Americans?

Answer 33

Cut off trade with West Indies. They had just lost the war.

Question 34

What did the Americans do after losing the trade routes?`

Answer 34

Started to produce again.

Question 35

Why did they promote self production so much?

Answer 35

Morality. Wanted to rely on themselves not others.

Question 36

What was the problem with the idea that states could set high import tariffs to encourage self production?

Answer 36

Every state had to import.

Question 37

How were the loyalists who stayed in the US after the war treated. Then what?

Answer 37

They were treated bad, losing rights and possessions, but were then accepted back into society later on.

Question 38

Who did congress have to rely on for most of the help during the war?

Answer 38

France.

Question 39

How did France come into play in the order congress cave it's diplomats during the peace negotiation?

Answer 39

"Do anything France says EXCEPT for anything with independence."

Question 40

Why did the diplomats have a hard time with other countries?

Answer 40

Other countries thought the US was young and weak.

Question 41

What were the three executive departments formed by congress?

Answer 41

Foreign Affairs, War, and Finance.

Question 42

Why weren't the first 2 secretaries of Foreign Affairs very beneficial for the US?

Answer 42

Cared more about other countries.