Chapter 7 Flashcards
Which right was heavily influenced by the American Revolutionary period?
Freedom from cruel and unusual punishment
Shay’s Rebellion:
Drew on the terminology of revolution and liberty
Anti-Federalists included:
Samuel Adams and Patrick Henry
How did southern states react to the Constitution’s provisions regarding slavery?
South Carolina and Georgia immediately began importing increased numbers of Africans, because in twenty years, the international slave trade could be constitutionally prohibited
Which of the following is NOT a check against presidential power in the Constitution?
The House can remove the president from office after impeaching him
Which of the following is true of the Constitution of 1787 and slavery?
Although never using the word “slavery,” the document protected several aspects of the institution
As designed by the Constitution
Federal judges were appointed by the president, not elected by the people
During the process of ratifying the Constitution:
Two states, Rhode Island and North Carolina, voted against ratification
Which of the following groups tended to be Anti-Federalist during the ratification debates?
State politicians fearful of a strong central government
Who wrote the preamble and put the final written touches on the Constitution?
Gouverneur Morris
What qualifications did the Constitution, ratified in 1787, impose for voting?
None; it left voting rules to the states
Under the Treaty of Greenville of 1795:
Twelve Indian tribes ceded most of Ohio and Indiana to the federal government
Hector St. John Crevecoeur’s letters from an American Farmer:
Popularized the idea of the United States as a melting pot of ethnicities
Which of the following people would have been the most likely supporter of the Articles of Confederation?
An indebted farmer in western Massachusetts
The Somerset case:
Ruled that slavery was unlawful in England
Under the Articles of Confederation, the states did what with regard to economics?
They created a variety of economic policies
Why was the original House of Representatives so small, with only 65 members?
The founders assumed that only prominent individuals could win elections in large districts, and that is what the founders wanted
The three-fifths clause in the U.S. Constitution:
Gave the white South greater power in national affairs than the size of its free population warranted
Who was defeated at the Battle of Fallen Timbers in 1794?
Little Turtle
James Madison
Was Thomas Jefferson’s ally and disciple
The Anti-Federalist James Winthrop argued that a bill of rights was necessary in the Constitution because:
It would secure the minority against the usurpation and tyranny of the majority
Which of the following did states NOT do during the period when the Articles of Confederation governed the United States?
They called out militias to stop foreclosures on the homes of debtors
Which of the following is true of how the leaders of the new nation viewed settlers moving west across the Appalachians in the 1780s?
They shared their British predecessors’ fears that frontier settlers would fight constantly with Native Americans
What was “the first object of government,” according to James Madison?
Protect property rights
Which of the following is true of how the U.S. government in the 1790s dealt with Native Americans?
The U.S. government made treaties with them mainly to transfer land to itself or to the states
All of the following statements are true of the Bill of Rights EXCEPT:
It explicitly granted states the right of secession
What was Congress able to accomplish with its Native American policy under the Articles of Confederation?
Congress demanded and received surrenders of large amounts of Indian land north of the Ohio River and in the South
Which of the following is true of the Virginia Plan?
It proposed a two-house legislature, with population determining representation in each house
Which two prominent men were not at the Constitutional Convention?
Thomas Jefferson and John Adams
Envisioning the nation as a community open to all those devoted to its political institutions and social values is what?
Civic nationalism
By the 1790s, the phrase “we the people” had come to mean what?
Rights were increasing for white Americans
Who wrote Notes on the State of Virginia?
Thomas Jefferson
The New Jersey Plan:
Was mainly supported by the smaller, less populated areas
What was the annuity system involving the U.S. government and certain Indian tribes?
A system under which the federal government gave annual monetary grants to Indians
Who wrote the majority of the eighty-five essays in The Federalist?
Alexander Hamilton
Shays’s Rebellion was significant because it demonstrated:
The need for a stronger central government
Which of the following is true of American national identity as envisioned by the Constitution of 1787?
The “people” were free Americans; Native Americans and “other persons,” meaning African-American slaves, were not considered part of the political nation
Under the Articles of Confederation, Congress was able to:
Establish national control over land to the west of the thirteen states
The Constitution explicitly granted Congress the power to do all of the following EXCEPT:
Emancipate slaves
The relationship between the national government and the states is called?
Federalism
During the early years of the republic, African-Americans:
Made up about 20 percent of the total population
The Naturalization Act of 1790 allowed:
Only free white persons to become citizens
In the 1780s, settlers in western areas such as Tennessee and Kentucky:
Believed they had a right to take possession of western lands and use them as they saw fit
Which of the following is true regarding Congress and the African slave trade in the U.S. under the Constitution?
Congress prohibited the African slave trade twenty years after ratification of the Constitution
In The History of the American Revolution, David Ramsay:
Praised American state constitutions for allowed future amendments
The Northwest Ordinance of 1787:
Established the policy to admit the area’s population as equal members of the political system
What proposal by Alexander Hamilton found little support in the Constitutional Convention?
Life terms for president and senators
With regard to slavery, the Northwest Ordinance of 1787:
Banned slavery in the area north of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi River
Why did the founding fathers create the electoral college?
They did not trust ordinary voters to choose the president and vice president directly
The eighty-five essays written in support of ratification of the Constitution are called:
The Federalist
Which of the following does NOT describe those who attended the Constitutional Convention?
Most had earned their wealth after rising from humble origins
Thomas Jefferson believed that African-Americans:
Should eventually be able to enjoy their natural rights, but they would have to leave the United States to do so
Why did Congress claim that some Indians had forfeited their land rights in the aftermath of Independence?
Because they had aided the British during the war
In The Federalist, James Madison argued that:
The large size of the U.S. was a source of political stability
Which of the following was a characteristic of the federal government under the Articles of Confederation?
Congress could not levy taxes or regulate commerce
