Chapter 9

Question 1

“This example of changing the constitution by assembling the wise men of the state, instead of assembling armies, will be worth as much to the world as the former examples we have given it.”

Answer 1

Thomas Jefferson

Question 2

Yankee merchants and shippers figured prominently in the booming trade with _____.

Answer 2

China

Question 3

How was the post war economy?

Answer 3

Bad

Question 4

“Great as the evil as slavery is”

Answer 4

James Madison 1787

Question 5

Who founded the worlds first anti slavery society in 1775?

Answer 5

Philadelphia Quakers

Question 6

Who was Benjamin Benneker and what did he prove?

Answer 6

He was an uneducated astronomer, mathematician, and surveyor. He proved that African Americans were equal.

Question 7

Who was the first African American writer to publish?

Answer 7

Phillis Wheatley

Question 8

What was the first state to abolish slavery? And when?

Answer 8

Vermont 1777

Question 9

What did Pennsylvania do in 1780?

Answer 9

Began gradual emancipation

Question 10

Where did Elizabeth’s case go to from when she sued her master? And what was the impact on Massachusetts?

Answer 10

Massachusetts Supreme Court. It ended slavery in Massachusetts.

Question 11

How was life for African Americans even after slavery was abolished in some states?

Answer 11

They still weren’t treated equal. (Discrimination, segregation, no jobs.)

Question 12

Who formed the first African American church and where was it?

Answer 12

Richard Allen 1793 in Philadelphia

Question 13

Why were the churches targeted by the KKK and other haters?

Answer 13

They held political meetings

Question 14

What 2 states had the largest black community

Answer 14

Philadelphia or Boston

Question 15

Who created the cotton gun in 1793?

Answer 15

Eli Whitney

Question 16

Did the demand for slaves increase or decrease?

Answer 16

Increase.

Question 17

What did the 2nd continental congress decide in May 1776?

Answer 17

States to direct constitution.
All 13 states created a written constitution.
All 13 states included some protection of rights.

Question 18

Who wrote “Letters From a Farmer in Pennsylvania”?

Answer 18

John Dickinson

Question 19

What kind of government did John Dickinson recommend?

Answer 19

A strong one.

Question 20

What 3 reasons were the articles of confederation weak?

Answer 20

1. No power to tax
2. No executive leader
3. No foreign policy

Question 21

What was the one accomplishment of the articles of confederation?

Answer 21

Western land. (Colonists were now allowed to settle there, they had to pay a dollar an acre to help pay off war debt)

Question 22

Congress said each state gets how many votes?

Answer 22

1 vote per state.

Question 23

What was the Land Ordinance of 1785?

Answer 23

Prepares western land for sale and settlement.

Question 24

What was the northwest ordinance of 1787?

Answer 24

It established government for western land. Decided the lands would be territories and when the population hits 60,000 it would become a state.

Question 25

What were the other requirements with the northwest ordinance?

Answer 25

The state would have to submit a constitution when it hit 60,000 in population. It also said NO SLAVERY in the “old northwest”

Question 26

What 2 other countries abused us and used the Indians against us?

Answer 26

England and Spain

Question 27

What was the 2nd meeting in Philadelphia for?

Answer 27

To revise the Articles of Confederation.

Question 28

Who suggested the 2nd meeting in Philadelphia to revise the articles?

Answer 28

Alexander Hamilton

Question 29

Elizabeth “Mumbet” Freeman

Answer 29

Sued her master for her freedom from slavery she won her suit and lived the rest of her life as a paid domestic servant for the lawyer who pleaded her case.

Question 30

What states constitution temporarily gives women the right to vote?

Answer 30

New Jersey 1776

Question 31

When were the Articles of Confederation adopted by the Second Continental Congress?

Answer 31

1777

Question 32

When was the Articles of Confederation put into effect?

Answer 32

1781

Question 33

What group did the military officers form?

Answer 33

Society of the Cincinnati

Question 34

What year did shays rebellion take place?

Answer 34

1786

Question 35

What was the first coin authorized by Congress? In 1787.

Answer 35

The Fugio cent

Question 36

Who were the antifederalists?

Answer 36

Opposed the stronger federal government

Question 37

Federalist a

Answer 37

Favored a strong federal government

Question 38

What did Benjamin Franklin say about the rising stars symbol on the top of Washingtons chair at the constitutional convention?

Answer 38

“I have happiness to know it is a rising and not a setting sun.”

Question 39

Who was governor Morris?

Answer 39

A delegate from Pennsylvania to be he Constitutional Convention. He spoke more frequently than any other member and served as principal draftsman of the document.

Question 40

What was the Federal Constitution?

Answer 40

A firm Union of people. 2 votes in senate for each state. Simple majority vote in congress. Powerful president. Power to enforce laws.

Question 41

Federal Constitution: How was the powerful president elected?

Answer 41

The electoral college

Question 42

Were all 13 states participating in the Federal Constitution?

Answer 42

Yes