Chapter 9

Question 1

The American Revolution was

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An example of accelerated evolution rather than an outright revolution

Question 2

The world’s first antislavery society was founded by

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Quakers in Pennsylvania

Question 3

As part of the egalitarian movement of the American Revolution,

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Several northern states abolished slavery

Question 4

The Founding Fathers fails to eliminate slavery because

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A fight over slavery might destroy national unity

Question 5

As a result of the Revolution’s emphasis on equality, this was not achieved:

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Full equality between women and men

Question 6

The most important outcome of the Revolution for white women was that they

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Were elevated as special keepers of the nation’s conscience

Question 7

As a result of the Revolution, many state capitals were relocated westward

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Due to fear of British capture

Question 8

One reason that the United States avoided frightful excesses of the French Revolution is that

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Cheap land was easily available

Question 9

The Second Continental Congress of Revolutionary days

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Was little more than a conference of ambassadors with very limited power

Question 10

The Articles of Confederation were finally approved when

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All states claiming western lands surrendered them to the national government

Question 11

The Articles of Confederation left Congress unable to

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Enforce a tax-collection program

Question 12

A major strength of the Articles of Confederation was its

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Presentation of the ideal of a united nation

Question 13

The Northwest Ordinance of 1787

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Established a procedure for governing the Old Northwest territory

Question 14

One of the most farsighted provisions of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787

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Prohibited slavery in the Old Northwest

Question 15

The Land Ordinance of 1785 did not provide for

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Prohibiting slavery

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Britain

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Occupied a chain of trading forts in the Old Northwest

Question 17

France

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Demanded repayment of wartime loans

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Spain

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Controlled important trade routes from the interior if North America

Question 19

Barbary Coast

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Threatened American commerce in the Mediterranean

Question 20

Shays’s Rebellion convinced many Americans of the need for

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A stronger central government

Question 21

The issue that finally touched off the movement toward the Constitutional Convention was

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Control of commerce

Question 22

Motives of the delegates to the 1787 Constitutional Convention in Philidelphia did not include

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To increase individual freedom

Question 23

The Great Compromise at the Constitutional Convention worked out an acceptable scheme for

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Apportioning congressional representation

Question 24

Under the Constitution, the president of the United States was to be elected by a majority vote of the

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Electoral College

Question 25

The idea that all tax measures should start in the House was made to appease

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The big states with the most people

Question 26

The Constitutional Convention addressed the North-South controversy over slavery through the

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“Three-fifths” compromise

Question 27

By their actions, the delegates to the Constitutional Convention manifested their common beliefs in all if the following except

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Government by the consent of the governed

Question 28

The one branch if government elected directly by the people is the

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House of Representatives

Question 29

The antifederalist camp did not include

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Supporters of a strong central government

Question 30

Probably the most alarming characteristic of the new Constitution to those who opposed it was the

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Absence of a bill of rights

Question 31

Among other views, The Federalist, written during the ratification debate, argued that it was

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Possible to extend a republican form of government over a large territory

Question 32

Antifederalists believe that the sovereignty of the people resided which branch of the central government?

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Legislative

Question 33

The Federalists believed that the sovereignty of the people resided in which branch of the central government?

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Executive, legislative, and judicial