Midterm 2 Flashcards
Spain Contested American Land expansion where?
along the Mississippi River
Between 1777 and 1784….
most northern states ended slavery
Effects of the Revolution on women included the 3 following?
1) greater access to education
2) an improved perception of women’s moral status
3) less restrictive divorce laws
Frenchmadn J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur, on his travels and life in North America, expresses 3 of the following.
1) interest in the uniqueness of North America
2) respect for the social equality in North America
3) the rich mixture of culture in North America
The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 did the 3 following.
1) Establish criteria for territories to gain statehood
2) create a political structure for the new territories
3) prohibit slavery in northwester territories
The land Ordinance on 1785 encouraged a certain type of settler by?
requiring a minimum purchase of 640 acres
Framers of the Pennsylvania constitution of 1776 established?
a one-house legislature without an executive officer
John Jay’s treaty with Spain was opposed by congressmen from the south because?
They felt Jay had sold out the interest of southerners who had pioneered the West
James Madison argues that a large diverse republic?
Offered the best hope for safeguarding individual rights
Judicial review is
the Supreme Court’s right to have the final say on constitutionality
Under the Articles of Confederation, the national government could not?
Raise an army
Most state constitutions, put into effect by the end of 1777, including the 3 following.
1) the establishment of annual elections as a norm
2) expressions of the rights of common citizens
3) the curbing of the powers of the governor in the states
Federalists split the ranks of the Antifederalist by
promising a bill fo rights as the Constitution’s first amendments
Daniel shays focus on closing down the court system because it?
it was the legal instrument of foreclosure on debts and farms
The effects of Shay’s rebellion included the 3 following.
1) May leaders lost faith in the Articles of Confederation
2) Americans realized there were elements of conflict between social classes
3) Calls were made for a Central government with more power
What compromise, between open popular election and congressional election of the president, was reached by the Constitutional Convention?
use of the electoral college to decide the winner of presidential elections
Economic nationalists such as Robert Morris wanted to do the 3 following.
1) use tax revenue to pay off the growing national deficit
2) have congress assume payment of the entire national debt
3) Secure a chaser for the Bank of North America
The Great Compromise, created by Roger Sherman, did what?
Successfully split the difference between small and large states
What is the correct order of events? Ratified
Bank of North America created, Shays’s Rebellion, Constitution ratified
The First government’s base of support was strengthened by?
Passing the Bill of Rights
Squatters
occupied land even though they held no title on it
Which is the correct order of events? Financial plan
Hamilton submits financial plan, Whiskey Rebellion, Adams elected
What Factor made the south the most populous region in the early US?
The presence of a large number of black slaves
The Whiskey Rebellion was spurred by
Opposition to Hamilton’s excise tax
Jefferson and Madison turned to the Republic legislatures of these states for resolutions that attached the constitutionality of the Alien and Sedition Acts
Kentucky and Virgina
The most ethnically and religiously diverse region in early America was
the Mid-Atlantic region
The battle of Fallen Timbers resulted in
the decisive defeat of the Ohio Indians
To gain southern support for his financial plan, Hamilton offered
to win northern support for moving the nation’s capital to a southern location
The Judiciary Act
represented an artful compromise that balanced legal powers
The XYZ Affair almost caused
a declaration of war against France
a Deist believes
in God as a creator, but not as a being who intervenes in earthly affairs
Secretary of Treasury Alexander Hamilton’s ideas included the 3 following.
1) the creation of a bank of the US
2) Raising revenues by placing an excise tax on whiskey
3) advocating protective tariffs to strengthen American industry
Federalists were alarmed by
the growing intensity of violence in the French Revolution
This amendment to the Constitution, ratified in 1804, prevented impasse, similar to the one reached in the election of 1800, from happening again.
The 12th Amendment
The election of 1800 was contentious of bitter in 3 of the following ways.
1) the electoral tie between Burr and Jefferson was heatedly debated behind closed doors
2) the Republicans portrayed Adams as a monarchist determined to undo the Revolution
3) the Federalists portrayed Jefferson as a godless revolutionary
In his Farewell Address, Washington devoted most of his time to?
denouncing partisan politics
Washington was inaugurated in?
1789
New England was the most uniform region in America for the 3 following reasons.
1) Puritan values continued o be a dominant force in cultural identity
2) very few blacks or Indians lived in the region
3) Most New Englanders’ ethnic heritage was English
During the 1780s, 3 things about the West were true.
1) The white population surpassed the Indian Population
2) Mortality rates were high, especially among infants
3) Slavery spread into the southern regions of the West
