HY 103 Inquizitive Ch 7

Analyze the map. What does it reveal about the Indian population in 1795?

Although there was a designated Indian country, tribes existed throughout the U.S. at this time. Conflicts between Indians and Americans took place in the Northwest territory, along the Great Lakes.

Building upon the framework of the Ordinance of 1784, in what way did the Ordinance of 1785 aim to further regulate western settlement?

Empowering the federal government to survey and subdivide western lands into square mile sections. Reserving land and funds for public education.

James Madison viewed the addition of a Bill of Rights to be a very important and necessary check against future abuses of power by the national government.

False

Thomas Jefferson was the greatest advocate for a stronger federal government during the postwar period.

False

As a slave owner who had a relationship with one of his slaves, Thomas Jefferson represents a conflicting view on slavery. Identify the ideas on race he expressed in his book 'Notes on the State of Virginia'.

He believed the best solution to issues of race in America was to remove blacks from the country. He believed the bitter experience of slavery made blacks incapable of being loyal to the nation. While he believed Indians and Americans would eventually merge into a single people, he did not believe in a similar merger of blacks and whites. African Americans were inferior to whites in intellect in a way that no democratic society could change.

The Articles of Confederation granted the national government limited powers. Identify the statements that describe conflicts sparked by governance under the first written constitution.

Indebted farmers, threatened with the loss of land because of failure to meet tax or mortgage payments, pressed state governments for relief. Wealthy property owners saw their rights constrained by poorer local majorities.

Which of the following best describe the American identity in the early federal period?

Inherently associated with skin color. Embracing the ideals of equality and democracy.

Which statements describe the laws mandated by the Northwest Ordinance of 1787?

It created at least three states out of the Northwest Territory. It prohibited slavery in the Old Northwest. It pledges "the utmost good faith" would be observed toward local Indians and that their land would not be taken without consent.

The Bill of Rights is a supremely important part of the Constitution. Identify the statements that describe its legacies.

It established the belief that federal power represented the greatest threat to personal freedom. It established freedom of expression at the very foundation of political democracy.

The ratification of the Constitution has a tremendous effect on late eighteenth-century America. Identify the statements that describe the long-term consequences.

It made a domestic economy possible: Slavery remained deeply entrenched in American life and politics.

Watch the author video featuring Eric Foner. Identify the statements that describe the Bill of Rights.

It states that all of the rights not given to the federal government are maintained by the states and people, to ensure the national government did not suppress the rights of citizens. The original federal constitution did not include a Bill of Rights. The original ten amendments protected the basic rights of citizens, including freedom of the press, freedom of religion, and the right to a jury of peers.

Identify the aims and accomplishments of the Virginia Plan within the Continental Congress.

It stressed the establishment of a two-house legislature. Its governing concepts bolstered the power of larger states.

What were the effects of the Constitution? Move the correct answer to the image of the preamble.

Made possible a national economic market by giving congress the power over tariffs, interstate commerce, and coining money, among others. Created national political institutions. Reduced the power of states.

Identify the statements that describe African Americans in the northern states during the early years of the Constitutional Republic.

Many northern states adopted a policy of gradual emancipation. They could vote in many states.

Identify the groups of people who were denied the opportunity to become fully naturalized American citizens in America's first century as a sovereign country.

Persons of color Nobility who wished to retain their titles.

Identify the aims and accomplishments of the New Jersey Plan within the Continental Congress.

Smaller states, fearing the political dominance of more populous states like Massachusetts and Pennsylvania, supported this plan. It called for a single-house congress in each state that would cast one vote.

Identify the groups of people who were most commonly Anti-Federalists.

State politicians Small farmers

Identify the statements that describe why the Federalists were successful.

They convincingly argued that a strong government would grow the economy, gathering support from both bosses, local leaders, and, as a result, their employees. They controlled the local media. They were successful because their opposition, the Anti-Federalists, were ineffectively organized.

American expansion to the West was made difficult by the Native American tribes that occupied that space. What options did the government see for the future of native tribes in the West?

They would be forced onto lands farther to the West. Their assimilation into American society was a long-term possibility. They would be wiped off of the continent.

Following the Battle of Fallen Timbers in 1794, the Treaty of Greenville was established between American and Native combatants. What were the outcomes of the Treaty of Greenville?

Tribes friendly to the federal government were granted cash payments. Much of the Upper Great Lakes region became open to white settlement.