. History Chapter 7
Which statement would most likely have been said by a Federalist?
"Our republic will thrive best with a balance of power between national and state governments."
What is the correct order of events?
Bank of North America created, Shays's Rebellion, Constitution ratified
Which event happened last?
Bill of Rights enacted.
Chesapeake planters refused to pay their debts to Britain because:
Britain had freed many slaves without compensation to slave owners.
Why were conservatives alarmed by the actions of the debtor party in Rhode Island?
Conservatives feared the creation of governments that included farmers and artisans.
The Virginia Plan was introduced by:
James Madison
The leader of the economic nationalists was:
Robert Morris
After the Revolution, British merchants:
continued to close their markets to American goods.
Under the Articles of Confederation, the American states were:
created as a loose association of autonomous states.
Delegates met at the Annapolis Convention to:
devise a universal system of commercial regulation.
Most members of the national elite at the Constitutional Convention believed that enlightened self-interest was better for the nation than the revolutionary ideal of:
disinterested virtue.
Most Antifederalists:
distrusted the social and commercial elite.
The Constitution does NOT provide:
equal representation in a unicameral Congress.
Within a year of the surrender of Great Britain, the American economy:
experienced the nation's first depression.
The creators of the Articles of Confederation:
feared the encroachment of centralized power.
The Constitution established a __________ government.
federal
From 1776 to 1807, property holding women had the right to vote:
in New Jersey
The American economy in the mid-1780s was:
in a depression.
Many Antifederalists were concerned that the original draft of the Constitution did NOT:
include Bill of Rights.
The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 did all of the following EXCEPT:
provide the groundwork for ten new states.
The New Jersey Plan:
provided the basis for voting in the Senate.
Under the Articles of Confederation, the national government could NOT:
raise an army.
The Land Ordinance of 1785 encouraged a certain type of settler by:
requiring a minimum purchase of 640 acres.
Coming out of the Constitutional Convention, which unresolved issue would have the greatest impact on later American history?
slavery.
Supporters of ratification of the Constitution included large segments of all the following groups EXCEPT:
small farmers.
All of the following happened after the British surrender in the Revolutionary War EXCEPT:
states begin writing their own constitutions.
After the war, Loyalists:
still faced hostility in the United States.
Overall, state constitutions did all of the following, EXCEPT:
strengthen the executive relative to the legislature
The Great Compromise, created by Roger Sherman,
successfully split the differences between small and large states.
Effects of the Revolution on women included all of the following, EXCEPT:
the banning of the sale of black female slaves.
In the Ordinance of 1784, Thomas Jefferson called for:
the end of slavery in western territory after 1800.
Regarding the regulation of interstate and international commerce, the Constitution deems that:
the national government has the sole power of such regulation.
As a result of the Revolution:
the number of free blacks increased dramatically.
The Constitutional Convention was spurred by all of the following, EXCEPT:
the popular call to create a Bill of Rights for common citizens.
John Jay's treaty with Spain was opposed by congressmen from the South because:
they felt Jay had sold out the interests of Southerners who had pioneered the West.
By the end of the war, Continental money was:
virtually worthless.
The Jay-Gardoqui Treaty:
was defeated by Southerners.
Economic nationalists wanted to do all the following EXCEPT:
weaken the ties between the Confederation and the Bank of North America.
What would a follower of Daniel Shays most likely have said in 1786?
"It is the common people who should be the strength of republicanism in our nation".
Acres of land under the Land Ordinance of 1785 cost how much per acre?
1 dollar
The number of free African Americans was highest in:
1800
A township contains ___ square miles.
36
The two main leaders who called for a Constitutional Convention were James Madison and:
Alexander Hamilton.
Regarding trade between Britain and the United States between 1783 and 1789, it is true that:
America imported more from Britain.
Official state constitutional support for religions in the 1780s was strongest in:
New England.
What concession was made to southern delegates to gain their support for the federal government's power to regulate trade policies?
Northern delegates agreed to drop demands for abolition of the slave trade.
The most democratic constitution of the revolutionary period was passed in:
Pennsylvania
The Constitutional Convention took place in:
Philadelphia.
Judicial Review is:
Supreme Court's right to have the final say on constitutionality.
Which is the only event that happened during the Revolutionary War?
The Articles of Confederation was proposed.
Most state constitutions put into effect by the end of 1777 included all of the following EXCEPT:
a commitment to custom rather than written constitutions.
A unicameral legislature is:
a one-house system of government.
The effects of Shay's Rebellion included all of the following, EXCEPT:
a renewal of public confidence in the national government.
Problems for the United States' economy in 1784 included all of the following EXCEPT:
a sharp increase in wages vs. profits.
The Southwest Ordinance of 1790 _________ slavery in the western regions south of the Ohio River.
allowed
Spain contested American land expansion:
along the Mississippi River.
James Madison's political philosophy regarding the creation of the Constitution was that "Ambition must be made to counter:
ambition".
Efforts to offset British attempts to hurt the American economy failed due to the:
lack of a unified national policy regarding Great Britain.
State constitution tended to:
lower property requirements for the right to vote.
As social, political, and economic crises increased in the mid-1780s:
more Americans leaders became nationalists.
Between 1777 and 1784:
most northern states ended slavery.
James Madison argued that a large, diverse republic:
offered the best hope for safeguarding individual rights.
Regarding the chief executive, the Constitution does all of the following, EXCEPT:
prohibit the president from appointing judicial officers.
Federalist split the ranks of the Antifederalists by:
promising a Bill of Rights as the Constitution's first amendments.