Inquizitive 7

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.

-African-Americans were inferior to whites in intellect in a way that no democratic society could change. -He believed the best solution to issues of race in America was to remove blacks from the country. -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. -He believed the bitter experience of slavery made blacks incapable of being loyal to the nation.

What does it reveal about the Indian population in 1795?

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

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 had 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.

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

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

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

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

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 statements that describe the 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. -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.

Identify the statements that describe why the Federalists were successful.

-They convincingly argued that a strong government would grow the economy, garnering 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

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

-embracing the ideals of equality and democracy -inherently associated with skin color

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

What were the effects of the Constitution?

-reduced the powers of the states -made possible a national economic market by giving Congress the power over tariffs, interstate commerce, and coining money, among others -created national political institutions

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

-small farmers -state politicians

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

In the years following the Revolutionary War, negative connotations associated with skin color and race were used to justify slavery in a nation founded on the strong notion of individual freedom. T or F

T