Dual US Chapter 7

With regard to slavery, the Northwest Ordinance of 1787: a. allowed for new territorial governments to ban or permit the institution as they saw fit. b. allowed the importation of slaves into the Old Northwest for at least another twenty years. c. banned slavery in the area north of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi River.

c. banned slavery in the area north of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi River

Under the Articles of Confederation, what would be considered an accomplishment of the national government? a. Passing ordinances for establishing settlement of western territory. b. Gaining trade concessions in the Caribbean. c. Sending Lewis and Clark to explore the West.

a. Passing ordinances for establishing settlement of western territory

Which of the following is true of how the U.S. government in the 1790s dealt with Native Americans? a. The U.S. government made treaties with them mainly to transfer land to itself or to the states. b. Because the Constitution counted all Indians toward representation in Congress, Indians received all rights and privileges that other Americans did. c. Because the Constitution stated Indian tribes were "domestic dependent nations," the government treated them just as it treated nations like Great Britain and France.

a. The U.S. government made treaties with them mainly to transfer land to itself or to the states.

Who wrote Notes on the State of Virginia? a. Thomas Jefferson b. George Mason c. St. George Tucker

a. Thomas Jefferson

Anti-Federalists were concerned that the Constitution severely limited liberty. a. True b. False

a. True

In the immediate aftermath of independence, Congress took the position that by aiding the British, Indians had forfeited the right to their lands. a. True b. False

a. True

James Madison argued in The Federalist that the large size and diversity of the United States was a source of political stability, not a weakness. a. True b. False

a. True

Shays's Rebellion demonstrated to many leading Americans the need for a more central government to ensure private liberty. a. True b. False

a. True

The New Jersey Plan proposed a single-house legislature, which gave each state one vote. a. True b. False

a. True

The U.S. Constitution as written in 1787 does not use the words "slave" or "slavery." a. True b. False

a. True

The Northwest Ordinance of 1787: a. established the policy to admit the area's population as equal members of the political system. b. regulated western land sales through a policy that was amicable to the Indians. c. abolished the Articles of Confederation and called for a second Constitutional Convention.

a. established the policy to admit the area's population as equal members of the political system.

Hector St. John Crèvecoeur's Letters from an American Farmer: a. popularized the idea of the United States as a melting pot of ethnicities. b. was a thinly disguised allegory explaining the need for the Constitution. c. made the author so unpopular in the United States that he was forced to return to France.

a. popularized the idea of the United States as a melting pot of ethnicities.

Thomas Jefferson believed that African-Americans: a. should eventually be able to enjoy their natural rights, but they would have to leave the United States to do so. b. should, if legally free, be allowed to marry white persons. c. who were held in slavery should be emancipated immediately and that every former slave family should be given a forty-acre farm in a western territory.

a. should eventually be able to enjoy their natural rights, but they would have to leave the United States to do so.

The Constitutional delegates who met in Philadelphia represented all of American society, as they were a mix of laborers, farmers, merchants, and politicians. a. True b. False

b. False

Which of the following is true of how the leaders of the new nation viewed settlers moving west across the Appalachians in the 1780s? a. They viewed them as the start of a brigade that was going to spread American values and virtues across the continent. b. They shared their British predecessors' fears that frontier settlers would fight constantly with Native Americans. c. They hated them enough to pass laws banning their movement—much like the British Proclamation of 1763—but the settlers ignored them.

b. They shared their British predecessors' fears that frontier settlers would fight constantly with Native Americans

In the 1780s, settlers in western areas such as Tennessee and Kentucky: a. found that the soil was poor for growing cash crops such as tobacco or cotton and moved westward. b. believed they had a right to take possession of western lands and use them as they saw fit. c. were especially attentive to what land belonged to Indians and purchased Indian land legally.

b. believed that they had a right to take possession of western lands and use them as they saw fit

Under the Treaty of Greenville of 1795: a. Great Britain agreed to remove its remaining forts from U.S. soil. b. twelve Indian tribes ceded most of Ohio and Indiana to the federal government. c. the U.S. government allowed Indians to petition for citizenship.

b. twelve Indian tribes ceded most of Ohio and Indiana to the federal government.

What was the annuity system involving the U.S. government and certain Indian tribes? a. a system under which the Indians ceded land to the United States annually b. a system that placed Indians on reservations c. a system under which the federal government gave annual monetary grants to Indians

c. a system under which the federal government gave annual monetary grants to Indians

Which of the following was a characteristic of the federal government under the Articles of Confederation? a. Congress could amend the Articles by a two-thirds vote. b. Congress was a two-chambered body, with a House of Delegates and a Council. c. Congress could not levy taxes or regulate commerce.

c. Congress could not levy taxes or regulate commerce.

What was Congress able to accomplish with its Native American policy under the Articles of Confederation? a. It negotiated treaties for the tribes to keep their lands, but Congress was so lacking in power that the treaties proved useless. b. Nothing; Congress was so powerless under the Articles that nothing happened in this area. c. Congress demanded and received surrenders of large amounts of Indian land north of the Ohio River and in the South.

c. Congress demanded and received surrenders of large amounts of Indian land north of the Ohio River and in the South

Which of the following is true of the Virginia Plan? a. James Madison opposed it, but the other delegates from Virginia supported it. b. It proposed a one-house legislature, with population determining representation. c. It proposed a two-house legislature, with population determining representation in each house.

c. It proposed a two-house legislature, with population determining representation in each house

Which of the following is true of American national identity as envisioned by the Constitution of 1787? a. The document distinguished only between those defined as American citizens, who were entitled to constitutionally protected rights, and aliens, who were not so entitled. b. The Constitution clearly states that persons of African descent could not be U.S. citizens, but that anyone of European or Asian descent could be. c. The "people" were free Americans; Native Americans and "other persons," meaning African-American slaves, were not considered part of the political nation.

c. The "people" were free Americans; Native Americans and "other persons," meaning African-American slaves, were not considered part of the political nation.

The three-fifths clause in the U.S. Constitution: a. explicitly declared that slaves were not fully human and were therefore undeserving of legal rights. b. requires that all revenue bills receive a three-fifths affirmative vote in the U.S. House. c. gave the white South greater power in national affairs than the size of its free population warranted.

c. gave the white South greater power in national affairs than the size of its free population warranted

The Naturalization Act of 1790 allowed: a. everyone except blacks to become citizens. b. all immigrants to become citizens. c. only free white persons to become citizens.

c. only free white persons to become citizens.

During the process of ratifying the Constitution: a. Alexander Hamilton reversed himself and argued against ratification. b. propertied men and urban dwellers formed the chief support for c. two states, Rhode Island and North Carolina, voted against ratification.

c. two states, Rhode Island and North Carolina, voted against ratification

Shays's Rebellion: a. ended only because the Confederation government used force to put it down. b. was aimed at the Vermont government, which was especially hard on debtors. c. used the example of the Revolution and the terminology of liberty in organizing.

c. used the example of the Revolution and the terminology of liberty in organizing