History Quiz Week 7

The inability of the government under the Articles of Confederation to successfully resolve the land claims depicted in the map constituted its greatest failure.

False

How does Murray answer the argument that offering education to women will lead them to neglect their "domestic employments"?

*A woman, whose life on earth , as with a man's, will lead them to eternity in heaven "contemplating the works of Deity," should also have the opportunity to prepare for this experience with an education.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

-It made at least 3 states out of the Northwest Territory -it prohibited slavery in the Old Northwest -it pledged the upmost good faith would be observed toward local Indians and their land would not be taken without consent

Identify the statements that describe why the Federalists were successful.

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

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

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

Which of the following issues contributed to Jefferson's victory in the presidential election of 1800?

-the federalist' failure to mobilize voters through pamphlets, newspapers, and public meetings. -southern votes made powerful from the 3/5th apportionment of electors. -voter anger over the alien and sedition acts

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

Under the Articles of Confederation, what powers resided with the national government?

Correct answers: -make treaties with foreign powers -coin money

Identify the statements that describe Hamilton's proposal for the Bank of the United States.

Correct: -The Bank of the United States would provide loans to the government. -The Bank of the United States would be a private corporation. -The Bank of the United States would issue currency.

Review the following video with author Eric Foner titled "Racial Division Between Slaves and Free Men." Afterward, choose the statement that best summarize the author's argument.

Correct: Following the Revolution, racial difference became the primary argument for the continuation of the practice of slavery.

Identify how the Whiskey Rebellion of 1794 was similar to the American Revolution.

Pennsylvania farmers were protesting a tax, similar to taxes protested in the Revolution.

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

Small farmers and state politicians

As George Washington settled into his presidency, factions argued about the role of the new government. Which of the following represents the views on government held by the "strict constructionists"?

The government could only exercise powers written in the original U.S. Constitution.

The election of 1800 caused confusion for Americans when the House of Representatives was tasked with choosing between Thomas Jefferson and his vice-presidential running mate due to a tie. Identify the action taken by Congress in order to avoid this problem in the future.

They passed the 12 amendment requiring separate electors to cast separate votes for president and vice president.

The concept that the United States is a melting pot where all nationalities blend together to create a unique American culture is promoted by Hector St. John de Crévecoeur in his 1782 work Letters from an American Farmer.

True

Despite his own personal and intimate relationship with Sally Hemings, Thomas Jefferson articulated a variety of claims about race in his book Notes on the State of Virginia. Identify Jefferson's beliefs below.

correct: -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 -African-Americans were inferior to whites in intellect in a way that no democratic society could change. -He believed the bitter experience of slavery made blacks incapable of being loyal to the nation.

Identify the statements that describe the Bill of Rights.

correct: -The original federal Constitution did not include a 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 ten amendments protected the basic rights of citizens, including freedom of the press, freedom of religion, and the right to a jury of peers.

What were the effects of the Constitution? Move the correct answers to the image of the Constitutional Convention of 1787.

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

Identify the basic political principles outlined in the Constitution.

correct: -federalism, or the division of power, which is the relationship between the state and the national government -a system of checks and balances that prevents any branch of national government from dominating the other two

As ratification debates went on, those for and against ratification of the Constitution (Federalists and Anti-Federalists, respectively) coalesced into distinct groups. Match each of the following characteristics to the group it best describes.

federalist: -argued that the country's large size and diversity of interests would be its strength -found support from cosmopolitan areas -represented the interests of merchants and the commercial class anti-federalist: -argued for a federal government only strong enough to do its tasks without interfering with state and local initiatives -represented the interests of the rural farmer and the "common citizen"

The Constitution represents a compromise between those founders who wanted to expand democracy and those who wanted to ensure the federal government had enough authority to keep control of the population. Determine which of the following aspects of the new Constitutional federal government expanded democracy or authority, respectively.

the expansion of democracy: -Members of the House of Representatives were to be decided by popular vote. -The Constitution left it to individual states to determine their own rules for who could vote, but imposed neither property nor religious qualifications. the expansion of authority: -Under the new Constitution, the president was charged with enforcing the law and commanding the military. -Supreme Court judges were to be appointed by the president, and the president was to be decided by a committee of electors known as the electoral college.