Kahn Questions - 7G
"It may be a reflection on human nature, that such devices should be necessary to control the abuses of government. But what is government itself, but the greatest of all reflections on human nature? If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself." Which of the Founders would be most likely to disagree with Madison's statements in the excerpt above?
Patrick Henry he advocated for keeping the articles of confederation
"The United States Constitution may have reflected a desire for a more republican, less democratic way of organizing governments, but those states that rewrote their constitutions between 1789 and 1791 never reduced the right to vote for adult white males. In 1789 Georgia confirmed that all free white males who paid taxes during the previous year could vote. . . . Most drastically, in 1791-1792 Delaware at last dropped its freehold qualification and enfranchised adult white male residents who had paid a state or county tax. Together with New Hampshire (which in 1791 also chose to retain its taxpaying qualification) and North Carolina, these states all maintained tax systems that made qualification easy. . . . Thus by the time of George Washington's reelection in 1792, after the admission of Vermont and Kentucky, seven of the fifteen states had given up property qualifications in voting for their lower house of assembly." According to the excerpt, one major change in United States politics from 1780 to 1800 was which of the following?
elimination of property qualifications for voting states were gradually removing property qualifications for voting from 1780-1800. P Jackson administration is often credited with helping to guarantee universal white male suffrage
"To what expedient, then, shall we finally resort, for maintaining in practice the necessary partition of power among the several departments, as laid down in the Constitution? The only answer that can be given is, that as all these exterior provisions are found to be inadequate, the defect must be supplied, by so contriving the interior structure of the government as that its several constituent parts may, by their mutual relations, be the means of keeping each other in their proper places." The excerpt was most likely intended to do which of the following?
encourage state delegates to ratify the constitution federalist papers were a series of pamphlets articulating the argument for the ratification of the constitution
"The insurgents who were assembled at Worcester in Massachusetts have disbanded. The people at Boston seem to be glad at this event and say it was the effect of fear. But the fact is that the insurgents effected their object . . . The commotions of Massachusetts have wrought prodigious changes in the minds of men in that State [with regard to] the Powers of Government. Everybody says they must be strengthened and that unless this shall be effected there is no Security for liberty or Property. Such is the State of things in the east, that much trouble is to be apprehended in the course of the ensuing year." Which of the following groups would have been most likely to support the author's views expressed in the excerpt?
federalists federalists were in favor of strengthening the fed gov by replacing the articles of confederation with a stronger central gov, such as what was created under the constitution
"All male white inhabitants, of the age of twenty-one years, and possessed in his own right of ten pounds value, and liable to pay tax in this State, or being of any mechanic trade, and shall have been resident six months in this State, shall have a right to vote at all elections for representatives, or any other officers, herein agreed to be chosen by the people at large; and every person having a right to vote at any election shall vote by ballot personally. . . ." The excerpt most directly reflects which of the following trends of the 1770s?
how southern state constitutions maintained pre-revolutionary property qualifications for voting georgia's state constitution showed that only men with property qualifications could vote
"We found ourselves rather pressed, the Ohio Company appeared to purchase a large tract of the federal lands, about 6 or 7 million of acres— ;and we wanted to abolish the old system and get a better one for the Government of the Country— ;and we finally found it necessary to adopt the best system we could get. . . . When I drew the ordinance which passed (in a few words excepted) as I originally formed it, I had no idea the States would agree to the sixth Art. prohibiting Slavery— ; as only [Massachusetts] of the Eastern States was present—; and therefore omitted it in the draft—; but finding the House favourably disposed on this subject, after we had completed the other parts I moved the art—; which was agreed to without opposition." Which of the following describes an accomplishment of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787?
it established procedures by which territories could become states some procedures included how many people were necessary to make a territory into a state and the prohibition of slavery in the northwest territory
"Instead of a powerful nation-state with imperial pretensions, the government established under the Articles of Confederation was not really much of a government at all, but rather a diplomatic conference where the sovereign states, each of which regarded itself as an autonomous nation, met to coordinate a domestic version of foreign policy. It was, in effect, designed to be weak, and lacked altogether the authority to manage a burgeoning empire." Which of the following actions of the central government under the Articles of Confederation directly undermines Ellis's assertions?
negotiating the Treaty of Paris of 1783 a major success of the central gov under the articles of confederation was its ability to negotiate peace with Britain after the Rev War
"Be it enacted and it is hereby enacted by the Representatives of the Freemen of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. . . That all persons, as well negroes and mulattoes as others who shall be born within this state, from and after the passing of this act, shall not be deemed and considered as servants for life or slaves; and that all servitude for life or slavery of children in consequence of the slavery of their mothers, in the case of all children born within this state from and after the passing of this act as aforesaid, shall be and hereby is utterly taken away, extinguished and forever abolished." The law in this excerpt most directly reflected a growing belief after 1780 that:
slavery was inconsistent with the belief that "all men are created equal" the abolitionist movement began to grow in the north and the south. although most states retained the practice of slavery in the late eighteenth century, northerners came to view it as immoral
"We found ourselves rather pressed, the Ohio Company appeared to purchase a large tract of the federal lands, about 6 or 7 million of acres— ;and we wanted to abolish the old system and get a better one for the Government of the Country— ;and we finally found it necessary to adopt the best system we could get. . . . When I drew the ordinance which passed (in a few words excepted) as I originally formed it, I had no idea the States would agree to the sixth Art. prohibiting Slavery— ; as only [Massachusetts] of the Eastern States was present—; and therefore omitted it in the draft—; but finding the House favourably disposed on this subject, after we had completed the other parts I moved the art—; which was agreed to without opposition." Which of the following developments in the 1790s best represented the continuation of the ideas expressed in the passage?
support for abolition movements in the North to prohibit slavery from 1780s to 1830s, the north began to abolish slavery northern politicians often fought with southern politicians over whether or not slavery should expand into newly acquired territories
"In the Bill of Rights for this Commonwealth it is declared that the happiness of the people & the Preservation of civil government depend upon the piety religion & morality & that the people have a right to invest their Legislature with power to require that provision be made for the public worship of God & the support of [P]rotestant teachers & require the attendance of people upon such worship instructions.... We must insist that the Continental Constitution contain a Bill of Rights which by Express shall secure to us our privileges especially our religion." The excerpt is best understood as a response to which of the following historical developments?
the anti-federalists they were concerned that the constitution created a central gov that was too strong and wanted to ensure that individual liberties were protected. as a compromise, the anti-feds promised to ratify the constitution as long as a bill of rights was added at a later date
"In the Bill of Rights for this Commonwealth it is declared that the happiness of the people & the Preservation of civil government depend upon the piety religion & morality & that the people have a right to invest their Legislature with power to require that provision be made for the public worship of God & the support of [P]rotestant teachers & require the attendance of people upon such worship instructions.... We must insist that the Continental Constitution contain a Bill of Rights which by Express shall secure to us our privileges especially our religion." The excerpt is best understood as a response to which of the following historical developments?
the constitutional convention author argues that the framers of the constitution needs to include a bill of rights if the constitution increases the size and power of gov
"In a single republic, all the power surrendered by the people is submitted to the administration of a single government; and the usurpations are guarded against by a division of the government into distinct and separate departments. In the compound republic of America, the power surrendered by the people is first divided between two distinct governments, and then the portion allotted to each subdivided among distinct and separate departments. Hence a double security arises to the rights of the people. The different governments will control each other, at the same time that each will be controlled by itself." The ideas expressed in the excerpt indicates a support for which of the following?
the creation of a federal system of gov fed gov divides power between a national gov and various state gov. under the constitution, the state gov are given certain powers; the fed gov is given several powers; some powers are shared between the two levels of gov
"In a single republic, all the power surrendered by the people is submitted to the administration of a single government; and the usurpations are guarded against by a division of the government into distinct and separate departments. In the compound republic of America, the power surrendered by the people is first divided between two distinct governments, and then the portion allotted to each subdivided among distinct and separate departments. Hence a double security arises to the rights of the people. The different governments will control each other, at the same time that each will be controlled by itself." Which of the following best summarizes the author's argument?
the fed gov and state gov should have their power checked by each other
"To describe the present state and circumstances of the Union we may declare in one word that we are at the Eve of a Bankruptcy and of a total dissolution of Government. Since the close of the war there has not been paid into the general Treasury as much money as was necessary for one years interest of the domestic and foreign debt and Congress have been reduced to the dreadful alternative of borrowing principal to pay interest. Our efforts at home to this end were ineffectual abroad where we were not known and, where enthusiasm for liberty has enrolled us among the most deserving of mankind, we were more successful. The deception cannot much longer be kept up and unless something can be done before the close of the ensuing year we must cease to be a unified government." The excerpt reflects which of the following beliefs many Americans had at the time about the federal government?
the federal gov under the articles of confederation was not strong enough to face the nation's issues
"When the Articles of Confederation were drafted, Americans had had little experience of what a national government could do for them and bitter experience of what an arbitrary government could do to them. In creating a central government they were therefore more concerned with keeping it under control than with giving it the means to do its job". Which of the following pieces of evidence could best be used to support the argument in the excerpt?
the national gov could not levy taxes on the people which was a major problem of the time period. without funding, the fed gov could not pay soldiers who served in the american revolution causing several uprisings
"To describe the present state and circumstances of the Union we may declare in one word that we are at the Eve of a Bankruptcy and of a total dissolution of Government. Since the close of the war there has not been paid into the general Treasury as much money as was necessary for one years interest of the domestic and foreign debt and Congress have been reduced to the dreadful alternative of borrowing principal to pay interest. Our efforts at home to this end were ineffectual abroad where we were not known and, where enthusiasm for liberty has enrolled us among the most deserving of mankind, we were more successful. The deception cannot much longer be kept up and unless something can be done before the close of the ensuing year we must cease to be a unified government." 7 The excerpt reflects which of the following beliefs many Americans had at the time about the federal government?
the ratification of the US constitution laying out the issues the gov faced under the articles of confederation, blount was advocating for a constitutional change to keep the US together
"In being compelled to labor, not for himself, but for a master. . . the slave may appear to be degraded from the human rank, and classed with those irrational animals which fall under the legal denomination of property. In being protected, on the other hand, in his life and in his limbs, against the violence of all others, even the master of his labor and his liberty; and in being punishable himself for all violence committed against others, the slave is no less evidently regarded by the law as a member of the society, not as a part of the irrational creation; as a moral person, not as a mere article of property. The federal Constitution, therefore, decides with great propriety on the case of our slaves, when it views them in the mixed character of persons and of property. This is in fact their true character." Which of the following events best represents a continuity of the sentiments expressed in the excerpt?
the supreme court decision in Dred Scott v Sanford in 1857 supreme court case that ruled that enslaved people were not citizens of the US and could not bring a lawsuit to fed court this decision maintained the idea present in the excerpt that enslaved people were not considered full american citizens in the eyes of the law
"In being compelled to labor, not for himself, but for a master. . . the slave may appear to be degraded from the human rank, and classed with those irrational animals which fall under the legal denomination of property. In being protected, on the other hand, in his life and in his limbs, against the violence of all others, even the master of his labor and his liberty; and in being punishable himself for all violence committed against others, the slave is no less evidently regarded by the law as a member of the society, not as a part of the irrational creation; as a moral person, not as a mere article of property. The federal Constitution, therefore, decides with great propriety on the case of our slaves, when it views them in the mixed character of persons and of property. This is in fact their true character." Which of the following Constitutional compromises does this excerpt support?
the three-fifths compromise was a compromise in which each enslaved person would be counted as 3/5 of a person to determine the number of representatives each state would get in the house of reps
"All male white inhabitants, of the age of twenty-one years, and possessed in his own right of ten pounds value, and liable to pay tax in this State, or being of any mechanic trade, and shall have been resident six months in this State, shall have a right to vote at all elections for representatives, or any other officers, herein agreed to be chosen by the people at large; and every person having a right to vote at any election shall vote by ballot personally. . . ." According to the excerpt, which of the following was a qualification for voting?
voters had to own property there was a property requirement for voting
"We are to meet in the field men who fight for what they consider their rights, and for their homes; and I believe they will contend desperately and frantically. They fight on their own soil, and under more favorable auspices than our Revolutionary fathers; and the issue is as doubtful as it is to be sanguinary. We are certain, however, of being on the right side: constitutional liberty cannot survive the loss of unity in the government." A historian would most likely use this passage to illustrate which of the following?
why supporters of the union fought in the civil war
