Quiz 3: Birth of a Nation Review

The act or process of setting free from slavery of any kind; release.

Emancipation

The slave owner who freed his slaves in his will was _____.

George Washington

Under the Articles of Confederation, the

states were superior to the national government

The right to vote

suffrage

Under the Land Ordinance of 1787, a territory could be admitted to the Union when it had ______ free inhabitants.

60,000

One weakness of the Articles of Confederation was that they provided for:

a unanimous vote of the states to amend the Articles

All of the following events were accomplishments of the Articles of Confederation except:

adoption of the Declaration of Independence

What are the three ways the Constitution can be amended?

amendment proposed by two-thirds of both houses and ratified by three-fourths of the states amendment ratified by special conventions in three-fourths of the states amendment proposed by special convention, called for by two-thirds of state legislatures, and ratified by three-fourths of state legislatures

The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 provided for the:

government of new territories

Which TWO states abolished slavery during the Revolutionary War?

Pennsylvania, Massachusetts

In a separate treaty, Great Britain returned Florida to

Spain

The first state to have suffrage for all men over twenty-one years of age was

Vermont

The _______ Plan called for a Congress of two houses in which the total number of delegates would be divided among the states according to the free population of each state.

Virginia

A rebellion of debt-ridden farmers was led by:

Captain Daniel Shays

Confirmation; approval.

Ratification

Approximately how many Loyalists left the United States?

100,000

The Articles of Confederation went into effect in:

1781

A member of the political party that opposed the adoption of the Constitution of the United States before 1789.

Antifederalist

A member of the political party in the United States that favored the adoption of the Constitution and later, the establishment of a strong central government. The party existed from about 1791 to 1816.

Federalist

The ________ Plan called for a one-house legislature in which each state would cast only one vote.

New Jersey

What is the system of checks and balances?

The president can veto legislation passed by Congress Congress may override a veto by two-thirds vote or impeach the president for misconduct The Supreme Court may declare laws unconstitutional

Why was the system of checks and balances included in the Constitution?

To prevent one brach of the government from becoming too powerful

The Ordinance of 1785:

benefited eastern speculators at the expense of western farmers

Under the Articles of Confederation, Congress had no power to:

collect taxes

What type of government is run by the people who live under it?

democracy

A serious dispute between the large and small states under the Articles was over the problem of:

representation

Ill feelings arose between the states because of claims to the:

western territories