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28 Cards in this Set
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New Jersey Plan
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-supported by smaller states
-called for single-house Congress in which each state cast vote (like Art. of Conf.) -drawn up in response to Virginia Plan |
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Virginia Plan
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-Madison
-creation of a 2-house legislature w/ a state's population determining its representation in each |
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Connecticut Compromise (Great Compromise)
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-2-house Congress consisting of a Senate in which each state had 2 members, and a House of Representatives apportioned according to population
-senators would be chosen by state-legislatures for 6-year terms -representatives elected by the people every 2 years |
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3/5 Compromise
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-Wilson
-prohibited Congress from abolishing the African slave trade for 20 years -provided that 3/5 of slave pop. would be counted in determining each state's representation in H. of Rep. and its electoral votes for pres. -s. states had threatened disunion if the Atlantic slave trade were prohibited immediately |
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Federalists
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-Hamilton, Madison, Jay wrote The Federalist
-men of substantial property -concentrated in cities and nearby rural areas -merchants -artisans |
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Anti-Federalists
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-state politicians: Samuel Adams, John Hancock, Patrick Henry
-small farmers from NY, Mass., and the southern back country |
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Primary reasons for Anti-Federalist opposition to the Constitution.
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1. Constitution lacks a Bill of Rights
2. too much power is given away (reasoning for state politicians to oppose) |
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NW Ordinance
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process to statehood for NW territory
-5000=territory -60,000=statehood *in their constitutions: 1. religious freedom for all 2. no slavery |
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Land Ordinances
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-cession to national govt.
-divided and sold *one sect was reserved for funding of public education |
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True/False.
During the ratification debates of 1787-88, the Federalists were more effectively mobilized than the Anti-Federalists. |
True
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True/False.
Movement of Americans westward slowed dramatically under the Articles of Confederation. |
False
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True/False.
Under the Articles of Confederation, national government consisted of a weak legislative branch and a strong judicial branch. |
False
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True/False.
Shays's Rebellion was inspired by a belief that the Massachusetts government was not doing enough to protect indebted farmers from losing their land. |
True
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True/False.
The 1790 Naturalization Act barred non-white foreigners from attaining American citizenship. |
True
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True/False.
The constitution imposed high property qualifications for voting. |
False
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True/False.
The Bill of Rights was a concession offered by the Federalists to overcome widespread fears of despotic national government. |
True
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True/False.
The Bill of Rights offered Indians a vital source of protection against further intrusions upon their land. |
False
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True/False.
Indentured servitude went into rapid decline following national independence. |
True
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True/False.
The Declaration of Independence elevated the principle of equality to a central place in the American conception of freedom. |
True
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True/False.
The authority of church leaders went remarkably unchallenged during the revolutionary era. |
False
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True/False.
Committed to freedom of conscience and thought, most patriots adopted a live-and-let-live attitude toward the Loyalists during the Revolutionary War. |
False
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True/False.
Indian tribes who stayed neutral during the Revolution ended up better off than those who took sides. |
False
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True/False.
The years following independence saw the emergence of free black communities, especially in the northern states. |
True
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True/False.
Militias did much to promote the expansion of political democracy in revolutionary America. |
True
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True/False.
Some Americans employed the revolutionary language of equality on behalf of women's rights. |
True
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The estimated percentage of free Americans who remained loyal to the British during the Revolution was:
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20-25 percent
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The foremost center of political radicalism during the revolutionary era was:
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Pennsylvania
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Which of the following was not a key principle embedded in the Bill of Rights?
a)free public education b)freedom of speech, press, and assembly c)religious freedom d)protection of natural rights from government infringement |
a)free public education
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