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28 Cards in this Set
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Continential Army officers attempting to form the Society of Cincinnati
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Were ridiculed for their lordly pretensions.
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The worlds first antislavery society was founded by
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Quakers in Philadelphia
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The founders failed to eliminate slavery because
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a fight over slavery might destroy national unity.
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Adopted almost a decade before the federal constitution the ___ constituton remains the longest living in the world
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Massachusetts
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As a result of the revolution, many state capitals were relocated westward
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to get them away from the haughty eastern seaports
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The articles of Confederation left congress unable to
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enforce a tax collection program
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The land Ordinance of 1785 provided for all of the following *EXCEPT*
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The land should be surveyed before its scale.
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Shay's rebellion convinced many Americans of the need for
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a stronger central government
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The constitutional Convention was called to
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revise the Articles of Confederation
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The delegate whose contributions to the Philadelphia Convention were so noteable that he has been called the "Father of the Constitution was"
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James Madison
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The great compromise at the constitutional convention worked out an acceptable scheme for
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apportioning congressional representation
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The constitutional convention adressed the North-South controversy over slavery through the
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3\5 compromise
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Probably the most alarming characteristic of the new constitution to those who opposed it was the
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absence of a bill of rights
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The antifederalist camp included all of the following groups *EXCEPT*
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states' rights supporters
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Thomas Jefferson
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Secretary of state
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Alexander Hamiltion
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Secretary of Treasury
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Henry Knox
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Secretary of War
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John Jay
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Chief Justice of the Supreame Court
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The bill of rights was intended to protect___ against the potential tyrannay of _____.
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individual liberties, a strong national government
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All of the following were part of Alexander Hamiltons economic program *except*
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Paying only domestic debts but not foreign debts.
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Hamilton
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Privileges for the upper classes, pro-british, potent of central government, government supported for buisness
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Jefferson
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sympathy for the common people, pay off national debt, pro-french, universal education
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The neutrality proclaimation in 1793
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officially proclaimed america's neutrality in Old world quarrels
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Washingtons Farewell Address in 1796
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warned against the dangers of permanent foregin alliances.
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In the election of 1796, the democratic-republicans made their primary issue
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The terms of jay's treaty and the crushing of the whiskey rebellion
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The immediate cause of the undeclared war between the United states and France was
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The XYZ affair
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The Federalist-dominated Congress's Alien Act was aimed at______ wheras the Sediction Act was primarily aimed at _____.
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recent immigrants, newspapers.
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Thomas Jefferson appealed to all of the following groups except
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the upper class
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