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20 Cards in this Set
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20. The Articles of Confederation supposedly gave the Congress the power to:
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D. Regulate interstate trade.
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19. All of the following were benefits that Americans had over the British Army EXCEPT:
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C. Availibility of supplies.
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4. The founding fathers became revolutionary largely because:
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B. They were insulted by British re-centralizing authority at their expense.
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1. James Madison believed that a _____ democracy could work well.
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C. Big
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2. Shay's Rebellion showed that:
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A. State democracies were not working as was hoped.
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3. The fictional Tom Dobbs fought for:
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A. A safe country where no one threatens or rules anyone else.
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10. Alexander Hamilton believed in:
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B. A strong central govt. fostering an urban trade and industrial nation.
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5. Baron Von Stueben was a:
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A. German aristocrat who trained Washington's army.
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9. Major problems for the state right after the war:
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D. Debt, class-biased state govt., continued foreign threats, no trade cohesion.
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7. The British strategy to take the major cities:
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B. Worked poorly because colonies were decentralized already.
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6. The effect of Saratoga was to:
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D. All of the above.
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8. We won at Saratoga because:
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A. the British were already decimated and we "cheated"-hid in trees and sharpshot their officers.
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11. The Article of Confederation had these problems:
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not sure
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14. All of the following were negotiators at the Treaty of Paris EXCEPT:
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D. George Washington
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13. The Great Compromise on representation to Congress in the Constitutuion came about because:
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E. All of the Above.
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12. The peace between Great Britain and the new United States set the western boundary of the United States at:
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B. the Mississippi River
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18. When the war was over, Washington:
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B. Gave up his authority to Congress and retired to Mount Vernon.
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15. All of the following were battle sites at which the Continental Army was victorious EXCEPT:
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B. Saratoga
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17. The continental army suffered a major defeat at:
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C. New York
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16. The Iroqouis Native Americans mostly fought on the side of the:
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D. British
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