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25 Cards in this Set
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Which of the following best describes the new citizenship established by the original U.S. Constitution?
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The conferral of equal rights on ordinary people and resting on the people's consent to be governed.
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The history of the American founding ___________.
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Is more complex than most textbooks lead us to believe.
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Some members of the Philadelphia Convention argued that those members who were intent on writing a new Constitution were committing treason.
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TRUE!
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Which is NOT a characteristic of the American confederation under the Articles?
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The federal government has complete autonomy over monetary issues.
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The goal of our system of checks and balances is to make sure that no one branch becomes too powerful and exercises power in a tyrannical way.
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TRUE!
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Why was it easier to ratify the Constitution than the Articles of Confederation?
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The rules required unanimous approval of the Articles, and only 9 of 13 states for the Constitution.
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Which of the following was NOT a benefit for early British colonists?
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The ability to trade with other countries without a tax.
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The delegates at the Constitutional Convention represented ________.
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Represented groups that were most injured by the Articles of Confederation.
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The structure of our bicameral system suggests all but the following...
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Members of the Senate and the House would be elected in the same manner.
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The president of the United States is elected through a direct electoral system. True or False.
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FALSE!!!!!
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Which of the following statements about slavery in colonies is true?
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After the revolutionary war, slavery was outlawed north of Maryland.
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One of the biggest differences between the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution was....
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Articles = States are Sovereign. Constitution = People are Sovereign. |
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Which of the following is NOT true regarding Judicial Review
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It is an automatic process that all laws go through
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The U.S. Constitution was such a different document from other documents like it that that was no real debate. True or False?
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FALSE!!!
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Madison, in Federalist No. 10, argued that factions are ALWAYS dangerous
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False!!!
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Which of the following is NOT true about Shay's Rebellion?
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The uprising was successful as the farmers did not have to pay for their debts.
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What is an argument made in the Federalist Papers that is CLEARLY rejected?
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There was no need for a Bill of Rights in the Constitution.
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Who was not a major group battling Britain?
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Portugal!!!
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The Declaration of Independence was first and foremost a.......
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Political Document
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What is NOT true about those who attended the Constitutional Convention?
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They were representative of the larger American public.
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Thomas Jefferson MAY have changed John Locke's argument for government to the "pursuit of happiness" because Jefferson....
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was trying to gain the support of those who had little property to protect
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Early colonies in America were generally....
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Places that continued many of the injustices that some colonists had hoped to escape.
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The word "slavery" appears twice in the Constitution.
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False!
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The Declaration of independence said "all men are created equal." This means that people were opposed to slavery, the mistreatment of Native Americans and Women. True or False?
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False!
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According to the Articles of Confederation, who had the most power in trade?
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Individual States!
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