Us History Chapter 7 Quiz

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Anti-Federalists included:

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Samuel Adams and Patrick Henry.

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As designed by the Constitution:

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federal judges were appointed by the president, not elected by the people.

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During the process of ratifying the Constitution:

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two states, Rhode Island and North Carolina, voted against ratification.

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Hector St. John Crèvecoeur’s Letters from an American Farmer:

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popularized the idea of the United States as a melting pot of ethnicities.

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How did southern states react to the Constitution’s provisions regarding slavery?

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South Carolina and Georgia imported an increased number of Africans, because in twenty years, the international slave trade would be constitutionally prohibited.

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In the 1780s, settlers in western areas such as Tennessee and Kentucky:

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believed they had a right to take possession of western lands and use them as they saw fit.

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In The Federalist, James Madison argued that:

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the large size of the United States was a source of political stability.

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In The History of the American Revolution, David Ramsey:

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praised American state constitutions for allowing future amendments.

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In the immediate aftermath of independence, how did Congress justify its claim that at least some Indians had forfeited their rights to their lands?

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because they had aided the British during the war

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James Madison:

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was Thomas Jefferson’s friend and protégé.

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Shays’s Rebellion was significant because it demonstrated:

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to some influential Americans the need for a stronger central government.

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Shays’s Rebellion:

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used the example of the Revolution and the terminology of liberty in organizing.

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The Anti-Federalist James Winthrop argued that a bill of rights was necessary in the Constitution because:

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it would secure the minority against the usurpation and tyranny of the majority.

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The Constitution explicitly granted Congress the power to do all of the following EXCEPT:

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emancipate slaves.

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The Federalist papers were:

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a series of essays promoting ratification of the Constitution.

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The Naturalization Act of 1790 allowed:

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only free white persons to become citizens.

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The New Jersey Plan:

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was mainly supported by the smaller, less populated states.

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The Northwest Ordinance of 1787:

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established the policy to admit the area’s population as equal members of the political system.

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The relationship between the national government and the states is called:

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Federalism.

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The three-fifths clause in the U.S. Constitution:

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gave the white South greater power in national affairs than the size of its free population warranted.

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Thomas Jefferson believed that African-Americans:

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should eventually be able to enjoy their natural rights, but they would have to leave the United States to do so.

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Under the Articles of Confederation, Congress was able to:

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establish national control over land to the west of the thirteen states.

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Under the Treaty of Greenville of 1795:

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twelve Indian tribes ceded most of Ohio and Indiana to the federal government.

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What qualifications did the Constitution, ratified in 1787, impose for voting?

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None; it left voting rules to the states.

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What was Congress able to accomplish with its Native American policy under the Articles of Confederation?

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Congress demanded and received surrenders of large amounts of Indian land north of the Ohio River and in the South.

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What was the annuity system involving the U.S. government and certain Indian tribes?

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a system under which the federal government gave annual monetary grants to Indians

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Which of the following groups tended to be Anti-Federalist during the ratification debates?

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state politicians fearful of a strong central government

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Which one of the following describes those who attended the Constitutional Convention?

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Most were better educated than the average American of the time.

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Which one of the following did states NOT do during the period when the Articles of Confederation governed the United States?

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They called out militias to stop foreclosures on the homes of debtors.

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Which one of the following is true of how the leaders of the new nation viewed settlers moving west across the Appalachians in the 1780s?

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They shared their British predecessors’ fears that frontier settlers would fight constantly with Native Americans.

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Which one of the following is true of the Virginia Plan?

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It proposed a two-house legislature, with population determining representation in each house.

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Which one of the following is NOT a check against presidential power in the Constitution?

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The House can remove the president from office after impeaching him.

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Which one of the following is true of the Constitution of 1787 and of slavery?

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Although never using the word “slavery,” the document protected several aspects of the institution.

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Which one of the following is true regarding Congress and the African slave trade in the United States under the Constitution?

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Congress prohibited the African slave trade twenty years after ratification of the Constitution.

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Which one of the following is true of how the U.S. government in the 1790s dealt with Native Americans?

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The U.S. government made treaties with them mainly to transfer land to itself or to the states.

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Which one of the following is true of American national identity as envisioned by the Constitution of 1787?

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The original Constitution did not define who in fact were citizens of the United States.

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Which one of the following persons would have been the most likely supporter of the Articles of Confederation?

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an indebted farmer in western Massachusetts

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Which one of the following was a characteristic of the federal government under the Articles of Confederation?

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Congress could not levy taxes or regulate commerce.

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Which two prominent men were not at the Constitutional Convention?

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Thomas Jefferson and John Adams

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Who was defeated at the Battle of Fallen Timbers in 1794?

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Little Turtle

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Who wrote Notes on the State of Virginia?

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Thomas Jefferson

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Why did the founding fathers create the electoral college?

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They did not trust ordinary voters to choose the president and vice president directly.

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Why was the original House of Representatives so small, with only sixty-five members?

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The founders assumed that only prominent individuals could win elections in large districts, and that is what the founders wanted.

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With regard to slavery, the Northwest Ordinance of 1787:

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banned slavery in the area north of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi River.

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So adamant was he about separating church and state, James Madison opposed the appointment of chaplains to serve Congress and the military.

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True