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59 Cards in this Set
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How did the American Revolution weaken the aristocratic upper crust in the colonies?
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By the exodus of some 80,000 Loyalists
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After the American Revolution how did voting rights change?
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Most states reduced property-holding requirements.
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What titles, once reserved for wealthy and highborn colonists, did revolutionaries demand to be used when addressed?
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Mr. and Mrs.
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After the revolution primogeniture was forbidden. What specific topic did primogeniture laws address? |
Inheritance of your fathers land. |
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Which church was associated with England and fell from grace? |
Anglican |
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What important document by Thomas Jefferson was sent to the Danbury Baptists in 1802 concerning religion in Virginia? What was the thesis of this document? |
Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom/ That there should be a wall of separation of church and state. |
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Which group of immigrants will create the world’s first antislavery society? |
Quakers |
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What was it’s name not in the book? |
Pennsylvania Abolition Society |
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For the most part, what part of the colonies abolished slavery pre-Revolutionary War (New England, Middle, South)? |
New England |
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Give a rationale for the occurrence in question #9? |
New England had terrible soil and needed skilled workers vs. in the South |
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James Madison recognized that slavery was an evil, but according to him what was an even greater evil? |
Dismemberment of the union |
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Who was Elizabeth “Mumbet” Freeman? |
Mumbet sued her Massachusetts master and won her freedom. She spent the rest of her life serving the lawyer who tried the case, but she was paid. |
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Describe the idea of “ Republican Motherhood”? |
Elevated women to a newly prestigious role as the special keepers of the nation’s conscience. Republican women now bore crucial responsibility for teaching the principles of the nation. |
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According to theory of Republicanism, who holds the authority? (hint: first three words of the Constitution) |
The people |
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This was the notion that democracy depended on the unselfish commitment of each citizen to the public good. |
“civic virtue” |
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What procedure will be copied by the Constitutional Convention in 1787 from the ratification process which Massachusetts used when it ratified its constitution in 1780? |
Calling a special convention to change the constitution |
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Why did the people of Massachusetts feel that annual elections were important of elected officials? |
Legislators were forced to stay in touch with the mood of the people. |
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What was the purpose of the State’s written constitutions according to the text? |
Fundamental law, superior to the transient whims of ordinary legislation. |
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What two branches of the State’s governments were weak compared to today’s standards? |
Executive and Judicial |
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How was American commerce affected by the American Revolution? |
American ships were barred from British and British West Indies harbors causing a cut in the selling ability of American industries. |
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How was the average American citizen affected economically by the Revolution? |
They were worse off because of the inflationary policies of the American gov. Money became worthless. |
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How was each of the thirteen States sovereign after the American Revolution? |
They coined money, raised armies and navies, erected tariff barriers. |
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The was the major issue of discord between the 13 States after the Revolution? |
Ownership of the Western lands |
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What style of government did the Articles of Confederation create in the States after the Revolution? |
“firm league of friendship” weak government |
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What document was the United States first Constitution? |
Articles of Confederation |
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In order to amend the Articles how many States had to vote in the affirmative? |
All; unanimous vote |
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What two handicaps of Congress were the worst? |
No power to regulate commerce; Congress couldn’t enforce its tax-collection program (couldn’t collect taxes to pay the debt incurred during the Revolution). |
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In the Land Ordinance of 1785, how was land divided? |
It was divided into townships six miles square, each of which in turn was to be split into thirty-six sections of one square mile each. |
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Name the five states created in the Northwest Territory? |
Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio |
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What policy will be implemented in the Northwest Ordinance of 1787? Why is this important? |
Slavery was forbidden in the new territories; It shows that the we were trying to abolish slavery as we expanded West. But this will become a problem in the future. |
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What rebellion caused some of the founding fathers to reconsider the Articles of Confederation? |
Shay’s Rebellion |
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How successful was the Annapolis Convention in 1786? Why? |
Not very, because only 5 States showed up, but Alexander Hamilton will move to use this meeting to call for a Constitutional Convention. |
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Where did the fifty-five emissaries from twelve states finally meet to revise the Articles? |
Philadelphia |
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Who was unanimously chosen chairman of the Constitutional Convention? |
George Washington |
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Which famous founding father refused to attend the 1787 Convention and stated that he “smelled a rat”? What other famous signer of the Declaration of Independence was not there? |
Patrick Henry; John Hancock |
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How many of the 55 delegates owned slaves? What did the owning of slaves do for these men? |
19; Allowed them become wealthy enough to attend this meeting. The average citizen was not a part of this restructuring of our government. To busy trying to earn a living! |
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Which plan presented by James Madison favored the more populous states? How did it? |
Virginia Plan; Representation in Congress would be based on the States population |
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Which plan presented by William Patterson favored the smaller states? How did it? |
New Jersey; Representation in Congress would be equal representation |
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What was the major difference between the two plans? |
Representation |
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Which delegate of the Constitutional Convention is credited with creating the preamble to the Constitution? What concept concerning citizenship will this statesman promote which was not the norm for his day? (Hjort questions) |
Governor Morris of Pennsylvania; In an era when most Americans thought of themselves as citizens of their respective states, Morris advanced the idea of being a citizen of a single union of states |
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How did the Great Compromise solve the representation problem? |
House would be based on Population; Senate based on equal representation |
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This compromise dealt with the indirect election of the President of the United States? |
Electoral College |
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This compromise, the most controversial prevented a divided country and a possible Civil War after the Revolution? |
3/5 Compromise and the Slave Trade compromise |
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How were the States unfairly represented in the Articles of Confederation? |
1 vote in Congress for each state |
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How many of the original 55 member commission stated and signed the document? |
42 |
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Which two states were considered the economic centers in the North and the South? |
New York and Virginia |
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Which style of government did antifederalists favor during the Revolutionary time period. |
They are for a smaller more power local government |
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Which Article of the Constitution made the Constitution the Supreme law of the land (don’t trust the chapter—look it up in the back)? |
Article 6 |
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What groups of people joined the antifederalists? |
States rights people, backcountry dwellers, one-horse farmers, poorest classes, paper-moneyites and debtors. |
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List the grievances which the antifederalists has concerning the new US Constitution. |
Drawn up by aristocrats, sovereignty of states was being submerged, jeopardized the rights of individuals w/ lack of bill of rights, absence of annual elections, ten mile square federal city, standing army, no reference to God, questionable procedure for ratification (2/3—wanted unanimous). |
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Who is considered the father of the U.S. Constitution? |
James Madison |
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Which of the 13 States was least likely to ratify the Constitution? Why? |
Rhode Island…go figure. Didn’t trust the newly created government |
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Who was Publius? Why did these authors use the pseudonym? |
Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, James Madison; They wanted to honor the Roman diplomat who helped to overthrow the Roman monarchy in 509BC: Publius Valerius Publicola |
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What was the purpose of the Federalist Papers? Did it work? |
Convince NY to ratify the Constitution; Yes, by 3 votes! |
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What is the thesis of Federalist Paper #10? |
Factions are not good, but a large nation can prevent factions from becoming too powerful. Madison argued that a strong, large republic would be a better guard against those dangers than smaller republics—for instance, the individual states. |
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What is the thesis of Federalist Paper #51? |
That each branch will have a “check” on the other branch. This established the principle of Checks and Balances in the US Constitution. It tries to guarantee that no one branch will become all powerful. |
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What is the thesis of Federalist Paper #78? |
Address the possibility of Judicial Review, but that principle is not created until the SCOTUS case Marbury v Madison in 1801. |
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How did the federalists emphasize the principle of republican government, since the antifederalists feared that they had left this out? |
Through a redefinition of Popular sovereignty—three branches of government with separate powers (checks and balances). |
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Place the following in chronological order: Land Ordinance , North West Ordinance, First Continental Congress, 2nd Continental Congress, 1st antislavery society, Ratification of the Constitution, Articles of Confederation put into effect. |
First Continental, 1st antislavery society, 2nd Continental Congress, Articles, Land Ordinance, NOW, Ratification |
