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1) Discuss the ways in which the frontier influenced national politics during the
Confederation period.
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2) Describe the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation, and discuss the reasons why
Americans created a weak national government.
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3) In what ways was the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 a failure? In what ways was it a
success?
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4) Describe the impact of the Revolution on the lives of African Americans.
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5) Why did the more democratic West clash with the East in political battles in state
legislatures?
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6) How did the Jay-Gardoqui Treaty and Shays’s Rebellion contribute to the convening of
the Constitutional Convention?
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7) Compare the New Jersey Plan and the Virginia Plan offered at the Constitutional
Convention. What caused each state to favor the plan it proposed?
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8) Describe the new state constitutions, and discuss the ways in which they reflected the
fears and concerns among Americans that had been fostered by the controversy with Britain.
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9) The historian Frederick Jackson Turner argued that the American frontier was a “safety
valve” that, by siphoning off surplus population from settled areas and providing families with
land and employment, reduced social and political conflict. Does the history of the West during
the Confederation period confirm or disconfirm Turner’s “frontier thesis”?
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10) To what extent did the American Revolution effect a fundamental change in American
society? How far had Americans gone by 1790 in fulfilling the ideal of equality? What limited
the pursuit of full equality in the new nation?
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11) What concepts of equality directed the actions of revolutionary leaders? Why did they
stop short of extending equality to a full range of all Americans? What goals of equality did they
pursue?
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12) Consider this statement: “The Revolution gave rise to a new sense of social identity and a
new set of ambitions among several groups of men who had once accepted a humbler status.”
Explain how that happened, and relate your discussion to the following groups: westerners,
urban artisans, and women.
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13) Did the Constitution advance or set back the principles of the Revolution? Defend your
answer by showing clearly the changes in political philosophy that the Constitution
demonstrated.
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14) Compare and contrast the Articles of Confederation with the Constitution. What were the
strengths and weaknesses in each document? What were the similarities/differences of each
document? Why did the change occur?
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15) Why is the Bill of Rights so important to the ideals of democracy?
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16) What types of policies were the Federalists most likely to support?
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17) What was the influence of the Ordinance of 1785 upon the nation in the years that
followed?
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18) From most theorists of republicanism, Americans learned that republican governments
were best suited to ________ territories.
18) ______
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19) The ________ branch of government gained most of the power in the governments
created by the initial state constitutions.
19) ______
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20) The first framing of government for the whole nation was known as the Articles of
________.
20) ______
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21) For Americans after the Revolution, the greatest problems and greatest opportunities
beckoned in the rapidly developing ________.
21) ______
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22) American revolutionaries sought to create a(n) ________ republic, meaning a balance of
power between states and the national government.
22) ______
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23) Due to the expansion of rice culture and the spread of cotton production to the interior,
slavery continued to grow in the Lower ________.
23) ______
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24) In the new republic, the new image of women as the upholders of private virtue was
known as republican “________” and inspired many educational reformers in the revolutionary
generation.
24) ______
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25) State legislators gradually abolished state support for ________, as a reform against
artificial privilege.
25) ______
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26) The rejected Jay-Gardoqui Treaty and a rebellion in Massachusetts led by Daniel
________ were the two crisis events that gave momentum to calls for strengthening the central
government.
26) ______
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27) More than anyone else, future president James ________ was the architect of the
Constitution.
27) ______
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28) The core of Anti-Federalist opposition to the Constitution of 1787 was its lack of a bill of
________.
28) ______
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29) The chapter introduction discusses the dilemma of citizens identifying with state and
nation after the Revolution to make the point that
29) ______
A) immediately after the Revolution, no one had a sense of identity or loyalty toward the
nation, so it was predictable that the new United States would be politically decentralized.
B) because of the Revolution, most felt a sense of identity and loyalty with the united
cause, but political jealousies prevented a strong governmental structure until the crises of the
1780s forced politicians to act.
C) Americans created one kind of united government with the Declaration of
Independence; needing a better union, they overwhelmingly supported the new Constitution.
D) Americans had to experiment to find a way to create a united republic that confronted
the realities of separate identities and inequalities.
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30) The Constitution represented the triumph of compromise, and Americans who accepted
the Constitution had to change many of their basic beliefs about government. These included all
of the following EXCEPT
30) ______
A) the assumption that republics were best suited to small geographic areas.
B) the preoccupation with severely limiting executive power.
C) the instinct to give ultimate loyalty and sovereignty to one’s own state.
D) the ability of free citizens to govern themselves through disinterested representatives.
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31) The constitutions written by the states provided several important precedents for the later
federal system created by the Constitution of 1787. One of the most important was the principle
of
31) ______
A) a weak executive.
B) county divisions within a state structure.
C) direct popular rule.
D) creating a written document as supreme law.
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32) When peace was restored in the 1780s, Americans were forced to face some unanswered
questions raised by their revolution. Which of the following was NOT among their questions?
32) ______
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A) Could the individual states establish treaties and agreements with foreign countries,
excluding the other states?
B) Would the lands in the West eventually become part of the United States, and how
would this take place?
C) Would factions and self-interest groups pull the states apart and make union
impossible?
D) What tax system would be installed by the newly elected government?
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33) Following the revolution, while most states did not alter the basic structure of their
governments, they did alter the balance of power among the different branches of government.
Which of the following did they NOT do?
33) ______
A) severely restricted the power of the governor or abolished the office completely
B) significantly strengthened the powers of the state legislatures
C) insisted on written state constitutions
D) abolished the state legislative assemblies
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34) The first state constitutions tried to make the government accountable to the people
through
34) ______
A) annual elections and representation by district.
B) elections by secret ballot and representation of each social group.
C) restricting executive power and requiring a popular referendum for tax bills.
D) itemizing rights and prescribing virtual representation.
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35) America’s first governing document was called the
35) ______
A) Articles of Confederation.
B) Constitution.
C) Bill of Rights.
D) Jefferson Doctrine.
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36) The Articles of Confederation provided for a government by
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36) ______
A) national legislature.
B) national executive.
C) judicial authority.
D) All these answers are correct.
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37) What is the best description of the United States of America under the Articles of
Confederation?
37) ______
A) an integrated republic with a decentralized structure of national government
B) thirteen independent state republics loosely joined together under a virtually powerless
representative body
C) a political system functioning like a corporate conglomerate with thirteen wholly-
owned subsidiary companies
D) thirteen independent nations affiliated in a defensive alliance, like today’s NATO
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38) Which of the following was a weakness of Congress under the Articles of Confederation?
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38) ______
A) It could only levy taxes.
B) It could not declare war or regulate Native American affairs.
C) It could only regulate trade.
D) Its structure meant that national leadership was marked by weakness and
discontinuity.
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39) The two most pressing problems for the new nation, which neither the states nor the
Confederation Congress could solve, were
39) ______
A) divisions between the states, and border disputes with Britain and Spain.
B) slavery, and the question of dealing with Native Americans.
C) republicanism and federalism.
D) political ineffectiveness, and the need to industrialize.
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40) The young United States confronted strong challenges from which foreign power(s) at its
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40) ______
A) the Spanish and British
B) the French to the west
C) the Dutch to the north
D) the French in the West Indies
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41) Immediately after the Revolution, the United States began to have difficulties with Spain.
The disputes were related to the boundaries of Florida and
41) ______
A) ownership of Cuba.
B) the boundaries of Texas.
C) navigation rights on the Mississippi.
D) illegal trade with Spanish colonies.
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42) One of the chief controversies that delayed initial ratification of the Articles of
Confederation turned out to be the one area of substantial achievement by the Confederation
Congress. This related to
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42) ______
A) policy regarding Native Americans.
B) slavery.
C) western lands.
D) the location of the national capital.
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43) The Northwest Ordinance, which established a basis for territorial government for lands
between the Ohio River and the Great Lakes, included all of the following provisions EXCEPT
43) ______
A) freedom of religion.
B) protection of civil and political rights for natives.
C) encouragement of education.
D) the eventual creation of three to five new states.
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44) Which of the following is a true statement concerning African Americans following the
Revolution?
44) ______
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A) The number of Blacks in slavery quickly declined dramatically.
B) Communities of free Blacks faded in numbers and health.
C) Most northern states abolished slavery by law either immediately or gradually.
D) Most African Americans were forced to flee to Canada.
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45) In American society after the Revolution, people believed more and more in ________,
while in reality many parts of society were becoming ________.
45) ______
A) religion; secular
B) capitalism; neo-feudal
C) equality; unequal
D) reforming society; complacent about the Republic’s future
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46) One result of the harsh treatment of loyalists during and following the Revolution was
that
46) ______
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A) most of the urban merchant class was lost.
B) revolutionary governments demonstrated their commitment to justice even for those
who disagreed.
C) the British army shrank in numbers.
D) new opportunities were created for enterprising Americans to move up the ladder of
wealth and influence.
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47) The state of New Jersey created legislation in 1807 to close what loophole?
47) ______
A) “aristocracy of merit”
B) the three-fifths compromise
C) landowning women’s suffrage
D) “democratic excess”
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48) “Seduction literature” sent the unmistakable message that young women must preserve
their
48) ______
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A) wholesome nature.
B) self-control.
C) independence from the passions and impulsiveness of men.
D) sexual purity.
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49) Who said the following in opposition to unauthorized settlement of the Northwest
Territories? “Shall we not fill the Wilderness with white Savages, and will they not become more
formidable to us than the tawny ones who now inhabit it?”
49) ______
A) John Jay, Congress’s secretary of foreign affairs
B) George Washington
C) Thomas Jefferson
D) Alexander Hamilton
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50) As a result of the Continental Congress printing more and more dollars over the course of
the war, the value of the dollar by 1780
50) ______
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A) was about 1 percent of the 1775 dollar.
B) had increased in worrying proportions.
C) was about the same as the value of a Continental.
D) was about half of the value of the 1775 dollar.
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51) What drove the accumulation of wartime government debt certificates in the hands of
wealthy Americans?
51) ______
A) the need for cash to make ends meet among most Americans
B) currency manipulations out of the world’s financial center, London
C) the austerity programs of the new states
D) the deflation of the Continental dollar
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52) What was the point being made by South Carolina’s William Henry Drayton when he
talked about men “who were never in a way to study” anything except “how to cut up a beast in
the market to best advantage, to cobble an old shoe in the neatest manner, or to build a necessary
house”?
52) ______
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A) There was honor and nobility in honest work.
B) Hard work and self-improvement was the American creed.
C) American ambition produced an “aristocracy of labor.”
D) Artisans and other working men had no business in representative government.
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53) What new sentiment became apparent at the end of the Revolution in women like the
rural South Carolinian Eliza Wilkinson, who said that “[t]he men say we have no business with
political matters . . . it’s not our sphere. . . . [But] I won’t have it thought that because we are the
weaker Sex (as to bodily strength my dear) we are Capable of nothing more, than minding the
Dairy . . . surely we may have enough sense to give our Opinions.”
53) ______
A) defeatism
B) confidence
C) resignation
D) hubris
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54) The most significant reform of the republican campaign against artificial privilege was
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54) ______
A) dismantling of state-supported churches.
B) introduction of capital gains taxes.
C) nationwide abolition of slavery.
D) abolition of capital punishment.
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55) What was the most important result of the uprising of western Massachusetts debtor
farmers led by Daniel Shays?
55) ______
A) It supported the belief that the people should take the law into their own hands.
B) It proved that the country’s revolutionary spirit was still alive.
C) It gave crucial momentum to the growing movement to strengthen the national
government.
D) It prompted the Massachusetts legislature to ratify the Constitution.
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56) The most significant reform of the republican campaign against artificial privilege was
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56) ______
A) dismantling of state-supported churches.
B) elimination of inheritance taxes.
C) elimination of inherited political privilege.
D) None of these answers are correct.
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57) Which of the following leaders shaped the framing of the federal Constitution more than
anyone else?
57) ______
A) George Washington
B) James Madison
C) Thomas Jefferson
D) Alexander Hamilton
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58) The delegates to the Constitutional Convention, though from twelve different states, had
two important things in common. These were that
58) ______
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A) they were men with a great deal of political experience, and they all favored
weakening the central government.
B) they were all relatively inexperienced politically, and they favored establishing a
constitutional monarchy.
C) they were all former loyalists, and they all favored establishing strong ties with Great
Britain.
D) they were all men of considerable political experience, and they all recognized the
need for a stronger national union.
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59) The Constitutional Convention deadlocked until it could find a compromise solution to
the issue of
59) ______
A) whether to keep or discard the Articles.
B) whether there was truly a need for a stronger national government.
C) representation in Congress.
D) the powers of the executive.
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60) How did James Madison imagine that a federal republic with a strong central government
might work, especially one that governed such a vast land area as that of the United States?
60) ______
A) He simply believed that a strong central government would lead to tyranny and was
therefore against it.
B) He believed that a strong central government would have to be opposed by a well-
organized opposition party.
C) He believed that various interests and factions would cancel each other out in a large
republic, and that virtuous national leaders would govern on behalf of all the people.
D) He believed that he would be forced to run for president in order to save the union.
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61) The Federalist Papers presented strong and convincing arguments in favor of
61) ______
A) adopting the Constitution of 1787.
B) keeping the Articles of Confederation.
C) creating a unitary form of government.
D) becoming a federated unit within the British Empire.
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62) In the debates over ratification, a major fear of the Anti-Federalists was that
62) ______
A) the most powerful groups in society would dominate and eventually rule in a corrupt
and arbitrary fashion.
B) the common people would have too much control over the government.
C) elected officials would be too narrowly and directly concerned with the interests of
their own constituents, rather than those of the nation as a whole.
D) poorer groups would be favored over the more substantial citizens in society.
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63) In the debates over ratification, the Federalists argued that the Constitution
63) ______
A) would solve the immigration problems of the nation.
B) was merely a temporary means to regain stability.
C) would protect the nation from itself by providing a system of checks and balances.
D) safeguarded individual freedoms through its built-in Bill of Rights.
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