Exam 8: Building a Republic

Match the term with the definition. -Constitutional clause that tacitly acknowledged the existence of slavery in the United States by setting the numerical base for apportioning both representation and taxation.

What was a shared feature of all the state constitutions drawn up during the American Revolution?

When the Constitution was drafted, slavery was

Match the term with the definition. -1787 land act that established a three-stage process by which settled territories would become states. It also banned slavery in the Northwest Territory.

How did delegates decide to count slaves when determining the apportionment of representatives?

Why did Massachusetts African Americans Paul and John Cuffe refuse to pay taxes in 1779?

Virginia's constitution was the first to

The fight over ratification in Virginia proved to be very close, owing to Antifederalist arguments from

Who had to ratify the Constitution before it could go into effect?

At the Constitutional Convention, the proposal to create a two-chamber legislature-with representation in both houses based on each state's population-was known as the

How did the Massachusetts slave Elizabeth Freeman (Mum Bett) gain her freedom in 1781?

Robert Morris proposed increasing the revenue of the confederation government by

In essay 10 of The Federalist, James Madison maintained that the constitutional government would

Match the term with the definition. -1784 treaty with the Iroquois Confederacy establishing the primacy of the American confederation (and not states) to negotiate with Indians and resulting in large land cessions in the Ohio County (northwestern Pennsylvania). Tribes not present disavowed the treaty.

How did the Articles of Confederation incorporate the power of the states?

In the debate over the Articles of Confederation, how did five small states clash with the eight states with western land claims?

In 1776, members of the Continental Congress agreed that a federal government should have the power to

Which state allowed free blacks and women to vote in the early years of the republic?

Discuss the provisions of the various state constitutions written after May 1776. Did they all retain a two-chamber assembly? If not, what did they choose?

How did the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 deal with the problem of slavery in the Northwest Territory?