Question 1

What was the original mandate of the Constitutional Convention?

Accepted Answer

A)  To write a completely new constitution 
B)  To revive the spirit of Revolutionary unity 
C)  To weaken the power of the central government 
D)  To revise the Articles of Confederation 
E)  To create three separate but equal branches of government 
A)  To write a completely new constitution 
B)  To revive the spirit of Revolutionary unity 
C)  To weaken the power of the central government 
D)  To revise the Articles of Confederation 
E)  To create three separate but equal branches of government

Question 2

Most of the delegates at the Constitutional Convention could best be labeled as

Accepted Answer

A)  reactionaries. 
B)  antifederalists. 
C)  nationalists. 
D)  inexperienced. 
E)  revolutionaries. 
A)  reactionaries. 
B)  antifederalists. 
C)  nationalists. 
D)  inexperienced. 
E)  revolutionaries.

Question 3

Which group was NOT generally among the antifederalists?

Accepted Answer

A)  The well educated 
B)  States' rights supporters 
C)  Backcountry dwellers 
D)  Paper money advocates 
E)  Debtors 
A)  The well educated 
B)  States' rights supporters 
C)  Backcountry dwellers 
D)  Paper money advocates 
E)  Debtors

Question 4

Why did some states decline to ratify the Articles of Confederation until 1781,four years after it was drafted?

Accepted Answer

A)  They wanted to retain the right to coin money. 
B)  They feared giving Congress the power to negotiate treaties. 
C)  They disliked the clause obligating them to raise armies and navies. 
D)  They were struggling over the issue of western land. 
E)  They disliked that the Articles required them to provide funds to Congress. 
A)  They wanted to retain the right to coin money. 
B)  They feared giving Congress the power to negotiate treaties. 
C)  They disliked the clause obligating them to raise armies and navies. 
D)  They were struggling over the issue of western land. 
E)  They disliked that the Articles required them to provide funds to Congress.

Question 5

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom

Accepted Answer

The Virginia Statute for Religious Freed

Question 6

What made New Jersey´s new constitution of 1776 unique?

Accepted Answer

A)  It granted free blacks the vote. 
B)  It permanently disenfranchised all Loyalists. 
C)  It enabled some women to vote (for a time). 
D)  It was ratified by direct popular vote. 
E)  It ceded all of the state´s lands west of Pennsylvania to the federal Congress. 
A)  It granted free blacks the vote. 
B)  It permanently disenfranchised all Loyalists. 
C)  It enabled some women to vote (for a time). 
D)  It was ratified by direct popular vote. 
E)  It ceded all of the state´s lands west of Pennsylvania to the federal Congress.

Question 7

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Brandywine Creek

Accepted Answer

Brandywine Creek is a historic waterway

Question 8

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Natchez

Accepted Answer

The Natchez refers to a Native American

Question 9

What was the name of the agreement reached at the Constitutional Convention on apportioning legislative representation?

Accepted Answer

A)  The New Jersey plan 
B)  The Virginia plan 
C)  The Great Compromise 
D)  The three-fifths compromise 
E)  The Northwest Ordinance 
A)  The New Jersey plan 
B)  The Virginia plan 
C)  The Great Compromise 
D)  The three-fifths compromise 
E)  The Northwest Ordinance

Question 10

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Shays's Rebellion

Accepted Answer

Shays's Rebellion was an armed uprising

Question 11

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Abigail Adams

Accepted Answer

Abigail Adams (1744–1818) was the wife o

Question 12

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-three-fifths compromise

Accepted Answer

The answer of Identify and state the historical significance of...

Question 13

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Great Compromise

Accepted Answer

The answer of Identify and state the historical significance of...

Question 14

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-antifederalists

Accepted Answer

Antifederalists were a group of individu

Question 15

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Thomas Jefferson

Accepted Answer

Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743 – July

Question 16

The hallmark of the Articles of Confederation was its

Accepted Answer

A)  strong central government. 
B)  implementation of an executive branch. 
C)  lack of state sovereignty. 
D)  creation of a federal judiciary. 
E)  outline of the specific powers allotted to the central government. 
A)  strong central government. 
B)  implementation of an executive branch. 
C)  lack of state sovereignty. 
D)  creation of a federal judiciary. 
E)  outline of the specific powers allotted to the central government.

Question 17

As a result of the Revolution,many state capitals were relocated westward

Accepted Answer

A)  to make use of the better roads that had been built. 
B)  to prevent possible British capture. 
C)  to take advantage of new water routes to the interior regions. 
D)  to move them away from the more pretentious eastern seaports. 
E)  to establish a basis for western land claims. 
A)  to make use of the better roads that had been built. 
B)  to prevent possible British capture. 
C)  to take advantage of new water routes to the interior regions. 
D)  to move them away from the more pretentious eastern seaports. 
E)  to establish a basis for western land claims.

Question 18

Why was it difficult to set up a new government in post-Revolutionary America?

Accepted Answer

A)  Each of the thirteen sovereign states had their own unique form of government. 
B)  Few people wanted to serve as political leaders. 
C)  Economic problems after the war complicated the situation for the new nation. 
D)  The various states had little experience with self-government and were confused about how to proceed. 
E)  There was much unity in the new nation but not many ideas about how best to govern. 
A)  Each of the thirteen sovereign states had their own unique form of government. 
B)  Few people wanted to serve as political leaders. 
C)  Economic problems after the war complicated the situation for the new nation. 
D)  The various states had little experience with self-government and were confused about how to proceed. 
E)  There was much unity in the new nation but not many ideas about how best to govern.

Question 19

Why did the Founders largely avoid addressing the question of whether to end slavery?

Accepted Answer

A)  They did not see it as a crucial issue for their new democracy. 
B)  They feared a fight over slavery might destroy national unity. 
C)  They were more concerned with securing equality for white men and women. 
D)  They expected that the North would come to rely more heavily on slave labor. 
E)  They knew the country depended on slavery and might not economically thrive without it. 
A)  They did not see it as a crucial issue for their new democracy. 
B)  They feared a fight over slavery might destroy national unity. 
C)  They were more concerned with securing equality for white men and women. 
D)  They expected that the North would come to rely more heavily on slave labor. 
E)  They knew the country depended on slavery and might not economically thrive without it.

Question 20

Consider the Constitution as it was penned in 1787.In what ways was it a democratic document,and in what ways did it seem to guard against concerns about the excesses of democracy?

Accepted Answer

The Constitution of 1787 was a democrati

Exam 9: The Confederation and the Constitution,1776-1790

What was the original mandate of the Constitutional Convention?

Most of the delegates at the Constitutional Convention could best be labeled as

Which group was NOT generally among the antifederalists?

Why did some states decline to ratify the Articles of Confederation until 1781,four years after it was drafted?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom

What made New Jersey´s new constitution of 1776 unique?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Brandywine Creek

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Natchez

What was the name of the agreement reached at the Constitutional Convention on apportioning legislative representation?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Shays's Rebellion

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Abigail Adams

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -three-fifths compromise

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Great Compromise

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -antifederalists

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Thomas Jefferson

The hallmark of the Articles of Confederation was its

As a result of the Revolution,many state capitals were relocated westward

Why was it difficult to set up a new government in post-Revolutionary America?

Why did the Founders largely avoid addressing the question of whether to end slavery?

Consider the Constitution as it was penned in 1787.In what ways was it a democratic document,and in what ways did it seem to guard against concerns about the excesses of democracy?

New World Beginnings

The Planting of English America,1500-1733

Settling the Northern Colonies,1619-1700

American Life in the Seventeenth Century,1607-1692

Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution,1700-1775

The Duel for North America,1608-1763

The Road to Revolution 1763-1775

America Secedes from the Empire,1775-1783

Launching the New Ship of State,1789-1800

The Triumphs and Travails of the Jeffersonian Republic,1800-1812

The Second War for Independence and the Upsurge of Nationalism,1812-1824

The Rise of a Mass Democracy 1824-1840

Forging the National Economy,1790-1860

The Ferment of Reform and Culture,1790-1860

The South and the Slavery Controversy,1793-1860

Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy,1841-1848

Renewing the Sectional Struggle,1848-1854

Drifting Toward Disunion,1854-1861

Girding for War: The North and the South,1861-1865

The Furnace of Civil War,1861-1865

The Ordeal of Reconstruction,1865-1877

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