Question 1

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

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

Question 2

Compare and contrast the British notion of a constitution with that of the Americans.

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The British notion of a constitution is

Question 3

Identify the statement that is false.

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A)  History provided countless precedents for erecting a republic on a national scale. 
B)  By 1783, the Americans had won their freedom. 
C)  The Americans were blessed with a vast and fertile land. 
D)  The Americans had inherited from their colonial experience a proud legacy of self-rule. 
E)  No law of nature guaranteed that the thirteen colonies would be able to expand their democratic ideals. 
A)  History provided countless precedents for erecting a republic on a national scale. 
B)  By 1783, the Americans had won their freedom. 
C)  The Americans were blessed with a vast and fertile land. 
D)  The Americans had inherited from their colonial experience a proud legacy of self-rule. 
E)  No law of nature guaranteed that the thirteen colonies would be able to expand their democratic ideals.

Question 4

The fifty-five delegates to the Constitutional Convention shared all of the following qualities except

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A)  they were well-to-do members of the professional class. 
B)  they were young. 
C)  they were liberal. 
D)  they were more interested in strengthening the young Republic and tapping Revolutionary idealism. 
E)  they wanted a firm, dignified and respected government. 
A)  they were well-to-do members of the professional class. 
B)  they were young. 
C)  they were liberal. 
D)  they were more interested in strengthening the young Republic and tapping Revolutionary idealism. 
E)  they wanted a firm, dignified and respected government.

Question 5

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

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Republicanism is a political ideology th

Question 6

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Articles of Confederation

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The Articles of Confederation were the f

Question 7

The economic status of the average American at the end of the Revolutionary War was

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A)  better than before the war. 
B)  probably worse than before the war. 
C)  about the same as before the war. 
D)  more closely tied to Britain than before the war. 
E)  more closely tied to France than before the war. 
A)  better than before the war. 
B)  probably worse than before the war. 
C)  about the same as before the war. 
D)  more closely tied to Britain than before the war. 
E)  more closely tied to France than before the war.

Question 8

A major strength of the Articles of Confederation was its

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A)  control over interstate commerce. 
B)  strong judicial branch. 
C)  presentation of the ideal of a united nation. 
D)  ability to coin money. 
E)  strong executive branch. 
A)  control over interstate commerce. 
B)  strong judicial branch. 
C)  presentation of the ideal of a united nation. 
D)  ability to coin money. 
E)  strong executive branch.

Question 9

Thomas Jefferson once said he believed that "all the good" of the new Constitution might have been accomplished by simply amending the Articles of Confederation.According to the text's authors,it is probably a good thing that the Founders did not merely amend the Articles of Confederation.With which position do you agree? Why?

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I agree with the position that it was a

Question 10

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-James Madison

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James Madison (1751-1836) was an America

Question 11

The one branch of the government elected directly by the people is the

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A)  military. 
B)  House of Representatives. 
C)  executive. 
D)  judiciary. 
E)  Senate. 
A)  military. 
B)  House of Representatives. 
C)  executive. 
D)  judiciary. 
E)  Senate.

Question 12

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-popular sovereignty

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Popular sovereignty is a political doctr

Question 13

Antifederalists believe that the sovereignty of the people resided in which branch of the central government?

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A)  Executive 
B)  Legislative 
C)  Judicial 
D)  Cabinet 
E)  All of these 
A)  Executive 
B)  Legislative 
C)  Judicial 
D)  Cabinet 
E)  All of these

Question 14

The Constitutional Convention was called to

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A)  write a completely new constitution. 
B)  allow the most radical Revolutionary leaders to write their ideas into law. 
C)  weaken the power of the central government. 
D)  revise the Articles of Confederation. 
E)  reassess our foreign alliances. 
A)  write a completely new constitution. 
B)  allow the most radical Revolutionary leaders to write their ideas into law. 
C)  weaken the power of the central government. 
D)  revise the Articles of Confederation. 
E)  reassess our foreign alliances.

Question 15

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-"large-state plan"

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The "large-state plan," also known as th

Question 16

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-states' rights

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States' rights refer to the political po

Question 17

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Daniel Shays

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Daniel Shays was a central figure in an

Question 18

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Society of the Cincinnati

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The Society of the Cincinnati was a frat

Question 19

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

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The "Great Compromise," also known as th

Question 20

As written documents,the state constitutions functioned in all of the following ways except

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A)  to represent a fundamental law superior to ordinary legislation. 
B)  as contracts that 
C)  as an accumulation of laws, customs and precedents. 
D)  to guarantee individual liberties, sometimes through a bill of rights. 
E)  to transform the colonies into becoming new states. 
A)  to represent a fundamental law superior to ordinary legislation. 
B)  as contracts that 
C)  as an accumulation of laws, customs and precedents. 
D)  to guarantee individual liberties, sometimes through a bill of rights. 
E)  to transform the colonies into becoming new states.

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

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

Compare and contrast the British notion of a constitution with that of the Americans.

Identify the statement that is false.

The fifty-five delegates to the Constitutional Convention shared all of the following qualities except

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Articles of Confederation

The economic status of the average American at the end of the Revolutionary War was

A major strength of the Articles of Confederation was its

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -James Madison

The one branch of the government elected directly by the people is the

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -popular sovereignty

Antifederalists believe that the sovereignty of the people resided in which branch of the central government?

The Constitutional Convention was called to

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -"large-state plan"

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -states' rights

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Daniel Shays

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Society of the Cincinnati

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

As written documents,the state constitutions functioned in all of the following ways except

New World Beginnings,33,000 B.C.E.-1769 C.E.

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

Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age,1869-1896

Industry Comes of Age,1865-1900

America Moves to the City,1865-1900

The Great West and the Agricultural Revolution,1865-1896

Empire and Expansion,1890-1909

Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt,1901-1912

Wilsonian Progressivism at Home and Abroad,1912-1916

The War to End War,1917-1918

American Life in the "Roaring Twenties",1919-1929

The Politics of Boom and Bust,1920-1932

The Great Depression and the New Deal,1933-1939

Franklin D.Roosevelt and the Shadow of War,1933-1941

America in World War II,1941-1945

The Cold War Begins,1945-1952

The Eisenhower Era,1952-1960

The Stormy Sixties,1960-1968

The Stalemated Seventies,1968-1980

The Resurgence of Conservatism,1980-1992

America Confronts the Post-Cold War Era,1992-2009

The American People Face a New Century

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