Question 1

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-consent of the governed

Accepted Answer

The concept of "consent of the governed"

Question 2

One of the most farsighted provisions of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787

Accepted Answer

A)  set aside a section of each township for education. 
B)  abolished slavery in all of the United States. 
C)  prohibited slavery in the Old Northwest. 
D)  kept power in the national government. 
E)  established a commission to determine the extent of a need for a Bill of Rights. 
A)  set aside a section of each township for education. 
B)  abolished slavery in all of the United States. 
C)  prohibited slavery in the Old Northwest. 
D)  kept power in the national government. 
E)  established a commission to determine the extent of a need for a Bill of Rights.

Question 3

The large-state plan,put forward in the Constitutional Convention

Accepted Answer

A)  ultimately provided the framework of the Constitution. 
B)  was proposed by Patrick Henry. 
C)  favored states such as New Jersey. 
D)  favored southern states over northern states. 
E)  based representation in the House and Senate on population. 
A)  ultimately provided the framework of the Constitution. 
B)  was proposed by Patrick Henry. 
C)  favored states such as New Jersey. 
D)  favored southern states over northern states. 
E)  based representation in the House and Senate on population.

Question 4

Under the Articles of Confederation,Congress

Accepted Answer

A)  was specifically designed to be weak. 
B)  had no control over public land policy. 
C)  had no power to regulate commerce. 
D)  had no tax-collecting authority. 
E)  acted in a judicial as well as legislative capacity. 
A)  was specifically designed to be weak. 
B)  had no control over public land policy. 
C)  had no power to regulate commerce. 
D)  had no tax-collecting authority. 
E)  acted in a judicial as well as legislative capacity.

Question 5

The Articles of Confederation were finally approved when

Accepted Answer

A)  agreement was reached on who would be president. 
B)  states gave up their right to coin money. 
C)  all states claiming western lands surrendered them to the national government. 
D)  the states gave up their power to establish tariffs. 
E)  a two-house national legislature was added. 
A)  agreement was reached on who would be president. 
B)  states gave up their right to coin money. 
C)  all states claiming western lands surrendered them to the national government. 
D)  the states gave up their power to establish tariffs. 
E)  a two-house national legislature was added.

Question 6

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Northwest Ordinance of 1787

Accepted Answer

The Northwest Ordinance of 1787, officia

Question 7

The Great Compromise at the Constitutional Convention worked out an acceptable scheme for

Accepted Answer

A)  regulating interstate commerce. 
B)  levying taxes for raising a militia. 
C)  apportioning congressional representation. 
D)  electing the president. 
E)  choosing Senators. 
A)  regulating interstate commerce. 
B)  levying taxes for raising a militia. 
C)  apportioning congressional representation. 
D)  electing the president. 
E)  choosing Senators.

Question 8

The major issue that delayed ratification of the Articles of Confederation concerned

Accepted Answer

A)  taxation. 
B)  tariff policy. 
C)  monetary policy. 
D)  western lands. 
E)  monetary standards. 
A)  taxation. 
B)  tariff policy. 
C)  monetary policy. 
D)  western lands. 
E)  monetary standards.

Question 9

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-"bundle of compromises"

Accepted Answer

The term "bundle of compromises" refers

Question 10

As a result of the Revolution's emphasis on equality,all of the following were achieved except

Accepted Answer

A)  the reduction of property qualifications for voting by most states. 
B)  the growth of trade organizations for artisans and laborers. 
C)  the establishment of the world's first antislavery society. 
D)  full equality between women and men. 
E)  abolishing medieval inheritance laws. 
A)  the reduction of property qualifications for voting by most states. 
B)  the growth of trade organizations for artisans and laborers. 
C)  the establishment of the world's first antislavery society. 
D)  full equality between women and men. 
E)  abolishing medieval inheritance laws.

Question 11

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

Accepted Answer

A)  Executive 
B)  Legislative 
C)  Judicial 
D)  None of these 
E)  All of these 
A)  Executive 
B)  Legislative 
C)  Judicial 
D)  None of these 
E)  All of these

Question 12

To what extent was anticolonialism established as a legacy of the American Revolution? How,then,did the United States establish a justification for its own future territorial expansion?

Accepted Answer

Anticolonialism was established as a sig

Question 13

Among other views,The Federalist,written during the ratification debate,argued that it was

Accepted Answer

A)  impossible to safeguard the rights of states from the power of a strong central government. 
B)  possible to extend a republican form of government over a large territory. 
C)  inevitable that slavery would be abolished in the new republic. 
D)  illegal to replace the Articles of Confederation with a new constitution. 
E)  best to establish a direct democracy. 
A)  impossible to safeguard the rights of states from the power of a strong central government. 
B)  possible to extend a republican form of government over a large territory. 
C)  inevitable that slavery would be abolished in the new republic. 
D)  illegal to replace the Articles of Confederation with a new constitution. 
E)  best to establish a direct democracy.

Question 14

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

Accepted Answer

A)  because better roads now made this territory more easily accessible. 
B)  due to a fear of British capture. 
C)  because water routes were now opened to the interior regions. 
D)  to get them away from the haughty eastern seaports. 
E)  All of these 
A)  because better roads now made this territory more easily accessible. 
B)  due to a fear of British capture. 
C)  because water routes were now opened to the interior regions. 
D)  to get them away from the haughty eastern seaports. 
E)  All of these

Question 15

The Second Continental Congress of Revolutionary days

Accepted Answer

A)  operated with strong constitutional authority. 
B)  still did not comprise representatives from all thirteen states. 
C)  took away the sovereignty of the states. 
D)  was little more than a conference of ambassadors with very limited power. 
E)  did little of lasting value. 
A)  operated with strong constitutional authority. 
B)  still did not comprise representatives from all thirteen states. 
C)  took away the sovereignty of the states. 
D)  was little more than a conference of ambassadors with very limited power. 
E)  did little of lasting value.

Question 16

Which of the following is a compromise in the Constitution?

Accepted Answer

A)  Counting all slaves in apportioning membership in the House 
B)  Continuation of the foreign slave trade 
C)  Direct election of the president 
D)  Control of interstate commerce by the national government 
E)  Prohibiting states from abolishing the slave trade 
A)  Counting all slaves in apportioning membership in the House 
B)  Continuation of the foreign slave trade 
C)  Direct election of the president 
D)  Control of interstate commerce by the national government 
E)  Prohibiting states from abolishing the slave trade

Question 17

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-nonimportation agreements

Accepted Answer

Nonimportation agreements were a series

Question 18

Shays's Rebellion convinced many Americans of the need for

Accepted Answer

A)  lower taxes. 
B)  granting long-delayed bonuses to Revolutionary War veterans. 
C)  a vigilante effort by westerners to halt the Indian threat. 
D)  a stronger central government. 
E)  a weaker military presence in the West. 
A)  lower taxes. 
B)  granting long-delayed bonuses to Revolutionary War veterans. 
C)  a vigilante effort by westerners to halt the Indian threat. 
D)  a stronger central government. 
E)  a weaker military presence in the West.

Question 19

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-republican motherhood

Accepted Answer

Republican motherhood is a term that ori

Question 20

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

Accepted Answer

Confederation generally refers to the un

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -consent of the governed

One of the most farsighted provisions of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787

The large-state plan,put forward in the Constitutional Convention

Under the Articles of Confederation,Congress

The Articles of Confederation were finally approved when

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Northwest Ordinance of 1787

The Great Compromise at the Constitutional Convention worked out an acceptable scheme for

The major issue that delayed ratification of the Articles of Confederation concerned

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -"bundle of compromises"

As a result of the Revolution's emphasis on equality,all of the following were achieved except

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

To what extent was anticolonialism established as a legacy of the American Revolution? How,then,did the United States establish a justification for its own future territorial expansion?

Among other views,The Federalist,written during the ratification debate,argued that it was

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

The Second Continental Congress of Revolutionary days

Which of the following is a compromise in the Constitution?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -nonimportation agreements

Shays's Rebellion convinced many Americans of the need for

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -republican motherhood

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

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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