Deck 7: American Experiments, 1776-1789

Question 1

After independence, governments in the form of state capitals moved closer to

A)urban centers.
B)ports.
C)average farmers.
D)wealthy areas.
E)None of these are correct.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

The American Revolution reduced migration in North America.​

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Under gradual emancipation laws​

A)freedom for slaves was postponed indefinitely.
B)children born to slaves after the passage of the laws would be freed eventually.
C)all slaves would be freed after a few years.
D)allowed for slavery to continue but restricted the slave trade.
E)None of these are correct.

Answer 3

B

Question 4

The compromises that made their way into the articles of the Constitutiondemonstrate existing tensions between the desire for popular sovereignty and central control.

Question 5

After the American Revolution, birth rates dropped dramatically for all women, including slaves.​

Question 6

The Bill of Rights was thought of as necessary by many, but no states required it as a condition for ratifying the Constitution.

Question 7

_________________ asked her husband to "remember the ladies,"​ while he attended the Second Continental Congress.

A)Martha Washington
B)Martha Jefferson
C)Abigail Adams
D)Dolley Madison
E)Deborah Reed Franklin

Question 8

Following the Declaration of Independence, the most radical experimentin government was the _________________ Constitution of 1776.

A)Massachusetts
B)Pennsylvania
C)New York
D)Virginia
E)South Carolina

Question 9

Under the process of manumission​,

A)owners still needed permission from state legislatures to free their slaves, but the process was made easier.
B)slave owners no longer needed permission from state governments to free their slaves.
C)a slave could petition for his freedom in certain circumstances.
D)only the children of slaves could be freed.
E)slaves gained extra protection from abuses.

Question 10

The Articles of Confederation were drafted to prevent the concentration of power which many felt had led to abuse under British rule.​

Question 11

Disestablishment meant

A)lessened degrees of religious freedom.
B)that Protestantism was displaced by Catholicism as the dominant religion in the Northeast.
C)that state governments stopped collecting taxes to pay ministers or maintain congregations.
D)that religious affairs were increasingly handled by the national government rather than state governments.
E)increased taxation to support churches rather than infrastructure.

Question 12

As European and American traders travelled throughout the Pacific, they brought diseases such as tuberculosis, syphilis, and smallpox to indigenous peoples.

Question 13

Following the American Revolution​,

A)many state constitutions allowed women the right to vote.
B)many state constitutions allowed free blacks the right to vote.
C)property qualifications for voting were abolished.
D)property qualifications for voting were maintained, but many state constitutions reduced property requirements to allow more men to vote.
E)Native Americans were given political representation.

Question 14

The Act for Establishing Religious Freedom was passed by the _________________ assembly in 1786.​

A)Philadelphia
B)Rhode Island
C)Massachusetts
D)South Carolina
E)Virginia

Question 15

After the American Revolution, enslaved people, seizing on the Revolutionary rhetoric, petitioned courts for theirfreedom.

Question 16

Following American independence, motherhood became for Native American womena greater source of power than it had been in the past.

Question 17

Wartime dislocations brought about by the American Revolution lead to an economic depression in the 1780s.​

Question 18

According to the notion of popular sovereignty,legitimate power resides with _________________ who authorize governments to act on their behalf.

A)people
B)electors
C)nations of the world
D)representatives
E)None of these are correct.

Question 19

After the American Revolution, free white women​

A)prided themselves on virtue and self-restraint.
B)had fewer children.
C)were still denied many rights, especially after marriage.
D)made a virtue of their legal and political limitations as they were free from the corruptions of money and power.
E)All of these are correct.

Question 20

The 1783 Treaty of Paris did nothing to acknowledge the tens of thousands Native Americans who had participated in the conflict.​

Question 21

In 1784, Spain​

A)forbade American settlers from settling in Spanish territories.
B)gave Americans full access to the Mississippi River.
C)declared war on the United States.
D)closed the lower half of the Mississippi and the port of New Orleans to the United States.
E)granted freedom to all slaves within its colonial borders in North America.

Question 22

The 1784 Treaty ofFort Stanwix

A)was agreed upon mutually by Haudenosaunee representatives and the United States.
B)was accepted by all native groups in the Great Lakes region.
C)was an agreement entered into by the Seneca and the British.
D)was a treaty among the British, Spaniards, and native peoples.
E)established the United States' claim to the Ohio Valley.

Question 23

Reports from _________________ of his encounters in the Hawai'ian Islands, Alaska and the Pacific Northwest spread interest in Pacific trade throughout the rest of the world.

A)Captain James Cook
B)Richard Allen
C)Joseph Brant
D)John Ledyard
E)Alexander McGillivray

Question 24

While the 1783 Treaty of Paris ended the American Revolutionary War,​

A)the young United States did not have a Congress strong enough to deal with post-independence challenges.
B)Britain and Spain still contested North American territory.
C)shifting Indian alliances provided a diplomatic challenge.
D)national post-independence challenges were not dealt with effectively as states were more concerned with local matters.
E)All of these are correct.

Question 25

Indian allies of the British​

A)were embraced as U.S. citizens.
B)were deported to the Caribbean.
C)avoided going to Canada as it was under U.S. control.
D)were given no rights to live, hunt or farm on land claimed by the United States.
E)had their property rights fully restored after the American Revolution.

Question 26

The phrase "not worth a Continental" refers to

A)scorn towards native peoples.
B)devalued American currency.
C)merchants unable to make a living during the postwar economic crisis.
D)the weak national governmental that existed under the Articles of Confederation.
E)None of these are correct.

Question 27

As a result of British trade policies after American independence,

A)American merchants were able to carry out lucrative trade with the French West Indies.
B)British ports in the West Indies were closed to American ships.
C)Congress exercised tight control over American trade policy.
D)the United States achieved a trade surplus.
E)Americans were able to keep valuable specie within the United States.

Question 28

Sierra Leone​

A)was successful as a plantation colony fueled by slave labor.
B)was a west African British colony established as a refuge for freed slaves.
C)was established by the young United States.
D)was French colony.
E)was run by black leaders.

Question 29

Which of the following is not true about the Northwest Ordinance of 1787?

A)It stated that Indian lands in the Northwest Territory could be seized at will by American settlers.
B)It created the territorial status as an intermediate step towards statehood.
C)Slavery was outlawed in the Northwest Territory.
D)Fugitive slaves in the territory could be recaptured and sent back to their owners.
E)The Ordinance included the provision of one lot in each township for a public school.

Question 30

The Free African Society​

A)repatriated former slaves.
B)intercepted slave ships coming from Africa.
C)established schools and mutual aid funds to help former slaves after the American Revolution.
D)was an organization that had existed since the seventeenth century.
E)was established by the British.

Question 31

Under the Articles of Confederation, the President of the Congress​

A)had executive powers.
B)functioned similarly to the British Prime Minister.
C)presided over Congress but had no separate powers.
D)had to own a certain amount of property to qualify for the position.
E)None of these are correct.

Question 32

After the Revolutionary War, Loyalists​

A)lived on temporary pensions funded by the British treasury.
B)who owned slaves moved to the Caribbean to secure their property rights.
C)remained on their land, claiming they had been neutral.
D)had been uprooted as patriots had seized their property.
E)All of these are correct.

Question 33

Loyalists after the war,black Loyalists

A)enjoyed status as freemen.
B)were given pensions by the British treasury.
C)were easily able to establish themselves as loyal citizens deserving refugee rights.
D)were claimed by former owners as illegally seized property.
E)None of these are correct.

Question 34

After the American Revolutionary War,

A)British merchants flooded American markets with finished goods.
B)American eagerly bought British finished goods after years of deprivation caused by nonconsumption and nonimportation agreements.
C)British ceramics manufacturers exported ceramics to the United States decorated in American patriotic themes.​
D)personal debt grew as Americans engaged in new purchases.
E)All of these are correct.

Question 35

The 1783 Treaty of Paris named the _________________  as the western boundary of theUnited States.

A)Appalachian Mountains
B)Great Lakes
C)Mississippi River
D)Missouri River
E)Ohio territory

Question 36

Congress paid for the American Revolution by​

A)printing paper money.
B)borrowing from the French.
C)borrowing from Dutch investors.
D)issuing promissory notes.
E)All of these are correct.

Question 37

Under the Articles of Confederation, Congress could​

A)print money.
B)regulate relations with Native American tribes.
C)conduct foreign policy.
D)establish a post office.
E)All of these are correct.

Question 38

While the Articles of Confederation were adopted in 1777 by the Second Continental Congress, it was not until _________________ that all states ratified them.​

A)1779
B)1781
C)1783
D)1786
E)1787

Question 39

In the wake of the American Revolution, native peoples​

A)wanted to break all alliances with Great Britain.
B)wanted to raise revenue by selling land to Americans.
C)wanted to roll the line of white settlement back to the Ohio River.
D)were unable to establish any sort of pan-Indian alliance.
E)ceased all fighting with Americans.

Question 40

Shays's Rebellion was a response to

A)native groups who raided frontier settlements.
B)a slave insurrection.
C)British soldiers still stationed in the frontier.
D)taxes levied by the Massachusetts legislature.
E)state governments' refusal to pay veterans' pensions.

Question 41

The Constitutional Convention tookplace in

A)1785.
B)1787.
C)1789.
D)1791.
E)1793.

Question 42

The Constitution gave the U.S. Congress new economic powers, including the power to

A)regulate foreign trade.
B)tax citizens directly.
C)regulate interstate trade.
D)coin money.
E)All of these are correct.

Question 43

The New Jersey Plan​

A)was opposed by small states.
B)wanted each state population to determine representation in Congress.
C)was presented as a counterpoint to the Virginia Plan.
D)was proposed by James Madison.
E)All of these are correct.

Question 44

The U.S. Constitution was ratified once _________________ state conventions voted in favor of it.​

A)13
B)12
C)10
D)9
E)7

Question 45

Following the Declaration of Independence, state constitutions

A)strengthened elected legislatures.
B)revoked veto powers for governors.
C)gave legislatures the right to appoint judges.
D)allocated more representation in the legislature to backcountry farmers.
E)All of these are correct.

Question 46

The Bill of Rights​

A)were not included in the original constitution due to an oversight.
B)provide protections for individual civil rights.
C)consists of the first twelve amendments to the Constitution.
D)constitute the only amendments proposed to state legislatures.
E)were not ratified for twenty years after the Constitution became laws.

Question 47

The U.S. Constitution became law in

A)1787.
B)1788.
C)1789.
D)1791.
E)1793.

Question 48

The three-fifths compromise​

A)provided for the gradual emancipation of slaves at the national level.
B)determined how women would be counted in the census.
C)determined how slaves would be counted in the census.
D)determined how native peoples would be counted in the census.
E)determined how states would be represented in Congress.

Question 49

The Federalist Papers​

A)were written after the Constitution was ratified.
B)made the case for supporting the new constitution.
C)criticized the new constitution sharply.
D)were written in support of preserving the Articles of Confederation.
E)None of these are correct.

Question 50

Delegates to the Constitutional Convention

A)included Revolutionary War veterans.
B)were all comfortably wealthy white men.
C)included many who had served in the Confederation Congress.
D)included many lawyers.
E)All of these are correct.

Question 51

The Act for Establishing Religious Freedom​

A)ended compulsory taxes to support churches.
B)ended mandatory church attendance.
C)ended religious oaths for those serving in political offices.
D)religious and civil authority become strictly separate.
E)All of these are correct.

Question 52

The Pennsylvania Constitution of 1776

A)forbade imprisonment for debt.
B)allowed all free men over the age of 21 who had lived in the state for a year and paid public taxes to vote.
C)included a bill of rights.
D)provided for religious freedom, trial by jury and freedom of speech.
E)All of these are correct.

Question 53

The Federalist Papers were authored by​

A)George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and John Adams.
B)Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison.
C)Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay.
D)John Adams, John Jay, and Charles Pinckney.
E)Patrick Henry, Alexander Hamilton, and John Adams.

Question 54

The electoral college is responsible for​

A)selecting the U.S president.
B)determining who has the right to vote.
C)writing laws to regulate election procedures.
D)electing representatives to Congress.
E)determining when elections should be held.

Question 55

Anti-federalists were

A)those who supported the Constitution.
B)those who opposed the Constitution.
C)those who opposed ending the slave trade.
D)those who opposed giving native peoples rights of citizenship.
E)None of these are correct.

Question 56

According to the U.S. Constitution, members of the electoral college a​re chosen by

A)the governor of the state.
B)voters.
C)state conventions.
D)state legislatures.
E)Congress.

Question 57

Which of the following is true about the Virginia Plan?​

A)It was proposed by Jefferson.
B)It sought to maintain, for the most part, the structure of the national government under the Articles of Confederation.
C)It called for concentrating most governmental power in the legislative branch.
D)It called for a system of checks and balances.
E)It concentrated power further in the hands of the state governments.

Question 58

Due to emancipation and manumission in the late eighteenth century,

A)laws forbidding interracial marriage were overturned.
B)the free black population increased from a few thousand to tens of thousands.
C)race relations improved dramatically.
D)equal rights were granted by legislatures who believed that natural rights applied to all.
E)All of these are correct.

Question 59

In the original version, the Constitution did not

A)allow the national government to raise a permanent army.
B)have a bill of rights.
C)provide for a president with executive powers.
D)provide for a national judicial branch.
E)provide for a national Congress.

Question 60

Article I of the U.S. Constitution prohibited Congress from outlawing the importation of slaves until

A)1805.
B)1810.
C)1850.
D)1865.
E)None of these are correct.

Question 61

Talk about: popular sovereignty​

Question 62

Talk about:  free state​

Question 63

Talk about:  western lands​

Question 64

Talk about:  gradual emancipation laws​

Question 65

Talk about:  Treaty of Fort Stanwix of 1784​

Question 66

Talk about:  Pennsylvania Constitution of 1776​

Question 67

Talk about:  manumission​

Question 68

Talk about:  disestablishment​

Question 69

Talk about:  Free African Society​

Question 70

Talk about:  civil rights​

Question 71

Talk about:  Act for Establishing Religious Freedom​

Question 72

Talk about:  Captain James Cook​

Question 73

Talk about:  Alexander McGillivray​

Question 74

Talk about:  petition​

Question 75

Talk about:  Tupac Amaru​

Question 76

Talk about:  Sierra Leone​

Question 77

Talk about:  Abigail Adams​

Question 78

Talk about:  tariff?

Question 79

Talk about:  Articles of Confederation​

Question 80

Talk about:  constitutions​