Deck 6: The Republican Experiment, 1783-1788

Question 1

As understood in the late 1700s, a republic was a system in which ultimate political authority is vested in________ ________ .

A) a constitutional monarchy
B) the people
C) the chosen few
D) the rich and powerful
E) evangelical Protestants

Answer 1

the people

Question 2

The law permitting a man to pass on his entire estate to his eldest son was known as________ .

A) access
B) primogeniture
C) federalism
D) land tenure
E) the law of entail

Answer 2

primogeniture

Question 3

John Dickinson's 1776 plan for a new U.S. government revolved around the concept of________ .

A) a weak central government
B) extremely powerful state governments
C) unification with Canada
D) a strong central government
E) a centralized banking system

Answer 3

a strong central government

Question 4

Under the terms of the________ , an orderly process for laying out lands and towns in the western territory was established.

A) Land Ordinance of 1785
B) Northwest Ordinance of 1787
C) Proclamation of 1763
D) Cumberland Agreement
E) Ordinance of 1784

Question 5

The compromise that resolved the dispute between the large and the small states included ------------

A) the states would be equally represented in the lower house
B) all bills pertaining to taxation or spending would begin in the upper house
C) the states would be proportionally represented according to population in the upper house
D) slave-holding states could count 60 percent of their slaves for purposes of representation
E) in both houses, at the beginning, there would be one representative for every 30,000 inhabitants

Question 6

The proposed new Constitution of 1787 called for the election of a president by________ .

A) a direct vote of the people
B) the state legislatures
C) an electoral college
D) the federal congress
E) the Senate