Question 1

How did Robert Morris propose to solve the nation's financial crisis?

Accepted Answer

A)  He proposed amending the Articles of Confederation to allow the national government to levy taxes without state approval. 
B)  He proposed levying a national import duty to finance the congressional budget and to guarantee interest payments on the war debt. 
C)  He proposed encouraging the army to mutiny and seize control of the national government. 
D)  He proposed cutting taxes and reducing the size of the federal bureaucracy. 
E)  All of these choices

Question 2

What was the key issue at the Constitutional Convention?

Accepted Answer

A)  whether the new national government should be more or less powerful than the Confederation government. 
B)  whether or not slavery should be abolished. 
C)  how to balance the conflicting interests of large and small states. 
D)  how to convince the general population to support a document written by the elite. 
E)  when the new government could acquire additional territory.

Question 3

Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the Northeast that correctly identifies each of the following:
 
-Albany, New York

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Question 4

Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the southern United States that correctly identifies each of the following:
 
-Kentucky

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Question 5

Which of the following areas was a loyalist stronghold during the Revolution?

Accepted Answer

A)  New England 
B)  New York 
C)  The South Carolina seacoast 
D)  Pennsylvania 
E)  tidewater Virginia

Question 6

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Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the Mid-Atlantic States and Old Northwest that correctly identifies each of the following:
 
-Princeton, New Jersey

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Question 7

Which of the following was one of the ways the American Revolution affected African-Americans?

Accepted Answer

A)  States throughout the nation abolished slavery. 
B)  The new Constitution of the United States abolished slavery effective 1809. 
C)  Washington and Jefferson freed their slaves to set an example. 
D)  Most northern states took steps to weaken the institution of slavery and phase it out, while no state south of Pennsylvania abolished slavery. 
E)  African Americans were guaranteed the right to vote.

Question 8

Which statement concerning the delegates to the Constitutional Convention is most accurate?

Accepted Answer

A)  They were dominated by the great farmers from the mid-Atlantic and southern states. 
B)  They tended to be wealthy lawyers in their thirties and forties. 
C)  They were predominantly America's "elder statesmen," the generation that had shaped the nation's destiny since the 1750s. 
D)  They were mainly merchants, shippers, and businessmen with a solidly commercial, international outlook. 
E)  They represented a cross-section of American society in the 1780s.

Question 9

Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the Northeast that correctly identifies each of the following:
 
-Saratoga

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Question 10

Which of the following facts concerning the Northwest Ordinance is not true?

Accepted Answer

A)  It forbade slavery in the Northwest Territory. 
B)  It permitted the citizens of a territory to elect a legislature and make their own laws. 
C)  It permitted the citizens of a territory to write a state constitution and apply to Congress for admission as a new state. 
D)  It outlined the steps for the creation and admission of new states. 
E)  It removed Native Americans and guaranteed white settlers the right to buy land in the territory.

Question 11

Which of the following battles forced the British government to commence peace negotiations with the Americans?

Accepted Answer

A)  Yorktown 
B)  Saratoga 
C)  Brandywine Creek 
D)  Camden 
E)  Long Island

Question 12

Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the Northeast that correctly identifies each of the following:
 
-Fort Stanwix, New York

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Question 13

Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the Northeast that correctly identifies each of the following:
 
-Boston

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Question 14

Who was Friedrich von Steuben?

Accepted Answer

A)  He was the commander of the Hessian forces employed by the British during the War for Independence. 
B)  He was the representative of Prussia at the Paris peace conference. 
C)  He was the man who turned the American army into a formidable fighting force. 
D)  He was the leader of the Antifederalist forces in Pennsylvania. 
E)  He was the Dutch merchant who was the first casualty in the American War for Independence.

Question 15

MAP QUESTIONS
Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the Mid-Atlantic States and Old Northwest that correctly identifies each of the following:
 
-Vincennes, Indiana

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Question 16

Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the southern United States that correctly identifies each of the following:
 
-Georgia

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Question 17

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Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the Mid-Atlantic States and Old Northwest that correctly identifies each of the following:
 
-Ohio River valley

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Question 18

Which of the following statements is not a reason why the Constitution was ratified in 1788?

Accepted Answer

A)  Supporters of the Constitution had much more recognizable leaders. 
B)  Alexander Hamilton and James Madison made spirited arguments in favor of the Constitution. 
C)  A Bill of Rights was added in 1787 to persuade opponents of the Constitution to accept it. 
D)  Supporters of the Constitution were much better organized. 
E)  Most newspapers favored ratification of the Constitution.

Question 19

Which of the following was not one of the terms of the Peace of Paris?

Accepted Answer

A)  Loyalists were to be compensated for their property losses. 
B)  East and west Florida were transferred from Spain to the United States. 
C)  The United States received fishing rights off the Grand Banks of Canada. 
D)  Britain recognized American independence. 
E)  The British were to return slaves who had been confiscated by their troops.

Question 20

MAP QUESTIONS
Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the Mid-Atlantic States and Old Northwest that correctly identifies each of the following:
 
-Monmouth, New Jersey

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Exam 6: Securing Independence, Defining Nationhood, 1776-1788

How did Robert Morris propose to solve the nation's financial crisis?

What was the key issue at the Constitutional Convention?

Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the Northeast that correctly identifies each of the following: -Albany, New York

Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the southern United States that correctly identifies each of the following: -Kentucky

Which of the following areas was a loyalist stronghold during the Revolution?

MAP QUESTIONS Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the Mid-Atlantic States and Old Northwest that correctly identifies each of the following: -Princeton, New Jersey

Which of the following was one of the ways the American Revolution affected African-Americans?

Which statement concerning the delegates to the Constitutional Convention is most accurate?

Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the Northeast that correctly identifies each of the following: -Saratoga

Which of the following facts concerning the Northwest Ordinance is not true?

Which of the following battles forced the British government to commence peace negotiations with the Americans?

Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the Northeast that correctly identifies each of the following: -Fort Stanwix, New York

Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the Northeast that correctly identifies each of the following: -Boston

Who was Friedrich von Steuben?

MAP QUESTIONS Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the Mid-Atlantic States and Old Northwest that correctly identifies each of the following: -Vincennes, Indiana

Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the southern United States that correctly identifies each of the following: -Georgia

MAP QUESTIONS Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the Mid-Atlantic States and Old Northwest that correctly identifies each of the following: -Ohio River valley

Which of the following statements is not a reason why the Constitution was ratified in 1788?

Which of the following was not one of the terms of the Peace of Paris?

MAP QUESTIONS Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the Mid-Atlantic States and Old Northwest that correctly identifies each of the following: -Monmouth, New Jersey