APUSH Chapter 9

Continental army officers attempting to form the Society of the Cincinnati

were ridiculed for their lordly pretensions.

The American Revolution was

an example of accelerated evolution rather than outright revolution.

The world’s first antislavery society was founded by

Quakers in Philadelphia.

As part of the egalitarian movement of the American Revolution,

several northern states abolished slavery.

Early signs of the abolitionist movement can be seen in the

emancipation of some slaves.

The Founding Fathers failed to eliminate slavery because

a fight over slavery might destroy national unity.

The struggle for divorce between religion and government proved fiercest in

Virginia

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

full equality between women and men.

The most important outcome of the Revolution for white women was that they

were elevated as special keepers of the nation’s conscience.

As written documents, the state constitutions were intended to

represent a fundamental law superior to ordinary legislation.

As a means of ensuring that legislators stay in touch with the mood of the people, state constitutions

required the annual election of legislators.

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

to get them away from the haughty eastern seaports.

One reason that the United States avoided the frightful excesses of the French Revolution is that

cheap land was easily available.

It was highly significant to the course of future events that

economic democracy preceded political democracy in the United States.

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

probably worse than before the war.

Immediately after the Revolution, the new American nation’s greatest strength lay in its

excellent political leadership

The Second Continental Congress of Revolutionary days

was little more than a conference of ambassadors with very limited power.

The Articles of Confederation were finally approved when

all states claiming western lands surrendered them to the national government.

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

Western lands

The Articles of Confederation left Congress unable to

enforce a tax collection program

A major strength of the Articles of Confederation was its

presentation of the ideal nation

The Northwest Ordinance of 1787

established a procedure for governing the Old Northwest territory.

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

prohibited slavery in the Old Northwest

The Land Ordinance of 1785 provided for all of the following except

prohibiting slavery.

Britain

occupied a chain of trading forts in the Old Northwest

France

demanded repayment of wartime loans

Spain

controlled important trade routes from the interior of North America

Barbary Coast

threatened American commerce in the Mediterranean

After the Revolutionary War, both Britain and Spain

prevented America from exercising effective control over about half of its total territory.

Shays’s Rebellion was provoked by

foreclosures on the mortgages of back country farmers.

Shays’s Rebellion convinced many Americans of the need for

a stronger central government.

Under the Articles of Confederation, the relationship between the thirteen states

Convinced many that a strong central govt was needed

The debate between the supporters and critics of the Articles of Confederation centered on how to

reconcile states’ rights with strong national government.

The issue that finally touched off the movement toward the Constitutional Convention was

control of commerce.

By the time the Constitution was adopted in 1789,

prosperity was beginning to return.

The Constitutional Convention was called to

Revise the Articles Of Confederation

Which of the following Revolutionary leaders was NOT present at the Constitutional Convention?

Thomas Jefferson

The delegate whose contributions to the Philadelphia Convention were so notable that he has been called the "Father of the Constitution" was

James Madison

The delegates at the Constitutional Convention were concerned mainly with

protecting America from its weaknesses abroad and its excesses at home

Most of the delegates at the Constitutional Convention could best be labeled

Nationalists

Motives of the delegates to the 1787 Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia include all of the following except

to increase individual freedom.

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

based representation in the House and Senate on population

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

apportioning congressional representation

Under the Constitution, the president of the United States was to be elected by a majority vote of the

electoral college

The idea that all tax measures should start in the House was made to appease

the big states with the most people.

The Constitutional Convention addressed the North-South controversy over slavery through the

3/5th compromise

Which of the following is a compromise in the Constitution?

continuation of the foreign slave trade

By their actions, the delegates to the Constitutional Convention manifested their common beliefs in all of the following except

manhood-suffrage democracy.

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

house of representatives

The new Constitution established the idea that the only legitimate government was one based on

the consent of the governed.

The ultimate guarantor of liberty and justice was

The virtue of the people

The delegates at the Constitutional Convention stipulated that the new Constitution be ratified by

state conventions.

The antifederalist camp included all of the following groups except

supporters of a strong central authority

Probably the most alarming characteristic of the new Constitution to those who opposed it was the

absence of the bill of rights

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

possible to extend a republican form of government over a large territory.

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

the legislative branch of the central government.

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

executive, legislative, judicial

One of the enduring paradoxes of American history is

both liberals and conservatives have championed the heritage of democratic revolution.