Exam 6: The Constitution and the New Republic

Characterize the "competing visions" the Federalists and the Republicans had for the country during the 1790s. Which side do you believe had the better vision, and why?

Why was there such opposition to the proposed Constitution of 1787?

The new Constitution banned the slave trade, but it did not ban slavery.

In the first national elections in 1789,

The emergence of an alternative political organization to the Federalists was prompted by

Hamilton favored a government that would benefit the entrenched aristocracy but not speculators.

The Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan were quite different, but each saw fit to give each state equal representation.

The delegates to the Constitutional Convention in 1787 greatly exceeded their instructions from Congress and the states.

The Constitution's most distinctive feature was its ________.

The election of 1800 was decided in the House of Representatives.

The first state to ratify the Constitution in 1787 was

In 1786, Alexander Hamilton found an important ally, in his push for a stronger central government, in

The core complaint of Antifederalists about the proposed Constitution of 1787 was that it

The Constitutional Convention of 1787 came close to

Alexander Hamilton recommended that the federal government raise revenue through

Under the Constitution of 1787, the people would directly elect

Under the "checks and balances" system of the Constitution of 1787, federal judges

In the 1790s, those who were labeled Republicans envisioned developing a nation that would

Nine of the first ten amendments to the Constitution placed limits on the

The Federalists were most powerful in the commercial centers of the Northeast.