Exam 6: The Revolution Within

Which state's constitution granted suffrage to all "inhabitants" who met a property qualification, allowing property-owning women to vote until an 1807 amendment limited suffrage to males?

What was the most significant legal barrier to the political participation of women in the years following the Revolution?

Thomas Jefferson was one of the few southern white elite men who did not own slaves.

Who publicly referred to slavery as a "national crime" that would one day bring "national punishment"?

What development in Pennsylvania made it possible for men of modest wealth to gain significant political influence following the Revolution?

After the American Revolution, Nova Scotia and Quebec became part of the United States.

Adam Smith's argument that the "invisible hand" of the free market directed economic life more effectively and fairly than governmental intervention offered intellectual justification for those who believed that the economy should be left to regulate itself.

Republican motherhood encouraged

The Revolutionary War weakened the deep tradition of American anti-Catholicism.

The property qualification for voting was hotly debated during the 1770s and 1780s.

As a result of greater religious freedom, the number of religious denominations in the early republic

What effect did the American Revolution have on the practice of slavery?

To show gratitude for their invaluable contribution to the war effort, the Continental Congress awarded women universal suffrage.

An example of anti-Catholicism during the 1770s was the

How did the Revolutionary War change the meaning of freedom?

The constitution ________ put the fewest restrictions on voting rights.

What was the response to the idea of the separation of church and state in America after the Revolution?