Question 1

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Articles of Confederation

Accepted Answer

The Articles of Confederation were the f

Question 2

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

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A) a strong central government. 
B) an unwritten constitution. 
C) the authority of the state. 
D) control by wealthier people. 
E) the consent of the governed. 
A) a strong central government. 
B) an unwritten constitution. 
C) the authority of the state. 
D) control by wealthier people. 
E) the consent of the governed.

Question 3

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-federalists

Accepted Answer

The Federalists were a political group t

Question 4

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-states' rights

Accepted Answer

States' rights refer to the political po

Question 5

Write your definition of democracy. Then use this definition to evaluate the Constitution as it was penned in 1787. In what ways was it a democratic document, and in what ways did it guard against democracy?

Accepted Answer

Democracy is a system of government in w

Question 6

​The "small-state plan" or New Jersey Plan presented at the Constitutional Convention included all of the following except

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A) representation in a unicameral Congress in states, according to the population. 
B) equal representation in a unicameral Congress, regardless of size and population. 
C) favoring greater representation in Congress by all southern states over all northern states. 
D) favoring greater representation in Congress by all northern states over all southern states. 
E) a bicameral congressional structure with a House of Representatives determined by population of the state and a Senate composed of equal representation from each state. 
A) representation in a unicameral Congress in states, according to the population. 
B) equal representation in a unicameral Congress, regardless of size and population. 
C) favoring greater representation in Congress by all southern states over all northern states. 
D) favoring greater representation in Congress by all northern states over all southern states. 
E) a bicameral congressional structure with a House of Representatives determined by population of the state and a Senate composed of equal representation from each state.

Question 7

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

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A) government by the consent of the governed. 
B) checks and balances in government. 
C) manhood-suffrage democracy. 
D) the sanctity of private property. 
E) a stronger central government. 
A) government by the consent of the governed. 
B) checks and balances in government. 
C) manhood-suffrage democracy. 
D) the sanctity of private property. 
E) a stronger central government.

Question 8

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-"Great Compromise"

Accepted Answer

The "Great Compromise," also known as th

Question 9

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-anarchy

Accepted Answer

Anarchy, in its most basic sense, refers

Question 10

Thomas Jefferson once said he believed that "all the good" of the new Constitution might have been accomplished by simply amending the Articles of Confederation. According to the text's authors, it is probably a good thing that the Founders did not merely amend the Articles of Confederation. With which position do you agree? Why?

Accepted Answer

I agree with the position that it was a

Question 11

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

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A) set aside a section of each township for education. 
B) abolished slavery in all of the United States. 
C) prohibited slavery in the Old Northwest. 
D) kept power in the national government. 
E) established a commission to determine the extent of a need for a Bill of Rights. 
A) set aside a section of each township for education. 
B) abolished slavery in all of the United States. 
C) prohibited slavery in the Old Northwest. 
D) kept power in the national government. 
E) established a commission to determine the extent of a need for a Bill of Rights.

Question 12

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions.
-Most, if not all, of the new state constitutions enacted in the 1780s

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A) were written documents intended to represent a fundamental law, superior to ordinary statutory legislation. 
B) lacked a specific bill of rights. 
C) required the annual election of state legislators. 
D) granted the state legislatures more power than governors. 
E) created weak executive and judicial branches. 
A) were written documents intended to represent a fundamental law, superior to ordinary statutory legislation. 
B) lacked a specific bill of rights. 
C) required the annual election of state legislators. 
D) granted the state legislatures more power than governors. 
E) created weak executive and judicial branches.

Question 13

Identify the following statement that is false.

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A) The U.S.Constitution grew out of the Anglo-American common law legal tradition. 
B) The U.S.Constitution can be described as a flexible guide to broad rules of procedure, rather than a fixed set of detailed laws. 
C) The original (unamended) U.S.Constitution contained just seven articles. 
D) The U.S.Constitution can be described as an elaborate legal code, common to other foreign countries constitutions, like India. 
E) The U.S.Constitution was approved through a series of compromises. 
A) The U.S.Constitution grew out of the Anglo-American common law legal tradition. 
B) The U.S.Constitution can be described as a flexible guide to broad rules of procedure, rather than a fixed set of detailed laws. 
C) The original (unamended) U.S.Constitution contained just seven articles. 
D) The U.S.Constitution can be described as an elaborate legal code, common to other foreign countries constitutions, like India. 
E) The U.S.Constitution was approved through a series of compromises.

Question 14

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

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A) better than before the war. 
B) probably worse than before the war. 
C) about the same as before the war. 
D) more closely tied to Britain than before the war. 
E) more closely tied to France than before the war. 
A) better than before the war. 
B) probably worse than before the war. 
C) about the same as before the war. 
D) more closely tied to Britain than before the war. 
E) more closely tied to France than before the war.

Question 15

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Land Ordinance of 1785

Accepted Answer

The Land Ordinance of 1785 was a pivotal

Question 16

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

Accepted Answer

A) money from land sales should be used to pay off the national debt. 
B) the land should be surveyed before its sale. 
C) the territory should be divided into townships six miles square. 
D) the sixteenth section should be sold to support education. 
E) slavery should be prohibited in the Old Northwest. 
A) money from land sales should be used to pay off the national debt. 
B) the land should be surveyed before its sale. 
C) the territory should be divided into townships six miles square. 
D) the sixteenth section should be sold to support education. 
E) slavery should be prohibited in the Old Northwest.

Question 17

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

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A) preserve the union. 
B) forestall anarchy. 
C) ensure the security of life and property. 
D) curb unrestrained democracy. 
E) foster the popular democracy and uprisings occurring in the various states. 
A) preserve the union. 
B) forestall anarchy. 
C) ensure the security of life and property. 
D) curb unrestrained democracy. 
E) foster the popular democracy and uprisings occurring in the various states.

Question 18

The fifty-five delegates to the Constitutional Convention shared all of the following qualities except

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A) they were well-to-do members of the professional class. 
B) they were young. 
C) they were liberal. 
D) they were more interested in strengthening the young Republic and tapping Revolutionary idealism. 
E) they wanted a firm, dignified and respected government. 
A) they were well-to-do members of the professional class. 
B) they were young. 
C) they were liberal. 
D) they were more interested in strengthening the young Republic and tapping Revolutionary idealism. 
E) they wanted a firm, dignified and respected government.

Question 19

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom

Accepted Answer

The Virginia Statute for Religious Freed

Question 20

The Second Continental Congress of Revolutionary days

Accepted Answer

A) operated with strong constitutional authority. 
B) still did not comprise representatives from all thirteen states. 
C) took away the sovereignty of the states. 
D) was little more than a conference of ambassadors without constitutional authority that largely conferred sovereignty on to the states. 
E) failed to assert any control over military affairs and foreign policy. 
A) operated with strong constitutional authority. 
B) still did not comprise representatives from all thirteen states. 
C) took away the sovereignty of the states. 
D) was little more than a conference of ambassadors without constitutional authority that largely conferred sovereignty on to the states. 
E) failed to assert any control over military affairs and foreign policy.

Exam 9: The Confederation and the Constitution, 1776-1790

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Articles of Confederation

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -federalists

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -states' rights

Write your definition of democracy. Then use this definition to evaluate the Constitution as it was penned in 1787. In what ways was it a democratic document, and in what ways did it guard against democracy?

​The "small-state plan" or New Jersey Plan presented at the Constitutional Convention included all of the following except

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -"Great Compromise"

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -anarchy

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

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. -Most, if not all, of the new state constitutions enacted in the 1780s

Identify the following statement that is false.

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Land Ordinance of 1785

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

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

The fifty-five delegates to the Constitutional Convention shared all of the following qualities except

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom

The Second Continental Congress of Revolutionary days

New World Beginnings, 33,000 Bce-1769 Ce

The Planting of English America, 1500-1733

Settling the Northern Colonies, 1619-1700

American Life in the Seventeenth Century, 1607-1692

Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution, 1700-1775

The Duel for North America, 1608-1763

The Road to Revolution, 1763-1775

America Secedes From the Empire, 1775-1783

Launching the New Ship of State, 1789-1800

The Triumphs and Travails of the Jeffersonian Republic, 1800-1812

The Second War for Independence and the Upsurge of Nationalism, 1812-1824

The Rise of a Mass Democracy, 1824-1840

Forging the National Economy, 1790-1860

The Ferment of Reform and Culture, 1790-1860

The South and the Slavery Controversy, 1793-1860

Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy, 1841-1848

Renewing the Sectional Struggle, 1848-1854

Drifting Toward Disunion, 1854-1861

Girding for War: the North and the South, 1861-1865

The Furnace of Civil War, 1861-1865

The Ordeal of Reconstruction, 1865-1877

Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age, 1869-1896

Industry Comes of Age, 1865-1900

America Moves to the City, 1865-1900

The Great West and the Agricultural Revolution, 1865-1896

Empire and Expansion, 1890-1909

Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt, 1901-1912

Wilsonian Progressivism in Peace and War, 1913-1920

American Life in the Roaring Twenties 1920-1929

The Politics of Boom and Bust 1920-1932

The Great Depression and the New Deal 1933-1939

Franklin D Roosevelt and the Shadow of War 1933-1941

America in World War Ii 1941-1945

The Cold War Begins 1945-1952

American Zenith 1952-1963

The Stormy Sixties 1963-1973

Challenges to the Postwar Order 1973-1980

The Resurgence of Conservatism 1980-1992

America Confronts the Post-Cold War Era, 1992-2000

The American People Face a New Century, 2001-2014

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The "small-state plan" or New Jersey Plan presented at the Constitutional Convention included all of the following except

Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. -Most, if not all, of the new state constitutions enacted in the 1780s