Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

The term "disestablished" refers to the

Question 2

Discuss and evaluate the role that the Anglo-American common law tradition played in the substantive and procedural content, structure, and length of the U.S. Constitution. Contrast these elements of the U.S. Constitution with existing state constitutions and with foreign constitutions, where civil law prevailed.
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Accepted Answer

The Anglo-American common law tradition

Question 3

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions.
-Major goals of the delegates at the Constitutional Convention included

Accepted Answer

A) careful revision of each article of the Articles of Confederation. 
B) preservation of the Union. 
C) creation of a stronger national government. 
D) restricting popular democracy in several states. 
E) outlawing slavery. 
A) careful revision of each article of the Articles of Confederation. 
B) preservation of the Union. 
C) creation of a stronger national government. 
D) restricting popular democracy in several states. 
E) outlawing slavery.

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

Primogeniture is a legal and social syst

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

A) Thomas Jefferson 
B) Benjamin Franklin 
C) James Madison 
D) George Washington 
E) Alexander Hamilton 
A) Thomas Jefferson 
B) Benjamin Franklin 
C) James Madison 
D) George Washington 
E) Alexander Hamilton

Question 6

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Northwest Ordinance of 1787

Accepted Answer

The Northwest Ordinance of 1787, officia

Question 7

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Daniel Shays

Accepted Answer

Daniel Shays was a central figure in an

Question 8

Assume that the Constitution had not been ratified by the state conventions. What do you think would have been the short- and long-term consequences?

Accepted Answer

In the short term, the failure to ratify

Question 9

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

Accepted Answer

A) large-state plan. 
B) small-state plan. 
C) three-fifths compromise. 
D) closing of the slave trade until 1807. 
E) Northwest Ordinance. 
A) large-state plan. 
B) small-state plan. 
C) three-fifths compromise. 
D) closing of the slave trade until 1807. 
E) Northwest Ordinance.

Question 10

As written documents, the state constitutions functioned in all of the following ways except

Accepted Answer

A) to represent a fundamental law superior to ordinary legislation. 
B) as contracts that defined the powers of government. 
C) as an accumulation of laws, customs and precedents. 
D) to guarantee individual liberties, sometimes through a bill of rights. 
E) to transform the colonies into becoming new states. 
A) to represent a fundamental law superior to ordinary legislation. 
B) as contracts that defined the powers of government. 
C) as an accumulation of laws, customs and precedents. 
D) to guarantee individual liberties, sometimes through a bill of rights. 
E) to transform the colonies into becoming new states.

Question 11

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-ratification of the Constitution

Accepted Answer

The ratification of the Constitution was

Question 12

According to the framers of the Constitution, the ultimate guarantor of liberty and justice was

Accepted Answer

A) the authority of the state. 
B) a written constitution. 
C) an independent judicial system. 
D) the virtue of the people. 
E) the absolute authority of the federal government. 
A) the authority of the state. 
B) a written constitution. 
C) an independent judicial system. 
D) the virtue of the people. 
E) the absolute authority of the federal government.

Question 13

Identify the statement that is false.

Accepted Answer

A) The American Revolution was not a revolution in the sense of a radical or total change. 
B) The American Revolution did not suddenly and violently overturn the entire social and political framework. 
C) During the American Revolution, people's lives were thrown in turmoil, they were unable to carry on day to day tasks and activities. 
D) Some isolated communities were unaware that the American Revolution was even going on. 
E) With the exodus of Loyalists, the emergence of a new Patriot elite was allowed to emerge. 
A) The American Revolution was not a revolution in the sense of a radical or total change. 
B) The American Revolution did not suddenly and violently overturn the entire social and political framework. 
C) During the American Revolution, people's lives were thrown in turmoil, they were unable to carry on day to day tasks and activities. 
D) Some isolated communities were unaware that the American Revolution was even going on. 
E) With the exodus of Loyalists, the emergence of a new Patriot elite was allowed to emerge.

Question 14

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions.
-Under the Articles of Confederation

Accepted Answer

A) a unicameral Congress was to be the chief agency of national government. 
B) there was no executive branch of national government. 
C) each state remained essentially sovereign. 
D) major legislation required a two-thirds vote to pass Congress. 
E) a strong national judiciary was established. 
A) a unicameral Congress was to be the chief agency of national government. 
B) there was no executive branch of national government. 
C) each state remained essentially sovereign. 
D) major legislation required a two-thirds vote to pass Congress. 
E) a strong national judiciary was established.

Question 15

The Constitutional Convention of 1787 was called to

Accepted Answer

A) write a completely new constitution. 
B) allow the most radical Revolutionary leaders to write their ideas into law. 
C) weaken the power of the central government. 
D) revise the Articles of Confederation. 
E) reassess our foreign alliances. 
A) write a completely new constitution. 
B) allow the most radical Revolutionary leaders to write their ideas into law. 
C) weaken the power of the central government. 
D) revise the Articles of Confederation. 
E) reassess our foreign alliances.

Question 16

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Abigail Adams

Accepted Answer

Abigail Adams (1744–1818) was the wife o

Question 17

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Society of the Cincinnati

Accepted Answer

The Society of the Cincinnati was a frat

Question 18

In keeping with the spirit, if not the actual wording of the Declaration of Independence's affirmation that "All men are created equal," most states ____ property-holding requirements for voting.

Accepted Answer

A) kept the same 
B) reduced 
C) raised 
D) ignored 
E) raised significantly 
A) kept the same 
B) reduced 
C) raised 
D) ignored 
E) raised significantly

Question 19

The delegates at the Constitutional Convention were concerned mainly with

Accepted Answer

A) abolishing slavery. 
B) establishing a very powerful military. 
C) protecting America from its weaknesses abroad and its excesses at home. 
D) ensuring that the states continued to control tariff policies. 
E) establishing the principle of states' rights. 
A) abolishing slavery. 
B) establishing a very powerful military. 
C) protecting America from its weaknesses abroad and its excesses at home. 
D) ensuring that the states continued to control tariff policies. 
E) establishing the principle of states' rights.

Question 20

The Revolution spawned all of the following economic conditions except

Accepted Answer

A) speculation and profiteering. 
B) extensive borrowing by state governments that left them buried in debt. 
C) runaway deflation. 
D) the opening of new foreign markets. 
E) unhealthy levels of high inflation that proved ruinous to many American citizens. 
A) speculation and profiteering. 
B) extensive borrowing by state governments that left them buried in debt. 
C) runaway deflation. 
D) the opening of new foreign markets. 
E) unhealthy levels of high inflation that proved ruinous to many American citizens.

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

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

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. -Major goals of the delegates at the Constitutional Convention included

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

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Northwest Ordinance of 1787

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Daniel Shays

Assume that the Constitution had not been ratified by the state conventions. What do you think would have been the short- and long-term consequences?

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

As written documents, the state constitutions functioned in all of the following ways except

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -ratification of the Constitution

According to the framers of the Constitution, the ultimate guarantor of liberty and justice was

Identify the statement that is false.

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. -Under the Articles of Confederation

The Constitutional Convention of 1787 was called to

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Abigail Adams

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Society of the Cincinnati

In keeping with the spirit, if not the actual wording of the Declaration of Independence's affirmation that "All men are created equal," most states ____ property-holding requirements for voting.

The delegates at the Constitutional Convention were concerned mainly with

The Revolution spawned all of the following economic conditions except

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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Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. -Major goals of the delegates at the Constitutional Convention included

Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. -Under the Articles of Confederation