Question 1

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Daniel Shays

Accepted Answer

A) an Anti-Federalist 
B) Treaty of Greenville 
C) Notes on the State of Virginia 
D) Letters from an American Farmer 
E) led uprising of Massachusetts farmers
F)Agrippa
G)willed his slaves to be freed upon the death of his wife
H)defeated by Little Turtle
I)served as a diplomat to England and was unable to attend the Constitutional Convention
J)author of most of The Federalist essays
K)father of the Constitution
L)Secretary of War 
A) an Anti-Federalist 
B) Treaty of Greenville 
C) Notes on the State of Virginia 
D) Letters from an American Farmer 
E) led uprising of Massachusetts farmers
F)Agrippa
G)willed his slaves to be freed upon the death of his wife
H)defeated by Little Turtle
I)served as a diplomat to England and was unable to attend the Constitutional Convention
J)author of most of The Federalist essays
K)father of the Constitution
L)Secretary of War

Question 2

The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 did not acknowledge that the Indians owned their land.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Using Letters from an American Farmer and Notes on the State of Virginia,discuss the reach of American citizenship.What did it take to be free and to have liberties in the new nation? According to Crèvecoeur and Jefferson,would there ever be a time when America might be a melting pot of more than just white Europeans?

Accepted Answer

In "Letters from an American Farmer," Cr

Question 4

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Treaty of Greenville

Accepted Answer

A) annuity system 
B) unicameral system 
C) first written American constitution 
D) abolished in 1808 
E) two houses based on proportional representation
F)separation of powers
G)division of powers
H)essays that generated support for Constitutional ratification
I)amendments
J)citizenship limited to whites only
K)slave compromise
L)ruled slavery unlawful in England 
A) annuity system 
B) unicameral system 
C) first written American constitution 
D) abolished in 1808 
E) two houses based on proportional representation
F)separation of powers
G)division of powers
H)essays that generated support for Constitutional ratification
I)amendments
J)citizenship limited to whites only
K)slave compromise
L)ruled slavery unlawful in England

Question 5

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Little Turtle

Accepted Answer

A) an Anti-Federalist 
B) Treaty of Greenville 
C) Notes on the State of Virginia 
D) Letters from an American Farmer 
E) led uprising of Massachusetts farmers
F)Agrippa
G)willed his slaves to be freed upon the death of his wife
H)defeated by Little Turtle
I)served as a diplomat to England and was unable to attend the Constitutional Convention
J)author of most of The Federalist essays
K)father of the Constitution
L)Secretary of War 
A) an Anti-Federalist 
B) Treaty of Greenville 
C) Notes on the State of Virginia 
D) Letters from an American Farmer 
E) led uprising of Massachusetts farmers
F)Agrippa
G)willed his slaves to be freed upon the death of his wife
H)defeated by Little Turtle
I)served as a diplomat to England and was unable to attend the Constitutional Convention
J)author of most of The Federalist essays
K)father of the Constitution
L)Secretary of War

Question 6

What do you see as the chief contributions of the Bill of Rights to American life today?

Accepted Answer

The chief contributions of the Bill of R

Question 7

So adamant was he about separating church and state that James Madison opposed the appointment of chaplains to serve Congress and the military.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

How did James Madison feel about the Bill of Rights in the Constitution?

Accepted Answer

A)  He thought they would be needed to protect individuals from aggressive state governments like Massachusetts. 
B)  He advocated them at the Constitutional Convention in 1787. 
C)  He refused to acknowledge their ratification in the Constitution. 
D)  He believed they were redundant and that the original Constitution would protect liberties. 
E)  He tried to block their passage as amendments. 
A)  He thought they would be needed to protect individuals from aggressive state governments like Massachusetts. 
B)  He advocated them at the Constitutional Convention in 1787. 
C)  He refused to acknowledge their ratification in the Constitution. 
D)  He believed they were redundant and that the original Constitution would protect liberties. 
E)  He tried to block their passage as amendments.

Question 9

What was an enduring legacy of the Anti-Federalists?

Accepted Answer

A)  The belief that America would become more urban. 
B)  The idea that blacks and Indians should be granted citizenship. 
C)  The fear that a strong central government would trample on liberties. 
D)  The idea that merchants and business leaders would have their economic power decreased. 
E)  Their opposition to the Bill of Rights. 
A)  The belief that America would become more urban. 
B)  The idea that blacks and Indians should be granted citizenship. 
C)  The fear that a strong central government would trample on liberties. 
D)  The idea that merchants and business leaders would have their economic power decreased. 
E)  Their opposition to the Bill of Rights.

Question 10

The Northwest Ordinance of 1787:

Accepted Answer

A)  established the policy to admit the area's population as equal members of the political system. 
B)  regulated western land sales through a policy that was amicable to the Indians. 
C)  abolished the Articles of Confederation and called for a second Constitutional Convention. 
D)  was the first step in Alexander Hamilton's plan for economic growth. 
E)  declared all Indian land to be the possession of the U.S. government. 
A)  established the policy to admit the area's population as equal members of the political system. 
B)  regulated western land sales through a policy that was amicable to the Indians. 
C)  abolished the Articles of Confederation and called for a second Constitutional Convention. 
D)  was the first step in Alexander Hamilton's plan for economic growth. 
E)  declared all Indian land to be the possession of the U.S. government.

Question 11

Shays's Rebellion was significant because it demonstrated:

Accepted Answer

A)  that land distribution policies were out of date. 
B)  that controversies over the emancipation of slaves could turn violent. 
C)  that Congress's attempts to pass pro-debtor laws were unpopular with farmers. 
D)  the need for a stronger central government. 
E)  the chaotic nature of Indian policy after the Battle of Fallen Timbers. 
A)  that land distribution policies were out of date. 
B)  that controversies over the emancipation of slaves could turn violent. 
C)  that Congress's attempts to pass pro-debtor laws were unpopular with farmers. 
D)  the need for a stronger central government. 
E)  the chaotic nature of Indian policy after the Battle of Fallen Timbers.

Question 12

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Federalism

Accepted Answer

A) annuity system 
B) unicameral system 
C) first written American constitution 
D) abolished in 1808 
E) two houses based on proportional representation
F)separation of powers
G)division of powers
H)essays that generated support for Constitutional ratification
I)amendments
J)citizenship limited to whites only
K)slave compromise
L)ruled slavery unlawful in England 
A) annuity system 
B) unicameral system 
C) first written American constitution 
D) abolished in 1808 
E) two houses based on proportional representation
F)separation of powers
G)division of powers
H)essays that generated support for Constitutional ratification
I)amendments
J)citizenship limited to whites only
K)slave compromise
L)ruled slavery unlawful in England

Question 13

Under the Treaty of Greenville of 1795:

Accepted Answer

A)  Great Britain agreed to remove its remaining forts from U.S. soil. 
B)  twelve Indian tribes ceded most of Ohio to the federal government. 
C)  the U.S. government allowed Indians to petition for citizenship. 
D)  the federal government forbade American settlement west of the Mississippi. 
E)  the United States recognized Great Britain's claim to what is now Ontario. 
A)  Great Britain agreed to remove its remaining forts from U.S. soil. 
B)  twelve Indian tribes ceded most of Ohio to the federal government. 
C)  the U.S. government allowed Indians to petition for citizenship. 
D)  the federal government forbade American settlement west of the Mississippi. 
E)  the United States recognized Great Britain's claim to what is now Ontario.

Question 14

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-slave compromises

Accepted Answer

The term "slave compromises" refers to a

Question 15

Which of the following is true of how the leaders of the new nation viewed settlers moving west across the Appalachians in the 1780s?

Accepted Answer

A)  They shared their British predecessors' fears that frontier settlers would fight constantly with Native Americans. 
B)  They viewed them as the start of a brigade that was going to spread American values and virtues across the continent. 
C)  They hated them enough to pass laws banning their movement-much like the British Proclamation of 1763-but the settlers ignored them. 
D)  Benjamin Franklin advocated movement westward, but Thomas Jefferson fought him on it. 
E)  They expressed no views that historians have been able to find. 
A)  They shared their British predecessors' fears that frontier settlers would fight constantly with Native Americans. 
B)  They viewed them as the start of a brigade that was going to spread American values and virtues across the continent. 
C)  They hated them enough to pass laws banning their movement-much like the British Proclamation of 1763-but the settlers ignored them. 
D)  Benjamin Franklin advocated movement westward, but Thomas Jefferson fought him on it. 
E)  They expressed no views that historians have been able to find.

Question 16

James Madison wrote and published the book Notes on the State of Virginia.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

What did the Northwest Territory border on?

Accepted Answer

A)  Atlantic Ocean. 
B)  Chesapeake Bay. 
C)  St. Lawrence River. 
D)  Pacific Ocean. 
E)  Great Lakes. 
A)  Atlantic Ocean. 
B)  Chesapeake Bay. 
C)  St. Lawrence River. 
D)  Pacific Ocean. 
E)  Great Lakes.

Question 18

What did James Winthrop,a Massachusetts public official,fear about the new Constitution?

Accepted Answer

A)  If the Constitution was not ratified, the United States would lose trade to Canada. 
B)  The new Constitution would not be powerful enough to unite all thirteen states. 
C)  If the Constitution was not ratified, the United States would be picked on by Spain. 
D)  Without the Constitution, the United States would not survive as a nation. 
E)  Under the Constitution, a citizen would lose basic civil liberties. 
A)  If the Constitution was not ratified, the United States would lose trade to Canada. 
B)  The new Constitution would not be powerful enough to unite all thirteen states. 
C)  If the Constitution was not ratified, the United States would be picked on by Spain. 
D)  Without the Constitution, the United States would not survive as a nation. 
E)  Under the Constitution, a citizen would lose basic civil liberties.

Question 19

Thomas Jefferson believed that African-Americans:

Accepted Answer

A)  should eventually be able to enjoy their natural rights, but they would have to leave the United States to do so. 
B)  who were held in slavery should be emancipated immediately and that every former slave family should be given a forty-acre farm in a western territory. 
C)  should, if legally free, be allowed to marry white persons. 
D)  like Indians, were naturally as intelligent as whites. 
E)  should all be held in slavery because, like Indians, they were clearly inferior to persons of European descent. 
A)  should eventually be able to enjoy their natural rights, but they would have to leave the United States to do so. 
B)  who were held in slavery should be emancipated immediately and that every former slave family should be given a forty-acre farm in a western territory. 
C)  should, if legally free, be allowed to marry white persons. 
D)  like Indians, were naturally as intelligent as whites. 
E)  should all be held in slavery because, like Indians, they were clearly inferior to persons of European descent.

Question 20

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-James Winthrop

Accepted Answer

A) an Anti-Federalist 
B) Treaty of Greenville 
C) Notes on the State of Virginia 
D) Letters from an American Farmer 
E) led uprising of Massachusetts farmers
F)Agrippa
G)willed his slaves to be freed upon the death of his wife
H)defeated by Little Turtle
I)served as a diplomat to England and was unable to attend the Constitutional Convention
J)author of most of The Federalist essays
K)father of the Constitution
L)Secretary of War 
A) an Anti-Federalist 
B) Treaty of Greenville 
C) Notes on the State of Virginia 
D) Letters from an American Farmer 
E) led uprising of Massachusetts farmers
F)Agrippa
G)willed his slaves to be freed upon the death of his wife
H)defeated by Little Turtle
I)served as a diplomat to England and was unable to attend the Constitutional Convention
J)author of most of The Federalist essays
K)father of the Constitution
L)Secretary of War

Exam 7: Founding a Nation,1783-1791

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Daniel Shays

The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 did not acknowledge that the Indians owned their land.

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Treaty of Greenville

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Little Turtle

What do you see as the chief contributions of the Bill of Rights to American life today?

So adamant was he about separating church and state that James Madison opposed the appointment of chaplains to serve Congress and the military.

How did James Madison feel about the Bill of Rights in the Constitution?

What was an enduring legacy of the Anti-Federalists?

The Northwest Ordinance of 1787:

Shays's Rebellion was significant because it demonstrated:

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Federalism

Under the Treaty of Greenville of 1795:

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -slave compromises

Which of the following is true of how the leaders of the new nation viewed settlers moving west across the Appalachians in the 1780s?

James Madison wrote and published the book Notes on the State of Virginia.

What did the Northwest Territory border on?

What did James Winthrop,a Massachusetts public official,fear about the new Constitution?

Thomas Jefferson believed that African-Americans:

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -James Winthrop

A New World

Beginnings of English America,1607-1660

Creating Anglo-America,1660-1750

Slavery,Freedom,and the Struggle for Empire to 1763

The American Revolution,1763-1783

The Revolution Within

Securing the Republic,1790-1815

The Market Revolution,1800-1840

Democracy in America,1815-1840

The Peculiar Institution

An Age of Reform,1820-1840

A House Divided,1840-1861

A New Birth of Freedom: The Civil War,1861-1865

What Is Freedom?”: Reconstruction,1865-1877

America’s Gilded Age,1870-1890

Freedom’s Boundaries,at Home and Abroad,1890-1900

The Progressive Era,1900-1916

Safe for Democracy: The United States and World War I,1916-1920

From Business Culture to Great Depression: The Twenties,1920-1932

The New Deal,1932-1940

Fighting for the Four Freedoms: World War II,1941-1945

The United States and the Cold War,1945-1953

An Affluent Society,1953-1960

The Sixties,1960-1968

The Triumph of Conservatism,1969-1988

From Triumph to Tragedy,1989–2001

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