Chapter 9 Flashcards
The American Revolution was
An example of accelerated evolution rather than an outright revolution
The world’s first antislavery society was founded by
Quakers in Pennsylvania
As part of the egalitarian movement of the American Revolution,
Several northern states abolished slavery
The Founding Fathers fails to eliminate slavery because
A fight over slavery might destroy national unity
As a result of the Revolution’s emphasis on equality, this was not achieved:
Full equality between women and men
The most important outcome of the Revolution for white women was that they
Were elevated as special keepers of the nation’s conscience
As a result of the Revolution, many state capitals were relocated westward
Due to fear of British capture
One reason that the United States avoided frightful excesses of the French Revolution is that
Cheap land was easily available
The Second Continental Congress of Revolutionary days
Was little more than a conference of ambassadors with very limited power
The Articles of Confederation were finally approved when
All states claiming western lands surrendered them to the national government
The Articles of Confederation left Congress unable to
Enforce a tax-collection program
A major strength of the Articles of Confederation was its
Presentation of the ideal of a united nation
The Northwest Ordinance of 1787
Established a procedure for governing the Old Northwest territory
One of the most farsighted provisions of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787
Prohibited slavery in the Old Northwest
The Land Ordinance of 1785 did not provide for
Prohibiting slavery
Britain
Occupied a chain of trading forts in the Old Northwest
France
Demanded repayment of wartime loans
Spain
Controlled important trade routes from the interior if North America
Barbary Coast
Threatened American commerce in the Mediterranean
Shays’s Rebellion convinced many Americans of the need for
A stronger central government
The issue that finally touched off the movement toward the Constitutional Convention was
Control of commerce
Motives of the delegates to the 1787 Constitutional Convention in Philidelphia did not include
To increase individual freedom
The Great Compromise at the Constitutional Convention worked out an acceptable scheme for
Apportioning congressional representation
Under the Constitution, the president of the United States was to be elected by a majority vote of the
Electoral College
