Exam 3

Question 1

Which colony abstained from ratifying the Declaration of Independence?

Answer 1

New York

Question 2

What was Shays’s Rebellion about?

Answer 2

Shays was a veteran farmer & the government was going to take away his farm due to tax evasion. He led a group of people in the same situation to barricade the courthouse to prevent it from taking his farm.

Question 3

Which 2 states eliminated the executive branch & upper legislative branch of the government?

Answer 3

Pennsylvania & Georgia

Question 4

Which state granted the right to vote to some Black men in 1776?

Answer 4

Pennsylvania

Question 5

What are the 4 points of Whig ideology?

Answer 5

Government is a threat to liberty, power is corruptive, consent of the governed is required, Eternal vigilance toward the government is important.

Question 6

What did the radical patriots believe?

Answer 6

People have usually have “public virtue,” which makes them do the right thing, so the government can & should be weak

Question 7

What was significant about the new American governments?

Answer 7

They were based on written documents, they were more representative, & they all had a bill of rights

Question 8

Which state accidentally gave women the right to vote?

Answer 8

New Jersey

Question 9

How many states needed to ratify the constitution?

Answer 9

9

Question 10

Who was one of the first to write about what it means to be American & what was the text called?

Answer 10

Crèvecoeur wrote Letters from an American Farmer

Question 11

Which nation did not respect the boundaries of the Treaty of Paris because they were not consulted?

Answer 11

Spain

Question 12

Why was the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 important?

Answer 12

It prohibited slavery in the northwest territory, paving the way to the Missouri Compromise

Question 13

Which US president was particularly racist & dismissive of native Americans?

Answer 13

Andrew Jackson

Question 14

Which state was the first to make slavery illegal?

Answer 14

Vermont

Question 15

Why was the Constitutional Convention held in secret?

Answer 15

They didn’t want to have to consider public opinion.

Question 16

What were the features of the Virginia Plan?

Answer 16

2 proportional chambers of congress, 3 branches of government

Question 17

What was the Connecticut Compromise?

Answer 17

Also called the Great Compromise. It said that one legislative house should be proportional & the other should not, among other things.

Question 18

What did the Three-Fifths Compromise do?

Answer 18

Made it so that 3 of every 5 slaves would be counted toward state population, for the purpose of representation. It also made it illegal to import slaves.

Question 19

What was the typical gradual abolition plan?

Answer 19

Slaves born after the law is passed are freed when they are 28 years old, designed by Pennsylvania.

Question 20

How long did the framers intend for the Constitution to last?

Answer 20

Less then 20 years before they would write another.

Question 21

Who are the federalists?

Answer 21

Less Radical patriots who support the Constitution & strong government in general

Question 22

What was Jay’s Treaty?

Answer 22

It attempted to repair the relationship with Britain. Washington’s support for it was controversial.

Question 23

What was Marbury vs Maddison?

Answer 23

It established Judicial Review, where the courts could strike down unconstitutional laws.

Question 24

What did the Treaty of Paris (1784) do?

Answer 24

It ended the Revolutionary War & declared the colonies independant. It must not be confused with the prior Treaty of Paris, which ended the French & Indian War.

Question 25

What were some qualities of America at the dawn of the Industrial Revolution?

Answer 25

Poor transportation, poor communications, bad sources of energy, scarce labor, yeoman farmers, lack of capital, legal problems

Question 26

What were some changes due to industrialization?

Answer 26

Switch to power-driven machines, factories, mass-market, family roles, professional relationships

Question 27

What is the cult of domesticity?

Answer 27

The way that women now have do housework alone while men work