midterm 2.0 Flashcards
(50 cards)
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- Why did the Southern Colonies become dependent on enslaved labor?
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Because the intensity of the labor
2
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- The Articles of Confederation enabled Congress to do What?
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Conduct foreign affairs, maintain armed forces
3
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- One weakness of the Articles of Confederation is that it did not allow Congress to do what
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Levy taxes or regulate commerce
4
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- What was a principal belief of the Federalists?
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Strong central government
5
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- How did Anti-Federalists prefer to organize the government?
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Strong state government
6
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- A crucial issue the Anti-Federalists had with the Constitution was what?
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The lack of the bill of rights
7
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- What main purpose did the addition of the Bill of Rights serve?
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The main purpose was the protect their rights
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- What process had to take place before the Constitution could become official?
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It had to be ratified by 9 out of the 13 colonies
9
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- Name three ideas that were supported by the Federalists
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Strong central government
The checks and balances system
Unified National identity
10
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- Name three ideas that were supported by the Anti-Federalists
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Strong state government
Checks and balances
Bill of rights
11
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- What was one change proposed by the Virginia Plan at the Constitutional convention
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Representation bases on population
12
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- The New Jersey Plan was proposed after delegates complained that the Virginia Plan did what
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Gave to much power to the higher population states and not anything to the smaller ones
13
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- How did the Great Compromise help address a disagreement at the Constitutional convention
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It proposed that the house of representatives was based on population and the senate was and equal amount of people
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- Why was the Three-Fifths Compromise given that name?
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It was given the name because 5 slaves would count as 3 people
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- What does popular sovereignty refer to?
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Authority of the people
16
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- What is the main role of the legislative branch?
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Make laws
17
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- What is the main role of the judicial branch?
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Interpret the laws and ensure everything is constitutional
18
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- What is the reason for having a separation of powers?
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To keep the power equal through out the government
19
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- What immediate economic problem did George Washington face when he became president
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National war debt
20
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- Why was James Madison opposed to establishing a national bank?
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Because it was unconstitutional
21
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- What does the theory of nullification state?
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The right that a state can say yes or no to federal law if they aren’t constitutional
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- Which are two ways that the Northwest Ordinance helped the United States grow
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Gave the people a way to buy land from the govement
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- Shays’ Rebellion highlighted the need for what?
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A stronger central government and address economic problems
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- How were the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan alike?
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They both wanted three branches of government with checks and balances
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25. Name two ways the Constitution addressed the issue of slavery
Three fifths compromise and the slave act forcing any person who comes across and escaped slave to be sent back
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26. Why did Washington want to remain neutral during the French Revolution?
Because they didn’t want to lose men or go more in debt
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27. What is the term for the westward voyage across the Atlantic Ocean of enslaved Africans to the colonies
The middle passage
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28. Name two reasons why European nations began exploring
To get rich and to find a passage to Asia
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29. How were indentured servants different from enslaved people?
Indentured servants would be set free after paying off their debt while slaves weren’t ever set free
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30. What was the effect of the Middle Passage on colonial America?
It brought thousands of slaves to the country and cheap labor
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31. What did colonists do to protest British taxes instituted under the Stamp Act and Townshed act
They boycotted their products
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32. What argument did the Stamp Act Congress make about British taxes?
It wasn’t justified since they had no representation
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33. Why did King George Ill issue the Proclamation of 1763?
To keep the conflict between natives and colonists from happening
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34. What was the purpose of both the First Continental Congress and Second Continental congress
To get ready to break off from Britain and getting military ready
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35. Why did the British pass the Intolerable Acts?
To punish the colonists for the Boston tea party
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36. What was one result of the early battles of the American Revolution?
It gave the colonists hope that they could win
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37. Why was the Declaration of Independence considered revolutionary at the time of its issuance
It broke off from Britain and introduced the idea that all people are the same and rights of life and liberty and the pursuit of happiness
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38. What general advantage did the Colonial Army have over the British Army?
They knew the area and they also used gorilla warfare
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39. Why was the American victory at the Battle of Saratoga important to the war effort
It was a time when the British surrendered leading to France helping
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40. Why was the Battle of Yorktown significant?
It was the turning point if the war
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41. What was one result of the French and Indian War?
It lead British into a huge debt and led to the revolution
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42. What were two effects of the Boston Massacre?
Britain put more troops and the colonist got mad about it
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43. During the American Revolution civilian soldiers who could fight on a moment's notice were called what
Minute men
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44. What was the phrase that reflected the reason why the colonists felt that the taxes placed upon them by Parliament were unfair?
No taxation without representation
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45. How did the Spanish encomienda system impact the New World?
It gave them the idea of slave labor
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46. How did the concept of property differ between Europeans and Native Americans?
Europeans saw it as owning it while natives saw it as share d
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47. Why was tobacco cultivation crucial for the survival of Jamestown?
It gave them their first economy
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48. What was the primary purpose of the Mayflower Compact?
It established their own government
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49. What was one of the main reasons the English first established American colonies?
To expand and get rich
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50. What was one argument American colonists used to justify enslaving Africans and Native Americans?
They aren’t the same
