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Chapter 9
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| How did the American Revolution change South Carolina’s economy? | Planters and merchants had to find new markets. |
| What resolution eased the tensions between the Up Country and the Low Country? | The legislature agreed to build a new capital in the middle of the state |
| When South Carolina’s capital was moved from Charles Town, what name was given to the new seat of state government? | Columbia |
| What was the first constitution of the United States called? | the Articles of Confederation |
| In its first government after the American Revolution, why did the United States establish a weak national government? | The states had experienced problems under a strong monarchy. |
| What was a major weakness of the Articles of Confederation? | The federal government had little power. |
| Which man did NOT represent South Carolina at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia? | James Madison |
| What idea for the federal government was supported by the South Carolina delegates at the Philadelphia Convention? | legislative power to tax |
| What compromise settled the issue of how representation would be allocated in the national Congress? | the Great Compromise |
| What reason was given by the Antifederalists to oppose the U.S. Constitution? | The document gave powers to Congress that would harm the states. |
| What reason was given by the Federalists to support the Constitution? | The United States needed a strong government to establish economic stability. |
| According to the Preamble, how many reasons are given for the creation of the U.S. Constitution? | 6 |
| After the ratification of the U.S. Constitution, why did South Carolinians in the Up Country want a new state constitution for South Carolina? | to gain equal representation in the South Carolina General Assembly |
| According to the map, what country controlled the land west of the United States? | Spain |
| According to the map, what country controlled land north of the United States? | Great Britain |
| What was the motive behind the Three-Fifths Compromise, which counted slaves as only three-fifths of a person for official population counts? | Northern states wanted to prevent southern states from having control of the House of Representatives |
| Which plan for the new U.S. Constitution called for a one-house legislature, an executive branch selected by Congress, and an appointed Supreme Court? | the New Jersey Plan |
| What action was responsible for getting Jefferson’s followers to support the national government’s assumption of the states’ war debts? | locating the U.S. capital in the South |
| What treaty addressed the issue of the British forts that remained in the West after the American Revolution? | Jay Treaty |
| What did the French want the United States to do in the 1790s? | become involved in the French Revolution |
| In the Constitutional Convention that met in Philadelphia, large states favored representation in the national Congress based on population. | TRUE |
| South Carolina’s representatives at the Constitutional Convention supported the “Three-Fifths Compromise.” | FALSE |
| On May 23, 1788, the South Carolina convention overwhelmingly ratified the United States Constitution. | FALSE |
| According to the timeline, the French Revolution broke out after the United States Constitution was ratified. | TRUE |
| According to the timeline, the national government in Washington, D.C., met in a new capitol before the South Carolina government met in its capitol in Columbia | FALSE |
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