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chap 9 & 10
ap history
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Among the important social changes brought about by the American Revolution was | the abolition of slavery everywhere except in South Carolina and Georgia |
| A major new political innovation that emerged in the Revolutionary era was the | idea of a written constitution drafted by a convention and ratified by direct vote of the people. |
| Despite the Revolution’s emphasis on human rights and equality, the Founding Fathers failed to abolish slavery because | of their fear that a fight over slavery would destroy fragile national unity. |
| The ideal of republican motherhood that emerged from the American Revolution held that | women had a special responsibility to cultivate the civic virtues of republicanism in their children. |
| The fundamental difference between ordinary laws and a constitution that emerged from the American Revolution was that ordinary laws | described specific illegal acts, while a constitution granted positive rights. |
| One way that American independence actually harmed the nation’s economic fortunes was by | cutting off American trade with the British empire. |
| Attempts to establish strong governments in post-Revolutionary America were seriously hindered by the | fear that a strong government would suppress economic development. |
| 8. The first U.S. government of the Articles of Confederation was finally approved when | b. land-rich states like Virginia and New York agreed to hand over their lands to the new government for the common benefit. |
| 9. The greatest weakness of the government under the Articles of Confederation was that | e. it had no power to regulate commerce or collect taxes from the sovereign states. |
| 10. The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 provided that | a. the states should retain permanent control of their western lands. |
| 11. Shays’s Rebellion contributed greatly to the movement for a new constitution by | b. raising the fear of anarchy and disorder among wealthy conservatives. |
| 12. Besides George Washington, the most influential delegates to the Constitutional Convention were | d. Benjamin Franklin, James Madison, and Alexander Hamilton. |
| 13. The Great Compromise, finally agreed to by the Constitutional Convention, provided that | d. there would be representation by population in the House of Representatives but equal representation of all states in the Senate. |
| 14. Antifederalists generally found their greatest support among | e. the poorer debtors and farmers. |
| 15. The crucial federalist successes in the fight for ratification occurred in the states of | b. Massachusetts, Virginia, and New York. |
| New name for the Anglican Church after it was disestablished and de- Anglicized in Virginia and elsewhere | protestant episcopal church |
| The idea that American women had a special responsibility to cultivate civic virtue in their children | republican motherhood |
| A type of special assembly, originally developed in Massachusetts, for drawing up a fundamental law that would be superior to ordinary law | constitutional convention |
| The first constitutional government of the United States | articles of confederation |
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