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Which of the following was a provision of Pennsylvania's democratic constitution of 1776?

An extensive system of elementary education was set up, and citizens were protected against imprisonment for debt.

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John Adams recommended a bicameral (two-house) legislature because he thought that

the two houses would check and balance each other and the chief representative.

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In devising their new constitution during the Revolution, most states

reduced the powers of the executive branch of government.

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Abigail Adams

insisted on equal legal rights for married women.

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Under the Articles of Confederation,

each state retained its sovereignty and independence.

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Members of Congress wished to establish a plan for orderly admission of new states to the Confederation because they

wanted to reduce the prospect of secessionist movements and to prevent the emergence of dependent "colonies."

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In the Land Ordinances of 1784 and 1785, Congress

set out a rectangular grid system for surveying land.

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All of the following states were eventually created out of the Northwest Territory except

Kentucky.

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The Northwest Ordinance of 1787

prohibited slavery in the Northwest Territory.

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterizes postwar trends in American trade?

The war had destroyed many American merchant ships and cut the export of tobacco and other farm goods.

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The largest political and economic problem facing the post-revolutionary state governments was

a worthless currency and big debts.

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The revolt led by farmers in Massachusetts in 1786 to 1787

was directed against the creditors of and high taxes in eastern Massachusetts.

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The major legacy of Shays's Rebellion was

a redoubling of efforts by leaders with a nationalist perspective to create a strong federal government.

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In the 1780s, Americans known as "nationalists" were

Patriots who believed that the Confederation should either be strengthened or be replaced with a central government that would be strong enough to control foreign commerce and impose tariffs.

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To strengthen the central government, the nationalists in the 1780s

won passage of a congressional resolution calling for a revision of the Articles of Confederation.

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterizes the Constitutional Convention's day-to-day operations?

It deliberated behind closed doors to forestall popular opposition, and until James Madison's notebooks were published many years later, Americans knew very little of what happened.

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As part of the Great Compromise, delegates at the Philadelphia convention agreed on

a lower house whose seats would be appointed on the basis of population.

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The Philadelphia convention established that

Congress could make no law regulating the importation of slaves for twenty years after the ratification of the Constitution.

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The Constitution, as completed on September 17, 1787, gave the national government

broad powers over taxation, military defense, and external commerce.

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Before the Constitution could go into effect, it had to be ratified by

nine states.

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Anifederalist Patrick Henry opposed the Constitution because he

feared high taxes, a large bureaucracy, and a standing army.

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In The Federalist, No. 10, James Madison maintained that the constitutional government would

prevent any one faction from becoming dominant.

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To persuade Massachusetts, Virginia, and New York to ratify the Constitution, leading Federalists promised that

a bill of rights would be added to the Constitution.

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterizes the first congressional government?

George Washington established a cabinet, or body of advisers, and an administrative bureaucracy under the president's control.

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All of the following are guaranteed by the first ten amendments to the Constitution except

the right to vote.

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In response to Hamilton's bill to establish the Bank of the United States,

Washington agreed with Hamilton's interpretation of the Constitution and signed the bill into law.

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Alexander Hamilton

proposed making the United States self-sufficient in manufacturing.

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Thomas Jefferson's vision for the future of the United States included

western territories populated by independent, white yeomen farm families.

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What was the effect of the French Revolution and the war between France and England on the American economy?

By managing to sell to both sides, American exporters recovered from two decades of relative commercial stagnation.

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterizes American reactions to the French Revolution?

Artisans praised the egalitarianism of the French republicans and founded political clubs.

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The Whiskey Rebellion was significant for all of the following reasons except

when he learned that Thomas Jefferson covertly supported the insurgents, Washington publicly broke with him, precipitating open party conflict.

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John Jay's treaty of 1795 with Great Britain

required the British to withdraw from forts in the trans-Appalachian West and end aid to native tribes in that region.

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterizes U.S. relations with France in the late 1790s?

The United States cut off trade with France and authorized American privateers to seize French ships.

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Under the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798,

it was illegal to publish malicious or ungrounded attacks against Congress or the president.

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In their protests against the Alien and Sedition Acts, Jefferson and Madison

took the fight to the state legislatures, setting forth a states' rights interpretation of the Constitution.

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In the election of 1800,

Hamilton threw his support to Jefferson, who was in an electoral-vote tie with Aaron Burr for the presidency.

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