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Unfinished Nation

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By the late 1780s dissatisfaction with the articles of confederation included a belief that the national government   show
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show James Madison  
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Which event more than any other convinced George Washington that the articles of confederation needed to be revised   show
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show Were well educated by the standards of their time  
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show The country needed a stronger central government  
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A Virginia Plan called for   show
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show Expanded the taxation and regulatory powers of Congress  
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The Constitutional Convention of 1787 came close to   show
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The achievement of the "Great Compromise" of the Constitutional Convention of 1787 was its resolution of the problem regarding   show
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In the Constitutional Convention of 1787, for the purpose of political representation, slaves were classified as   show
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In the Constitutional Convention of 1787, a major concession to the pro-slavery delegates was the   show
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show People  
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James Madison's ideas regarding republican government   show
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show State legistatures  
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show Argued that the Constitution would weaken the States  
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show Alexander Hamilton  
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show Saw themselves as defenders of the principles of the American Revolution and feared that the new government would widely abuse its powers  
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The greatest complaint by opponents of the proposed Constitution of 1787 was the   show
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show A bill of rights would be added later in the form of amendments  
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In the first national elections in 1789   show
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9 of the first 10 amendments to the Constitution placed limits on the   show
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According to the Judiciary Act of 1789, the Supreme Court was to be   show
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In the 1790s, those who were labeled Republicans envisioned developed a nation that would   show
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show 12 years  
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show Avoided personal involvement with the deliberations of Congress  
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show Alexander Hamilton  
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show An excise tax and and import tax  
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show Was eventually passed by Congress essentially as Hamilton desired  
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show An excise tax and an import tax  
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show An excise tax and an import tax  
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Alexander Hamilton's plan for the federal government to assume state debts was passed by Congress after a deal was made to   show
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show Congress had no authority to create a national bank  
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show Small farmers  
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In the constitution, political parties were   show
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show Belief that the power of the central government needed to be restrained  
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show Thomas Jefferson and James Madison  
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show Northeast  
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In America, the French Revolution was generally praised by   show
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show President Washington accompany thousands of troops into the field  
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show Had defined a precise legal standing for Indian and Indian nations  
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show Avoided a likely war with England  
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show Spain  
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Pinckney's Treaty (1795) gave the United States   show
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The "XYZ" Affair   show
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show Gave the federal government effective authority to stifle any public criticism  
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In the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions, it was asserted that   show
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show The U.S. was deeply and bitterly divided  
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show Was notable for the sensational personal slandering of both candidates  
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show Thomas Jefferson  
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show Was an attempt by Federalists to secure their hold on the courts  
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show Virginia  
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At the Philadelphia convention the small state plan was called the __________   show
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show Slavery  
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show People  
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The Constitution's most distinctive feature was its __________   show
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Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay were the authors of ___________   show
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show Bill of Rights  
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On Sept. 25, 1789, Congress approved 12 amendments, __ of which came to comprise what we know as the Bill of Rights   show
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show Republicans  
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The institutionalized political factionalism of the 1790's is known as the "__________"   show
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show Demonstrated  
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At Hamilton's urging, President Washington dispatched an army to put down the _______________   show
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show Jay's Treaty  
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show New Orleans  
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show France  
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Madison and Jefferson responded to the Alien and Sedition Acts by drafting the ________ resolutions   show
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show Judicial  
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show Revolution  
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