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U.S. History

P. Scott Corbett, Volker Janssen, John M. Lund, Todd Pfannestiel, Sylvie Waskiewicz, Paul Vickery

Chapter 7

Creating Republican Governments, 1776–1790 - all with Video Answers

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Chapter Questions

Problem 1

To what form of government did the American revolutionaries turn after the war for independence?
A. republicanism
B. monarchy
C. democracy
D. oligarchy

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Problem 2

Which of the following was not one of Franklin's thirteen virtues?
A. sincerity
B. temperance
C. mercy
D. tranquility

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Problem 3

What defined republicanism as a social philosophy?

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Problem 4

Which of the following figures did not actively challenge the status of women in the early American republic?
A. Abigail Adams
B. Phillis Wheatley
C. Mercy Otis Warren
D. Judith Sargent Murray

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Problem 5

Which state had the clearest separation of church and state?
A. New Hampshire
B. Pennsylvania
C. Virginia
D. New York

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Problem 6

How would you characterize Thomas Jefferson's ideas on race and slavery?

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Problem 7

Which of the following states had the most democratic constitution in the 1780s?
A. Pennsylvania
B. Massachusetts
C. South Carolina
D. Maryland

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Problem 8

Under the Articles of Confederation, what power did the national Confederation Congress have?
A. the power to tax
B. the power to enforce foreign treaties
C. the power to enforce commercial trade agreements
D. the power to create land ordinances

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Problem 9

What were the primary causes of Shays' Rebellion?

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Problem 10

Which plan resolved the issue of representation for the U.S. Constitution?
A. the Rhode Island Agreement
B. the New Jersey Plan
C. the Connecticut Compromise
D. the Virginia Plan

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Problem 11

How was the U.S. Constitution ratified?
A. by each state at special ratifying conventions
B. at the Constitutional Convention of 1787
C. at the Confederation Convention
D. by popular referendum in each state

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Problem 12

Explain the argument that led to the three-fifths rule and the consequences of that rule.

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Problem 13

Describe the state constitutions that were more democratic and those that were less so. What effect would these different constitutions have upon those states? Who could participate in government, whether by voting or by holding public office? Whose interests were represented, and whose were compromised?

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Problem 14

In what ways does the United States Constitution manifest the principles of both republican and democratic forms of government? In what ways does it deviate from those principles?

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Problem 15

In this chapter's discussion of New York's ratifying convention, Alexander Hamilton takes issue with AntiFederalist delegate Melancton Smith's assertion that (as Hamilton says) "a pure democracy, if it were practicable, would be the most perfect government." What did Smith-and Hamilton-mean by "a pure democracy"? How does this compare to the type of democracy that represents the modern United States?

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Problem 16

Describe popular attitudes toward African Americans, women, and Native Americans in the wake of the Revolution. In what ways did the established social and political order depend upon keeping members of these groups in their circumscribed roles? If those roles were to change, how would American society and politics have had to adjust?

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Problem 17

How did the process of creating and ratifying the Constitution, and the language of the Constitution itself, confirm the positions of African Americans, women, and Native Americans in the new republic? How did these roles compare to the stated goals of the republic?

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Problem 18

What were the circumstances that led to Shays' Rebellion? What was the government's response? Would this response have confirmed or negated the grievances of the participants in the uprising? Why?

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