Question 1

What influential law resulted from the state-level struggles to separate church and state?

Accepted Answer

A)   Northwest Ordinance of 1787
B)   Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
C)   Maryland Statute for Religious Toleration
D)   Massachusetts Ordinance on Religion
E)   Religion Ordinance of 1785F) A) and D)
G) B) and D)

Question 2

Which Revolutionary leader was present at the Constitutional Convention?

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A)   Benjamin Franklin
B)   Thomas Jefferson
C)   Samuel Adams
D)   John Adams
E)   Thomas PaineF) All of the above
G) A) and D)

Question 3

The Founders believed that the ultimate guarantor of liberty,justice,and order was

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A)   a system of checks and balances.
B)   a written constitution.
C)   an independent judicial system.
D)   the virtue of the people.
E)   periodic protests by the people.F) None of the above
G) All of the above

Question 4

The Articles of Confederation left Congress unable to

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A)   decide policy for the western lands.
B)   deal with foreign affairs.
C)   apportion state representation.
D)   enforce a tax-collection program.
E)   establish a postal service.F) A) and C)
G) A) and D)

Question 5

Wartime problems left the American economy damaged by the 1780s.What was NOT one of those problems?

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A)   Runaway inflation
B)   Profiteering
C)   Build-up of British wartime surpluses that flooded into postwar America and hurt homegrown businesses
D)   Loss of capital due to widespread emancipation of slaves
E)   SpeculationF) C) and D)
G) B) and E)

Question 6

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Alexander Hamilton

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Question 7

What made the Articles of Confederation akin to "government by supplication"?

Accepted Answer

A)   The federal government was specifically designed to be weak.
B)   The federal government had no control over public land policy.
C)   The federal government had no power to regulate commerce.
D)   The federal government had no tax-collecting authority.
E)   The federal government had no power to negotiate with foreign powers.F) A) and B)
G) None of the above

Question 8

Which aspect of the new Constitution did the antifederalists find most alarming?

Accepted Answer

A)   Creation of a federal district for the national capital
B)   Creation of a standing army
C)   Absence of a bill of rights
D)   Omission of any reference to God
E)   Creation of the presidencyF) B) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 9

All of these foreign powers attempted to interfere with American trade and independence after the revolutionary war EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)   Dey of Algiers
B)   Spain
C)   France
D)   Portugal
E)   BritainF) B) and D)
G) C) and E)

Question 10

When the first attempt to revise the Articles of Confederation in 1786 in Annapolis failed,who engineered another convention in Philadelphia?

Accepted Answer

A)   George Washington
B)   Alexander Hamilton
C)   Benjamin Franklin
D)   James Madison
E)   Daniel ShaysF) B) and D)
G) C) and D)

Question 11

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Quaker anti-slavery society of Philadelphia

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Question 12

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Old Northwest

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Question 13

Whose contributions to the Philadelphia Convention were so notable that he has been called the "Father of the Constitution"?

Accepted Answer

A)   George Washington
B)   Benjamin Franklin
C)   James Madison
D)   Thomas Jefferson
E)   Patrick HenryF) None of the above
G) A) and C)

Question 14

What portion of the adult white male population is thought to have voted for the delegates to the Constitutional ratifying conventions?

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A)   About one-fourth
B)   About one-third
C)   About one-half
D)   Nearly all
E)   Only one in tenF) B) and E)
G) All of the above

Question 15

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Benjamin Franklin

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Question 16

What did the Virginia -- or "large state" -- Plan call for?

Accepted Answer

A)   A unicameral legislature with representation based on population
B)   A bicameral legislature with equal representation for every state
C)   A unicameral legislature chosen by general election among the American population
D)   A unicameral legislature with equal representation for every state
E)   A bicameral legislature with representation based on populationF) B) and E)
G) All of the above

Question 17

If you had been a delegate to the Constitutional Convention,what one or two features of the document would you have altered or eliminated? What one or two provisions would you have added?

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Question 18

Thomas Jefferson once said he believed that "all the good" of the new Constitution might have been accomplished by simply amending the Articles of Confederation.What was gained with the Constitution? Would ratification of amended Articles of Confederation have been harder or easier than the ratification of the new Constitution turned out to be?

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Question 19

What were the main arguments between federalists and anti-federalists in the debate over the Constitution? Why did the federalists win the ratification struggle?

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Question 20

As written documents,the state constitutions were intended to

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A)   represent a fundamental law superior to ordinary legislation.
B)   state the fundamental ideals underlying state laws.
C)   grant the governor more power than the legislature.
D)   keep the government in the hands of the well-to-do.
E)   reaffirm states' rights.F) D) and E)
G) C) and E)

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