Chapter 7 US History

Essays that generated support for Constitutional ratification

What was a characteristics of the federal government under the Articles of Confederation?

Under the Articles of Confederation ___________ was able to establish _______ control over ___________ to the west of the ______________.

How did the Articles of Confederation compare to the Constitution in regard to sovereignty?

How did the Articles of Confederation compare to the Constitution with regard to the economy?

What was Congress able to accomplish with its Native American policy under the Articles of Confederation?

Why did Congress claim that some Indians had forfeited their land rights in the aftermath of independence?

In the _______ settlers in western areas such as _____________ and _________ believed that they had a right to take possession of ____________ lands and use them as they saw fit

What is true of how the leaders of the new nation viewed settlers moving west across the Appalachians in the 1780's?

Under the Articles of Confederation, what would be considered an accomplishment of the national government?

The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 established the policy to _______ the area's population as _______ of the ________ system

With regard to slavery, the ___________ banned slavery in the area north of the __________ and east of the __________

What did the Northwest Territory border on

Under the Articles of Confederation, the states did what with regard to economics?

What was the significance of the Empress of China?

__________ was significant because it demonstrated the need for __________ central government

how did Thomas Jefferson react to Shay's Rebellion?

James Madison was _________ ally and disciple.

who would have been the most likely supported of the Articles of Confederation?

Which two prominent men were not at the Constitutional Convention?

How could one describe the men who attended the Constitutional Convention?

Who took detailed notes of the Constitutional Convention, which were published more than 50 years after the proceedings?

What is true of the Virginia Plan?

The __________ was mainly supported by the _________, _________ states

What qualifications did the Constitution, ratified in 1787, impose for voting?

Why was the original House of Representatives so small, with only 65 members?

Why did the founding fathers create the Electoral College?

As designed by the Constitution ________ were appointed by the ________ not elected by the _________

The relationship between the national government and the states is called ___________

What is a check against presidential power in the Constitution?

What type of government demonstrates a clear-cut separation of powers?

What is true of the Constitution of 1787 and slavery?

What does the omission of the word "slave" or "slavery" in the text of the original Constitution suggest about the founders?

In regard to slavery, what did the Constitution do?

what is a true statement regarding Congress and african slave trade in the United states under the Constitution?

By banning the importation of slaves by 1808 with the Constitution, what did critics of slavery hope to accomplish?

How did southern states react to the Constitution's provisions regarding slavery?

The _____________ Compromise in the US COnstitution gave the _____________ greater power in national affairs than the size of its _________ warranted.

Which state would have been pleased by both the New Jersey Plan and the three-fifths clause?

The Somerset case ruled that ____________ was illegal in _______

Who wrote the preamble and put the final written touches on the Constitution?

What occurred at the final meeting of the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia?

the eighty-five essays written in support of ratification of the Constitution are called ____________

What was "the first object of government" according to James Madison

Author of most of The Federalist essays

Led an uprising of Massachusetts farmers

Secretary of war under George Washington

Served as diplomat to England and was unable to attend the Constitutional Convention

Wrote Letters from an American Farmer

Willed his slaves to be freed upon the death of his wife

wrote Notes on the State of Virginia

Treaty of Greenville

An anti-federalist

Father of the Constitution

Defeated by Little Turtle

Agrippa

First written American Constitution

Division of powers

Two houses based on proportional representation

seperation of powers

A unicameral system

Slave Compromise

Annuity system

Citizenship limited to whites only

Ammendments

Abolished in 1808

Ruled that slavery was unlawful in England

What did James Madison see as a strength of the new Constitution?

What did James Madison aim to accomplish with the protections of both public and private liberties?

_________________ fearful of a strong central government tended to be _______________ during the ratification debates

Anti-Federalists included _________________ and ________________-

During the process of ___________ the Constitution, two states , _____________ and ___________________ voted against ratification

What was an enduring legacy of the Anti-Federalists?

What influenced men's decisions regarding whether to support ratification of the Constitution?

What helped encourage ratification of the Constitution?

How did James Madison feel about the Bill of Rights in the Constitution?

Which right was heavily influenced by the American Revolutionary period?

What scenario can potentially be seen as a violation of the First Amendment?

In the History of the American Revolution, David Ramsey __________ American state constitutions for allowing __________________

What did James Winthrop, a Massachusetts public official, fear about the new COnstitution?

The Anti-Federalist _____________ argued that a _______________ was necessary in the Constitution because it would secure the _______________ against the usurpation and tyranny of the _____________

Who in the nineteenth century used the words "We the people" from the Constitution to claim that the southern states could not secede from the Union?

_____________________ means to envision the nation as a community open to all those devoted to its political institutions and social values

What is a true statement of American national identify as envisioned by the COnvention of 1787?

What can truly be said of how the US government in the 1790's dealt with Native Americans?

Under the ____________ of 1795, twelve ________________ ceded most of ______________ to the federal government.

What was the annuity system involving the U.S. government and certain Indian tribes?

Hector St John Crevecour's Letters from an American Farmer popularized the idea of the ______________ as a melting pot of ____________

During the early years of the republic __________________ made up about ______________ of the total population

Based on the Naturalization Act of 1790, who would have been allowed to become an American citizen?

________________ believed that African-Americans should eventually be able to enjoy their ________________ but they would have to ____________ the United States to do so.

How would slave owners in the late eighteenth century have explained a slave's repeated stealing and drinking of alcohol?

_____________ appears to have fathered one or more children with his slave

In the late nineteenth century, what significantly increased freedoms and rights for Americans?

By the 1790s, the phrase "we the people" had come to mean what?