Question 1

As written documents, the state constitutions functioned in all of the following ways EXCEPT

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A)   to represent a fundamental law superior to ordinary legislation.
B)   as contracts that defined the powers of government.
C)   as an accumulation of laws, customs and precedents.
D)   to guarantee individual liberties, sometimes through a bill of rights.
E)   to transform the colonies into becoming new states.

Question 2

In keeping with the spirit, if not the actual wording of the Declaration of Independence's affirmation that "All men are created equal," most states ____ property-holding requirements for voting.

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A)   kept the same
B)   reduced
C)   raised
D)   ignored
E)   raised significantly

Question 3

The federalists believe that the sovereignty of the people resided in which branch of the central government?

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A)   executive
B)   legislative
C)   judicial
D)   None of these choices are correct.
E)   All of these choices are correct.

Question 4

Motives of the delegates to the 1787 Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia included all of the following EXCEPT to

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A)   preserve the union.
B)   forestall anarchy.
C)   ensure the security of life and property.
D)   curb unrestrained democracy.
E)   foster the popular democracy and uprisings occurring in the various states.

Question 5

The world's first antislavery society was founded by

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A)   Thomas Jefferson.
B)   Quakers in Philadelphia.
C)   Puritans in New England.
D)   Catholics in Maryland.
E)   the Congregational church.

Question 6

The Constitutional Convention addressed the North-South controversy over slavery through the

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A)   large-state plan.
B)   small-state plan.
C)   three-fifths compromise.
D)   closing of the slave trade until 1807.
E)   Northwest Ordinance.

Question 7

Under the Constitution, the president of the United States was to be elected by a majority vote of the

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A)   general public.
B)   Senate.
C)   Electoral College.
D)   House of Representatives.
E)   state legislatures.

Question 8

The "small-state plan" or New Jersey Plan presented at the Constitutional Convention included all of the following EXCEPT

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A)   representation in a unicameral Congress in states, according to the population.
B)   equal representation in a unicameral Congress, regardless of size and population.
C)   favoring greater representation in Congress by all southern states over all northern states.
D)   favoring greater representation in Congress by all northern states over all southern states.
E)   a bicameral congressional structure with a House of Representatives determined by population of the state and a Senate composed of equal representation from each state.

Question 9

Adopted almost a decade before the federal constitution, the ____ constitution remains the longest-lived in the world.

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A)   Massachusetts
B)   Virginia
C)   Maryland
D)   Rhode Island
E)   Connecticut

Question 10

Identify and state the historical significance of the Virginia Plan.

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Question 11

Identify and state the historical significance of The Electoral College.

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Question 12

Among other views, The Federalist, written during the ratification debate, argued that it was

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A)   impossible to safeguard the rights of states from the power of a strong central government.
B)   possible to extend a republican form of government over a large territory.
C)   inevitable that slavery would be abolished in the new republic.
D)   illegal to replace the Articles of Confederation with a new constitution.
E)   best to establish a direct democracy.

Question 13

Identify and state the historical significance of Shays's Rebellion.

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Question 14

The delegates at the Constitutional Convention were concerned mainly with

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A)   abolishing slavery.
B)   establishing a very powerful military.
C)   protecting America from its weaknesses abroad and its excesses at home.
D)   ensuring that the states continued to control tariff policies.
E)   establishing the principle of states' rights.

Question 15

Why didn't the framers of the Constitution extend the Revolutionary War era spirit of equality and liberty to the abolition of slavery and giving women the right to vote?

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Question 16

During the Revolutionary War, many states

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A)   eliminated inheritance laws like primogeniture.
B)   extended the right to vote to adult women.
C)   reduced property requirements for voting.
D)   disestablished the Anglican Church.
E)   outlawed the importation of indentured servants.

Question 17

The delegate whose contributions to the Philadelphia Convention were so notable that he has been called the "Father of the Constitution" was

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A)   George Washington.
B)   Benjamin Franklin.
C)   James Madison.
D)   Thomas Jefferson.
E)   Patrick Henry.

Question 18

Continental army officers attempting to form the Society of the Cincinnati

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A)   were brought to trial for trying to sabotage the civil government.
B)   were ridiculed for their lordly pretensions.
C)   were trying to force the Congress to pay them their pensions.
D)   reflected the Revolutionary War generation's spirit of equality.
E)   represented the best of the officer corps.

Question 19

Identify and state the historical significance of The Federalist.

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Question 20

The "large-state plan," or Virginia Plan, put forward in the Constitutional Convention

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A)   ultimately provided the final congressional framework of the Constitution.
B)   was proposed by Patrick Henry.
C)   uniformly favored rural states over urban states.
D)   uniformly favored southern states over northern states.
E)   based representation in the House and Senate on population.

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