Ch 7. The Federal Experiment, 1783 - 1800

Federalists during the ratification debates of 1787 to 1789 had which of the following advantage?

They could focus on defending a specific proposal.

Which of the following was a requirement for statehood eligibility under Thomas Jefferson's plan for the Northwest Territory from 1784?

The territory had to have the population size of the smallest original state.

Which of the following was NOT one of the public expressions of the early republic's new political culture?

craft gilts

Which of the following contributed significantly to the multiethnic, multiracial nature of the Spanish Floridas?

its countless waterways

What did many new congregations of Baptists and Methodists support during the early 1780s?

abolition

Which of the following is true for the principle of federalism, as per the Constitutional Convention at Philadelphia in 1787?

A central government creates particular supreme laws.

Which of the following cities did Alexander Hamilton establish as a center for manufacturing in the early 1790s?

Paterson, NJ

Which of the following states was admitted in the 1790s?

Tennessee

What did western farmers rally against in 1792?

the increase in taxes on whiskey

Which of the following states was the last of the former colonies to ratify the constitution?

Rhode Island

Which of the following did President George Washington warn against in his Farewell Speech in 1796?

the spirit of party

Which of the following French Enlightenment philosophers proved an important reference for Antifederalists during the ratification debates of 1787 to 1789?

Montesquieu

Which of the following states were to gain the most from Hamilton's plan for the consolidation of the states' debts?

northern

Who defended the Springfield arsenal against the Shaysites in Massachusetts in January 1787?

the state militia

If the level of English imports in the Southern states stood at 100 in 1775, where would it have stood by 1787?

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