Eric Foner Give Me Liberty ch. 6-7

Which statement about Loyalists is FALSE?

Fewer than 10,000 Loyalists left America after the war.

How did the Revolutionary War change the meaning of freedom?

It challenged the inequality that had been fundamental to the colonial social order.

Which of the following is NOT a check against presidential power in the Constitution?

The House can remove the president from office after impeaching him.

With regard to slavery, the Northwest Ordinance of 1787:

banned slavery in the area north of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi River

Which of the following is true of the Virginia Plan?

It proposed a two-house legislature, with population determining representation in each house.

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

Federalism

Virtually every founding father owned at least one slave at some point in his life. Who was the notable exception?

John Adams

Under the Articles of Confederation, Congress was able to:

establish national control over land to the west of the thirteen states

In The Federalist, James Madison argued that:

the large size of the United States was a source of political stability

Which of the following is true of the Constitution of 1787 and slavery?

Although never using the word "slavery," the document protected several aspects of the institution.

Who wrote Notes on the State of Virginia?

Thomas Jefferson

In order to encourage virtue in future citizens, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams:

proposed free public education

After the Revolution, African-Americans in the North:

often wound up in a state similar to that of indentured servitude

According to Noah Webster, what was the very soul of a republic?

equality

The New Jersey Plan:

was mainly supported by the smaller, less populated states

All of the following statements are true of the Bill of Rights EXCEPT:

It explicitly granted states the right of secession.

Which of the following is true of American national identity as envisioned by the Constitution of 1787?

The "people" were free Americans; Native Americans and "other persons," meaning African-American slaves, were not considered part of the political nation.

Anti-Federalists included:

Samuel Adams and Patrick Henry

Apart from "liberty," ___________ was the word most used in the late eighteenth century in legal and political literature.

slavery

What role did Native Americans play in the Revolutionary War?

They divided in allegiance, just as white Americans did.

In his Thoughts on Government (1776), John Adams advocated state constitutions that provided for:

a powerful governor and a two-house legislature that reflected the division of society between wealthy and ordinary men

How did the War of Independence affect anti-Catholicism in America?

The alliance with France, a predominantly Catholic country, helped diminish American anti-Catholicism.

The Constitution explicitly granted Congress the power to do all of the following EXCEPT:

emancipate slaves

Thomas Jefferson believed that African-Americans:

should eventually be able to enjoy their natural rights, but they would have to leave the United States to do so

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

None; it left voting rules to the states.

In the 1780s, settlers in western areas such as Tennessee and Kentucky:

believed they had a right to take possession of western lands and use them as they saw fit

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

The Federalist

What proposal by Alexander Hamilton found little support in the Constitutional Convention?

life terms for president and senators

Which of the following groups did NOT include a significant proportion of Loyalists during the Revolutionary War?

wealthy New York families

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

Rights were increasing for white Americans.

James Madison:

was Thomas Jefferson's ally and disciple

In a famous speech to Parliament, the British statesman Edmund Burke said what regarding a link between slavery and liberty for American colonists?

He argued that the colonists were sensitive to threats to their liberties because they were so familiar with slavery.

Which of the following is true regarding Congress and the African slave trade in the United States under the Constitution?

Congress prohibited the African slave trade twenty years after the ratification of the Constitution.

What role did rising prices play during the Revolution?

They prompted protests by Americans, especially women, who took goods from merchants whom they accused of hoarding.

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

Protect property rights

What did South Carolina promise every white volunteer at the war's end?

a slave

For which three accomplishments did Thomas Jefferson wish to be remembered?

the Declaration of Independence, the University of Virginia, the "Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom"

"Republican motherhood" was an ideology that held:

women played an indispensable role in the new nation by training future citizens

Thomas Jefferson's Virginia "Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom" did the following EXCEPT:

allowed a second set of standards for Catholics

Which of the following groups tended to be Anti-Federalist during the ratification debates?

state politicians fearful of a strong central government

Which of the following is true of how the new state constitutions in the Revolutionary era dealt with the issue of religious liberty?

Seven state constitutions began with a declaration of rights that included a commitment to the "free exercise of religion."

Thomas Jefferson's views on religion and Christian doctrines:

demonstrated his rejection to the divinity of Jesus

The three-fifths clause in the U.S. Constitution:

gave the white South greater power in national affairs than the size of its free population warrented

Hector St. John Crèvecoeur's Letters from an American Farmer:

popularized the idea of the United States as a melting pot of ethnicities

Which two prominent men were not at the Constitutional Convention?

Thomas Jefferson and John Adams

The constitution of which state eliminated all property and tax qualifications for voting in 1777?

Vermont

How did Pennsylvania display the Revolutionary War's radical potential?

Philadelphia's artisan and lower-class communities took control and put a new emphasis on freedom and on more democratic politics.

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

They created a variety of economic policies.

The Northwest Ordinance of 1787:

established the policy to admit the area's population as equal members of the political system

In regards to voting for the states, what was a contentious issue?

owning property

Why did the founding fathers create the electoral college?

They did not trust ordinary voters to choose the president and vice president directly

Who was Phillis Wheatley?

a poet who wrote about how African-Americans felt about freedom

Envisioning the nation as a community open to all those devoted to its political institutions and social values is what?

civic nationalism

Who was defeated at the Battle of Fallen Timbers in 1749?

Little Turtle

In order to deal with a wartime economic crisis in 1779, Congress urged states to:

adopt measures to fix wages and prices

Christian republicanism is a scholarly idea that was characteristic of all of the following EXCEPT it:

was encouraged by the Revolutionary leaders

Under the Treaty of Greenville of 1795:

twelve Indian tribes ceded most of Ohio and Indiana to the federal government

Which of the following was NOT an example of Loyalists being deprived of their freedom by patriots?

The New England states forced Loyalists into militias against their will.

Republican motherhood encouraged:

greater educational opportunities for women

As designed by the Constitution:

federal judges were appointed by the president, not elected by the people

Shays's Rebellion:

drew on the terminology of revolution and liberty.

Shays's rebellion was significant because it demonstrated:

the need for a stronger central government

The new state constitutions created during the Revolutionary War:

greatly expanded the right to vote in almost every state

Why did apprenticeship and indentured servitude decline after the Revolution?

The lack of freedom inherent in apprenticeship and indentured servitude struck growing numbers of American as incompatible with republican citizenship.

The Anti-Federalist James Winthrop argued that a bill of rights was necessary in the Constitution because:

it would secure the minority against the usurpation and tyranny of the majority

During the early years of the republic, African-Americans:

made up about 20 percent of the total population

Which state's constitution granted suffrage to all "inhabitants" who met a property qualification, allowing property-owning women to vote until 1807 amendment limited suffrage to males?

New Jersey

Which of the following was a characteristic of the federal government under the Articles of the Confederation?

Congress could not levy taxes or regulate commerce

Who publicly referred to slavery as a "national crime" that would one day bring "national punishment"?

Benjamin Rush

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

The founders assumed that only prominent individuals could win elections in large districts, and that is what the founders wanted.