Deck 6: The Revolutionary Republic

Question 1

The church that suffered most from the revolutionary conflict was the

A) Congregational Church.
B) Methodist Church.
C) Catholic Church.
D) Baptist Church.
E) Anglican Church.

Answer 1

Anglican Church.

Question 2

Most loyalists

A) strongly rejected the American ideals of liberty and self-government.
B) remained neutral during the American Revolution.
C) sided with England because it seemed less risky than supporting an untried American union.
D) patriotically participated in the fight for American independence.
E) joined the Indian tribes.

Answer 2

sided with England because it seemed less risky than supporting an untried American union.

Question 3

The peace treaty ending the war between Britain and America was the Treaty of

A) London.
B) Paris.
C) Lisbon.
D) Versailles.
E) Ghent.

Answer 3

Paris.

Question 4

All except which one of the following were important gains in women's rights in the post- revolutionary era?

A) Female academies educated most of the native-born women of the Northeast.
B) The common law rule of coverture was abolished.
C) New Jersey briefly gave voting rights to female tax-paying heads of household.
D) Increasingly, popular novels cast women as main characters.
E) The ideal of "Republican" wife and mother gave women an expanded role within the family.

Question 5

After 1779, most fighting took place in

A) the western frontier.
B) the middle states.
C) New England.
D) the South.
E) Canada.

Question 6

The final major battle in the Revolutionary War was fought at

A) Yorktown.
B) Jamestown.
C) Saratoga.
D) Charleston.
E) Concord.

Question 7

The state governments set up during the Revolution reflected the American belief in the

A) British tradition of unwritten political precedents and customs.
B) necessity for a written constitution to define citizens' rights and to limit the government's power.
C) importance of a strong executive with compulsory powers.
D) division of political power between economic classes.
E) importance of strong courts to interpret law.

Question 8

The central government under the Articles of Confederation raised money by

A) enacting a national sales tax.
B) passing import/export tariffs.
C) attacking British merchant ships.
D) imposing an income tax.
E) requisitioning funds and printing currency.

Question 9

The first state to end the institution of slavery through a gradual abolition law was

A) Massachusetts.
B) New York.
C) Delaware.
D) Pennsylvania.
E) Georgia.

Question 10

Many slaves earned their freedom during the Revolutionary War

A) by fighting for the British.
B) by running away.
C) by fighting for the Americans.
D) through court decisions and legislative actions.
E) all of these choices

Question 11

Early settlers in Kentucky vied for control of the region with

A) Several different Indian groups.
B) the French.
C) the Spanish.
D) slave owners.
E) land speculators.

Question 12

The Articles of Confederation

A) gave the central government complete and compulsive power over the states and the citizens.
B) included an independent executive branch.
C) never went into effect because it was never ratified.
D) created a strong court system.
E) created a central government that was weaker than the individual states.

Question 13

Public virtue is closely related to

A) morality.
B) patriotism.
C) militarism.
D) anarchy.
E) capitalism.

Question 14

By 1800, the largest concentration of free African Americans was in

A) Philadelphia.
B) New York.
C) Boston.
D) Charleston.
E) Newport.

Question 15

The Northwest Ordinance included all of the following except

A) a prohibition on slavery.
B) a division of the territory into three to five future states.
C) the prohibition on African Americans moving into the territory.
D) provisions for the territories to enter the confederation on equal footing with those already in existence.
E) protection for civil liberties.

Question 16

British policy regarding the loyalists was

A) well planned and executed.
B) very important to the British war effort.
C) poorly planned and implemented.
D) nonexistent.
E) based on the assumption that they were all spying for the Americans.

Question 17

The idea of the republican mother argued that women were

A) equal to men in the fight for political authority.
B) the true educators of patriotism for their children.
C) guaranteed the same property rights as men.
D) subordinate to men in all ways.
E) required to fight in the military.

Question 18

Congress first contemplated how to forge a union in 1776; the states ratified the document that outlined the terms of that union -- Articles of Confederation -- in

A) 1777.
B) 1778.
C) 1779.
D) 1780.
E) 1781

Question 19

Cornwallis and the British army were pinned down at Yorktown Port by a French navy under the command of

A) Marquis de LaFayette.
B) Pierre de Beaumarchais.
C) Charles DeGaulle.
D) Marquis de LaFitte
E) François de Grasse.

Question 20

During the Revolutionary War, about slaves fled their masters.

A) 10,000
B) 25,000
C) 50,000
D) 75,000
E) 100,000

Question 21

In his efforts to persuade the French to ally with the Americans, Benjamin Franklin

A) threatened the use of military force against them.
B) identified strongly with the aristocratic elements of French society.
C) lived in France for a time.
D) alienated most Frenchmen.
E) learned to speak French.

Question 22

British ally Joseph Brant was a

A) Shawnee.
B) Mohawk.
C) Oneida.
D) Cherokee.
E) Apache

Question 23

The central government created by the Constitution of 1787 had the power to

A) tax.
B) control foreign trade.
C) pass and enforce laws.
D) regulate interstate trade
E) all of these choices

Question 24

In the peace treaty that ended the American Revolution,

A) New Englanders lost fishing rights off the Coast of Newfoundland.
B) the English retained their forts in the Ohio territory.
C) France acquired Florida.
D) the Mississippi River was recognized as the western boundary of the United States.
E) the Appalachian Mountains were recognized as the western boundary of the United States.

Question 25

In 1776, most political leaders in Pennsylvania were

A) conservative.
B) anarchists.
C) radical.
D) monarchists.
E) none of these choices

Question 26

The Constitution of 1787 provided that the president would be

A) chosen by popular vote.
B) permitted to serve no more than three terms.
C) selected by an electoral college.
D) given the power to decide whether a territory would allow slavery.
E) selected by the House of Representatives.

Question 27

The Revolutionary War officially came to a close with the Treaty of Paris (1783).

Question 28

The Connecticut Compromise of the Constitution

A) defined the status of slaves for taxation purposes.
B) was proposed by Alexander Hamilton.
C) created the Bill of Rights.
D) established proportional representation in one house and state equality in the other.
E) determined how slaves were to be counted.

Question 29

During the war, women participated in food riots to get merchants to lower prices and stop hoarding food.

Question 30

George Washington is best described as

A) a dignified, determined leader who often despaired over his disorganized, poorly equipped army.
B) the greatest field commander in U.S. history, who almost single-handedly won the American Revolution, wrote the Constitution, and created the United States.
C) a strong leader but an often inept military strategist.
D) a devout Calvinist who led his men into battle with the cry "God is an American."
E) a consistent supporter of the Revolutionary ideals of liberty and equality for all.

Question 31

In contrast with those who enlisted in the Continental Army, militia troops tended to be

A) loyal to the British.
B) willing to sign up for longer periods of time.
C) less likely to attend church.
D) from the more secure sector of their communities.
E) those who could not find work anywhere else.

Question 32

In the Virginia Plan, James Madison proposed

A) that the president and senators serve lifetime terms of office.
B) a two-house legislature with representation based on population.
C) that all public officials be elected by popular vote.
D) a one house legislature based on the principle of one state, one vote.
E) separation of church and state.

Question 33

Americans expected a quick victory in the war after which of the following events?

A) The victory at Trenton
B) Franklin's trip to London
C) The French signing a treaty with them
D) The Spanish joining the war
E) Victory at Lexington and Concord

Question 34

The idea of proportional representation in one house and state equality in the other was proposed by

A) New Hampshire.
B) Rhode Island.
C) Maryland.
D) Connecticut.
E) New York.

Question 35

The framers of the Constitution of 1787 established it would be ratified by

A) the unanimous consent of the state legislatures.
B) a majority vote from all eligible adult white males.
C) its acceptance by at least nine states in special conventions.
D) the governors of three-fourths of the states.
E) the Confederation Congress.

Question 36

Shawnee and Delaware leaders who pursued friendly relations with the Americans but refused to fight other Indians included all of the following except

A) Joseph Brant.
B) White Eyes.
C) Killbuck.
D) Corn planter.
E) none of these choices

Question 37

The protection of state sovereignty included in the Articles of Confederation was the brainchild of

A) North Carolina.
B) South Carolina.
C) Virginia.
D) Georgia.
E) Rhode Island.

Question 38

Long before agreeing to a formal alliance , the French secretly aided the American rebellion against Britain.

Question 39

The chief architect of the Massachusetts constitution was

A) Samuel Adams.
B) John Adams.
C) Patrick Henry.
D) George Washington.
E) Thomas Jefferson.

Question 40

The most serious criticism of the Constitution during ratification was the

A) establishment of a standing army.
B) lack of a specific list of individual rights.
C) absence of references to God.
D) failure to designate a national capital.
E) undemocratic nature of the electoral college.

Question 41

Before 1787, most of the land in the Northwest Territory was purchased by independent settlers.

Question 42

Most Indians hoped that the colonies would be victorious in the Revolutionary War.

Question 43

The Spanish allied with England.

Question 44

The British victory at Saratoga convinced France to stay out of the American war for independence.

Question 45

Southern delegates to Congress all opposed the Northwest Ordinance.

Question 46

French aid to the Americans during the Revolution was insignificant.

Question 47

The Revolutionary War demonstrated the weakness of Congress.

Question 48

American exports to Britain in 1784 were less than forty percent the level of 1774.

Question 49

The Northwest Ordinance (1787) prohibited slavery in the Northwest (Ohio) Territory.

Question 50

Ratification of the Constitution was a relatively easy and quick affair once the document had been written.

Question 51

In Federalist #10 , James Madison argued for the greater stability of a large republic over a small one.

Question 52

An attempted coup d'etat of Continental Army officers was put down by George Washington at Yorktown.

Question 53

After the Battles of Trenton and Princeton, Congress promised a cash bonus to all soldiers who served for the duration of the conflict.

Question 54

The Articles of Confederation were ratified quickly and easily.

Question 55

The greatest opposition to the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 came from the South over the institution of slavery.

Question 56

The most significant victory for George Washington was Philadelphia.

Question 57

George Washington's attack on Trenton resulted in substantial patriot losses.

Question 58

The Massachusetts constitution that was ratified in 1780 is still in effect and is the oldest constitution in the world.

Question 59

Benedict Arnold attempted to undermine the revolutionary cause by betraying New York City to the British.

Question 60

The British never had a realistic chance to win a decisive military victory during the Revolution.

Question 61

When l and was first offered for sale in Kentucky , there were few buyers.

Question 62

All Anglican churchmen supported the Revolution.

Question 63

John Adams presided over the Constitutional Convention in 1787.

Question 64

Massachusetts slave Elizabeth Freeman sued her master in 1781 and won her liberty.

Question 65

Most slaves who reached British units during the Revolution won their freedom.

Question 66

Kentucky was heavily populated by Native Americans.

Question 67

In the 1780s, the US had a thriving economy.

Question 68

During their winter at Valley Forge, George Washington's troops became much more soldierly.

Question 69

British military strategy was generally poor in 1777.

Question 70

Indians who had supported the Americans during the Revolution suffered the most from land seizures after 1783.

Question 71

_____________ led most of the Iroquois to Canada in the 1780s.

Question 72

The commander of British troops at the Battle of Saratoga was John_____________.

Question 73

By 1780, military leaders on both sides believed that events in Virginia would decide the war.

Question 74

Thomas Jefferson wrote Thoughts on Government in 1776.

Question 75

Most Indians and slaves hoped that Britain would win the Revolution.

Question 76

No southern state supported the 1786 treaty that John Jay negotiated with Spain.

Question 77

After 1778, political opposition in England to the war in America had disappeared.

Question 78

The_____________ linked the American states together before the Constitution of 1787 was written.

Question 79

France declared war on England after the treaties with the United States were signed in early 1778.

Question 80

Rhode Island refused to participate in the Philadelphia Convention.