Deck 5: The American Revolution, 1776-1789

Question 1

Which of the following was not a provision of the Treaty of Paris (1783)? ​

A)The territory of the United States would extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River.
B)Spain would receive Florida.
C)​France would receive Canada.
D)​The British would promptly evacuate all troops from the United States.
E)​Britain would recognize the independence of the United States of America.

Answer 1

​France would receive Canada.

Question 2

The three land ordinances passed by Congress in the 1780s dealt with settlement in ​

A)the Northwest Territory.
B)the Southwest Territory.
C)​Tennessee Valley.
D)​Louisiana.
E)​Florida.

Answer 2

the Northwest Territory.

Question 3

At the Constitutional Convention,the agreed-upon 3/5ths compromise called for enslaved Americans to count as 3/5ths of a free person for what purpose? ​

A)direct taxation.
B)apportioning representation.
C)​All of these
D)​None of these

Answer 3

​All of these

Question 4

Who was the chief advocate for passage of a Bill of Rights? ​

A)George Washington
B)James Madison
C)​Thomas Jefferson
D)​Alexander Hamilton
E)​John Adams

Question 5

What act prohibited armed groups in Massachusetts from gathering in public?​

A)Riot Act
B)Protest Act
C)​Espionage Act
D)​Sedition Act
E)​Shays Act

Question 6

By 1775,the population of British North America was ​

A)500,000.
B)1.5 million.
C)2.5 million.
D)5 million.
E)3 million.

Question 7

​Which of the following statements regarding the Electoral College,as devised by the framers of the Constitution,is true?

A)It was a body empowered to elect the president,the vice president,and one senator from each state.
B)The smallest states were guaranteed five votes each in the electoral college.
C)​State governors would select electors to the college.
D)​The electors of each state gathered within their states to cast votes
E)​Both C and D

Question 8

What was the status of U.S.exports by the end of the 1780s?​

A)They had declined by 25 percent.
B)They returned to approximately their pre-Revolutionary level.
C)​They had increased by about 10 percent.
D)​They surpassed those of Great Britain.
E)​They reached a level equal to those of France.

Question 9

What state's ratification of the Constitution finally made that document the law of the land?​

A)Rhode Island
B)Virginia
C)​South Carolina
D)​Pennsylvania
E)​New Hampshire

Question 10

Which state was not represented at the Philadelphia Convention?​

A)Georgia
B)South Carolina
C)​Rhode Island
D)​Massachusetts
E)​New Jersey

Question 11

In the fall of 1786,representatives met in Annapolis,Maryland,to discuss ​

A)trade.
B)representation.
C)​slavery.
D)​taxation.

Question 12

By 1790,the country's war debt had reached ​

A)$10 million.
B)$40 million.
C)​$50 million.
D)​$10 billion.
E)​$100 million.

Question 13

Which of the following was authorized under the Articles of Confederation? ​

A)Each state had an equal vote in Congress.
B)Congress could levy taxes.
C)​Congress could raise troops when needed.
D)​Individual states coined their own money.
E)​All of these

Question 14

Which of the following gives the correct order of states ratifying the Constitution? ​

A)Delaware,Maryland,Virginia,New Jersey
B)Delaware,New Jersey,Maryland,Virginia
C)​Virginia,Maryland,Delaware,New Jersey
D)​New Jersey,Delaware,Virginia,Maryland

Question 15

Which of the following items was not included in the proposed Virginia Plan? ​

A)A bicameral legislature
B)A legislature with the power to veto state laws
C)​Direct election of United States senators
D)​Inclusion of executive and judicial branches of government
E)​All of these were proposed in the Virginia Plan.

Question 16

Shays's Rebellion involved farmers in what state? ​

A)Massachusetts
B)Pennsylvania
C)​New York
D)​North Carolina
E)​Georgia

Question 17

After the Revolutionary War,the Confederation Congress virtually disbanded the army,despite the objections of ​

A)George Washington.
B)Alexander Hamilton.
C)​Thomas Jefferson.
D)​James Madison.
E)​All of these

Question 18

Which of the following events occurred first? ​

A)The Spanish began to allow Americans to use the port of New Orleans after paying duties.
B)Congress passed an ordinance to establish rules for obtaining statehood in the Northwest Territory.
C)​America's first depression struck the nation.
D)​The Bank of North America was established.

Question 19

Antifederalists believed that even the House of Representatives would become​

A)unrepresentative.
B)dominated by the rich.
C)​too large to be workable.
D)​unresponsive.
E)​All of these

Question 20

The Land Ordinance of 1785 divided the land into townships consisting of how many acres? ​

A)120
B)500
C)​640
D)​1,600
E)​200

Question 21

A total of seventy-nine delegates served at the Constitutional Convention between opening day and adjournment.​

Question 22

The principal author of the first Northwest Ordinance was John Adams.​

Question 23

During the early years of the revolutionary conflict,​

A)colonists loyal to Britain were forced to flee the country.
B)African American slaves were conscripted into the colonial army.
C)​several hundred women actively served the colonial cause.
D)​General Washington did not lack for troops because his men volunteered for the war's duration.
E)​All of these

Question 24

Under the Articles of Confederation,the central government had the power to ​

A)levy taxes.
B)raise troops.
C)​conduct foreign affairs.
D)​override state laws.
E)​None of these

Question 25

African American slaves served as spies and counterspies for both sides during the American Revolution.​

Question 26

The Disqualification Act was designed to punish those who had participated in Shays's Rebellion.​

Question 27

One long-lasting result of the Revolution's inflationary crisis was conflict between urban and rural residents over how to manage the country's economy.​

Question 28

Deborah Sampson of Massachusetts fought in battle and,after the war,collected an army pension.​