Question 1

Compare the New Jersey and the Virginia plans at the Constitutional Convention. What caused each state to favor the plan it proposed?

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Question 2

Describe the new state constitutions, and discuss the ways in which they reflected the fears and concerns among Americans that had been fostered by the controversy with Britain.

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Question 3

The historian Frederick Jackson Turner argued that the American frontier was a "safety valve"that, by siphoning off surplus population from settled areas and providing families with land and employment, reduced social and political conflict. Does the history of the West during the Confederation period confirm or disconfirm Turner's "frontier thesis"?

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Question 4

To what extent did the American Revolution effect a fundamental change in American society? How far had Americans gone by 1790 in fulfilling the ideal of equality? What limited the pursuit of full equality in the new nation?

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Question 5

What concepts of equality directed the actions of revolutionary leaders? Why did they stop short of extending equality to a full range of all Americans? What goals of equality did they pursue?

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Question 6

Consider this statement: "The Revolution gave rise to a new sense of social identity and a new set of ambitions among several groups of men who had once accepted a humbler status."Explain how that happened, and relate your discussion to the following groups: westerners, urban artisans, and women.

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Question 7

Did the Constitution advance or set back the principles of the Revolution? Defend your answer by showing clearly the changes in political philosophy that the Constitution demonstrated.

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Question 8

Compare and contrast the Articles of Confederation to the Constitution. What were the strengths and weaknesses in each document? What were the similarities/differences of each document? Why did the change occur?

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Question 9

Why is the Bill of Rights so important to the ideals of democracy?

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Question 10

What was the influence of the Ordinance of 1785 upon the nation in the years that followed?

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Quiz 8: Crisis and Constitution 1776-1789