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APUSH Brinkley Test Bank Ch. 7

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America: Past and Present, 9e (Divine et al.) Chapter 8 Republican Ascendancy: The Jeffersonian Vision 8.1 Multiple-Choice Questions 1) Under Jeffersonian Republicanism, A) many Americans believed opportunities were available to them. B) few Americans were able to advance in society. C) the social structure of society was well defined. D) blacks were provided opportunities in society. E) servants "knew their place." Answer: A Diff: 1 Page Ref: 182 [Factual] 2) By 1810, one-fifth of the American population was made up of A) Indians. B) immigrants. C) blacks. D) women. E) Catholics. Answer: C Diff: 1 Page Ref: 184 [Factual] 3) The large increase in the national population reflected in the 1810 census resulted mainly from

APUSH Brinkley Test Bank Ch. 5

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America: Past and Present, 9e (Divine et al.) Chapter 6 The Republican Experiment 6.1 Multiple-Choice Questions 1) The best definition of republican, as it was understood in the late 1700s, was A) a government without monarchy or aristocracy. B) a new political party. C) a continuation of the British monarchy. D) a strong central government. E) "one man, one vote." Answer: A Diff: 1 Page Ref: 135 [Conceptual] 2) In the 1780s, Americans disagreed sharply over the relative importance of A) good and evil. B) republicanism and tyranny. C) current cultural trends and traditional values. D) faith and skepticism. E) liberty and order. Answer: E Diff: 2 Page Ref: 136 [Factual]

Brinkley APUSH Ch. 6

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Chapter Six The Constitution and the New Republic Multiple Choice Questions 1. By the late 1780s, dissatisfaction with the Articles of Confederation included a belief that the national government A. had grown too powerful. B. was too closely tied to England. C. was pushing America into another war with England. was ineffective. had sold too much western land to speculators. Ans: D Page: 148 2. In 1786, Alexander Hamilton found an important ally in his push for a stronger central government in A. Thomas Jefferson. B. James Madison. C. George Washington. Benjamin Franklin. Thomas Paine. Ans: B Page: 148 3. Which event, more than any other, convinced George Washington that the Articles of Confederation needed to be revised?

Reconstruction

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RECONSTRUCTION 13th Amendment ?Emacipation Proclamation forshadowed this amendment. to the Constitution prohibits slavery in the US. Lincoln, in a substantial departure from his earlier and more moderate position on slavery, urged for it during his re-election big. It passed in the Senate and the House by a wide margin, and Lincoln signed it into law on February 1, 1865.

Sunrise at Philadelphia Answers

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1a. Madison helped the passing of the Constitution by defending ridicule against it. He also supported the Great Compromise about representation in the legislature. He was also able to keep one of the few recollections of the events that happened in the Constitutional Convention. He later agreed that a Bill of Rights was fundamental to the Constitution and said he would do everything in his power to make it happen. b. While many of his peers did not approve of a Bill of Rights, in the end, he agreed that it was fundamental. He argued for any of the changes made in the Constitution even if his fellow Virginians did not agree with them. He even wrote letters to defend the Constitution against ridicule.

APGOV 1st test study guide

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Page 8-13,14-19,37-42,43-50,740-743, 70-78 What is the definition of government? The institutions that make authoritative decisions for any given society What are the policymaking institutions in the US? The congress, the president, the courts, and federal administrative agencies (bureacracy) What is politics? The process by which we select out governmental leaders and what policies they [ersure. Politics produces suthoritative decisions about public issues What is US vter turnout compared to other countries? America does quite poorly when judges by its voter turnout, with one of the lowest rates in the world Why does voter turn out matter? Voter turn out has an effect on who holds power. Because so many people don?t show up, the results are a distorted sample of the whole.

Chapter_7_And_8_Key_Terms

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Chapter 7 and 8 key terms George Washington - George Washington was the first president of the United States. He fought the hessians at the battle of Trenton, and won. He?s a tall man and a born leader. He held two presidential terms. Hamilton?s Financial Plan - Alexander Hamilton was in charge of the Treasury. The United States was in debt from the American Revolution, so he created the National Bank to give out loans with interest to pay off the debt. Loose Construction, Strict Construction - the belief that all powers not specifically granted to the central government were reserved to the states under the Constitution; the belief that what the Constitution did not permit it forbade; proposed by Jefferson

Notes on The Articles of Confederation and the Ammendments to the Constitution

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