APUSH Unit 3 Test Review

As a result of the Revolution's emphasis on equality, all of the following occurred except

• most states reduced property qualifications for voting

• trade organizations for artisans and laborers grew

• the world's first anti-slavery society was formed

• women finally gained full equality with white males

The economic status of the average American at the end of the Revolutionary War was

• better than before the war

• worse than before the war

• about the same as before the war

• tied closer to Britain than before the war

Immediately after the Revolution, the American nation's greatest strength lay in its

• ingrained respect for authority

• excellent political leadership

• lack of inhibiting political heritage

• sound economic structure

The Second Continental Congress of Revolutionary days

• operated with strong constitutional authority

• still was not comprised of representatives from all 13 colonies

• took away the sovereignty of the states

• was little more than a conference of ambassadors with very limited powers

Final approval of the Articles of Confederation was gained when

• agreement was reached on who should be president

• states gave up their right to coin money

• all states claiming western lands surrendered them to the national government

• the states gave up their power to establish tariffs

The Articles of Confederation left the Continental Congress unable to

• organize development of the western lands

• deal with George Washington

• apportion state representation equally

• enforce a tax collection program

A major strength of the Articles was its

• control of interstate commerce

• strong judicial branch

• keeping alive the idea of a neutral nation

• ability to coin money

The Northwest Ordinance

• provided for the survey and sale of public lands in the old Northwest

• established a procedure for governing the Old Northwest territory

• banned slavery from all territories of the United States

• cleared the war for ratification of the Articles of Confederation

After the conclusion of the Revolutionary War, both Britain and Spain

• tried to gain control of Florida

• did their best to win the friendship of America

• prevented America from exercising effective control over about half of its total territory

• helped America fight the pirates of North Africa

Shay's Rebellion was provoked by

• fear that the Articles had created too strong a national government for the US

• efforts by wealthy merchants to replace the Articles with a new constitution

• a quarrel over the boundary between Maine and Vermont

• foreclosures on the mortgages of backcountry farmers