APUSH Period 3

Which is true of the Virginia and New Jersey plans presented at the Constitutional Convention?

• They attempted to settle the status of slaves in southern states

• they provided different methods for collecting federal taxes

• they illustrated conflicts between agricultural and commercial economies

• They illustrated the struggle between states for representation in the new legislature

What is the significance of the Northwest Ordinance?

• prohibited settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains

• Resolved boundary disputes between Virginia and Pennsylvania

• Established the process by which territories become states

• Guaranteed the US would not violate the Miami Tribe's claims to the Old Northwest

Alexander Hamilton's financial plan would most likely benefit...

• southern planters

• urban mercantile interests

• French fur traders

• western farmers

Several of the thirteen states voted for the approval of the Constitution only after...

• slavery was allowed to continue in the southern states

• the promise of the addition of a Bill of Rights

• other states threatened to organize government without them

• slave revolts that rocked NC, SC, and VA

Shays's Rebellion is significant because it...

• showed the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation

• led to the establishment of the Articles of Confederation

• inspired southern states to to break away from the Union

• led to the establishment of the capital in New York

The Federalist papers were written in order to...

• mobilize support for the Articles of Confederation

• persuade voters to elect John Adams in 1796

• mobilize support for the National Bank

• mobilize support for the ratification of the Constitution

The "Three-Fifths Compromise" referred to the...

• number of African American slaves who could vote

• number of African American slaves that would be counted for representation and taxation purposes

• number of votes that northern electors would receive in the Electoral College

• number of American Indians allowed citizenship after the signing of the Treaty of Greenville

Under the Articles of Confederation the central government had no power to...

• make treaties

• declare war

• levy taxes

• amend the Articles of Confederation

Which is a true statement about the Treaty of Paris 1783?

• It resulted in the return of all property confiscated from Loyalists

• It recognized US sovereignty over territory east of the Mississippi, between the Great Lakes and Florida

• It led to the immediate withdrawal of all British troops on North American territory

• The only parties to the treaty were Great Britain, the United States, France, and Spain

A major consequence of the French and Indian War (1754-1763) was the...

• shrinking of Spanish territorial claims in the southwest

• imposition of new taxes on the British North American colonies

• removal of British troops from the thirteen colonies

• change in status of the proprietary colonies to royal colonies