Which issue was debated in Gibbons v. Ogden?

• The status of slaves living in free territories

• The regulation of interstate commerce by federal or state laws

• The constitutionality of laws

• The separation of powers among three branches

Answer explanation

Interstate regulation = trading between different states

which of the following would be most associated with African American men being able to serve on a jury in court?

• The adoption of the Great Compromise

• The establishment of a two-party political system

• The ratification of the fourteenth amendment

• The election of more qualified judges

Answer explanation

14th amendment gave African Americans citizenship, which is a requirement to be able to serve on a jury.

Which era involves legislation enacted by radical republicans?

• Civil War

• Reconstruction

• Early republic

• Antebellum

Answer explanation

Radical republicans wanted to punish the south AFTER the Civil War!

Why was the third amendment prohibiting the quartering of troops added to the U.S. Constitution?

• To address colonial treatment by the British military

• To maintain control over members of the British army

• To ensure the national government could pay for the U.S. military

• To reinforce the need for state militias in the United States

Answer explanation

Colonists thought the treatment they were facing by being forced to house a feed the British military was unfair.

Which of the following would NOT be a way that access to the Mississippi River has supported economic activities in the U.S.?

• Goods can be exported from the mid-west and south out to the ocean

• Fishing and fur-trapping

• Resource for irrigating (watering) cash crops

• Immediate access to the west to states such as Oregon and California

• Allowed goods to be imported from other countries and brought upstream to the midwest

The three branches of government were influenced by the ideas of -

• William Sherman

• John Locke

• Dorothea Dix

• Charles de Montesquieu

Charles de Montesquieu argued that three branches were important because they prevented ________ in the government.

• Due process

• Unlimited power

• Slavery

• Freedom of speech

What was one effect of the Fifteenth Amendment?

• Immigrants faced less discrimination

• Black voters helped bring the Republican Party to power in the south

• Electors selected the president and vice president on separate ballots

• American Indian tribal land was divided into individual plots

Answer explanation

Remember! Free citizens VOTE! Black men voted for the Republican Party because the party was against slavery.

What do Harriet Tubman, Elizabeth Candy Stanton, and William Lloyd Garrison all have in common?

• Promoted interest in agricultural innovations

• Promoted support for westward expansion

• Showed dedication to sectionalism and states’ rights

• Showed commitment to rights and freedoms

Answer explanation

They each fought for the rights and freedoms and women and African Americans!

Which of the following would describe an event that established guidelines for the admission of new states to the United States?

• “Northwest Ordinance is passed!”

• “Treaty of Paris ratified!”

• “Bill of Right ratified!”

• “Alien and sedition acts passed!”

Answer explanation

Remember, the north west ordinance was part of the Articles of Confederation that said what the process would be if a new state wanted to join in the northwest territory. (Population of 60,000, needed a state constitution, etc)