Unit 5 IFA - US History (CSUSA)

"We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights: that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness"

This passage is part of the...

• Declaration of Independence

• Gettysburg Address

• Preamble to the Constitution

• Articles of Confederation

The Declaration of Independence and the "Social Contract Theory" both arose from which philosophical movement?

• Realism

• Humanism

• Enlightenment

• Existentialism

Based on this chart, colonial forces would have had an advantage...

• recruiting large amounts of soldiers.

• in training their armies to fight the British.

• planning where to engage British forces in battle.

• in blocking British ships from the American coast.

According to the Founding Fathers, the United States was founded on the idea that all people are entitled to "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." In which document would you find this phrase?

• The United States Constitution

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Federalist Papers

• The Bill of Rights

How did the Federalists convince the Anti-Federalists to ratify the United States Constitution?

• The Federalists promised to add a bill of rights.

• All trading ties to England and France were broken.

• State governments would equal the federal governments.

• The Anti-Federalists would select the first president.

While the federalists wanted a strong executive branch led by a President, the Anti-Federalists feared a President because...

• the Constitution did not limit the powers of the President.

• they believed the President would be weak as in the Articles of Confederation.

• they feared the President would become just like the King that they had fought against in the Revolution.

• they wanted Patrick Henry to be the first President while the Federalists wanted George Washington to be the first President.

One of the major conflicts between northern and southern states in the writing of the new Constitution centered on...

• whom would be allowed to vote.

• how best to choose the President.

• how to count enslaved people in the census.

• the western boundary of the United States.

Why did plantation owners MOST prefer to use enslaved people rather than indentured servants?

• Enslaved people could be used to do more difficult jobs.

• Enslaved people could be made to work their whole lives.

• Enslaved people could be fed and clothed cheaply and easily.

• Enslaved people could be purchased for less money than servants.

Alexander Hamilton based much of his financial program on his belief that...

• land was the most important source of wealth.

• speculation in government securities had to be prevented.

• the states should be discouraged from depending on the federal government.

• the success of the new government required the support of the upper class.

Economically, why was slavery common in the Southern states but not the Northern states?

• The South used enslaved people to grow labor-intensive tobacco, cotton, and rice.

• The North needed a population of enslaved people to manufacture industrial goods in factories.

• The climate of the North was too cold for a population of enslaved people to thrive.

• The topography of the South was similar to the conditions in Africa.