Final Exam Review

The most significant division in the Constitutional Convention was between

• Slave and free states

• Eastern and western interests

• Large and small states

• Federalists and Whigs

James Madison’s Virginia Plan proposed:

• Revising and strengthening the Articles of Confederation

• Larger influence within a new national government for smaller states

• A unicameral legislature with equal representation for the states

• A bicameral legislature with representation based on population

The Constitution’s most distinctive feature was its

• A separation of powers with “checks and balances”

• System for the direct election of a president

• Lack of a national judicial system

• Sharing of powers with a system of “separate but equal” based on needs of each section

In the election of 1800,

• Washington decided to reenter the race when no candidate had a majority of electoral votes

• Hamilton endorsed Burr when the election went to the House of Representatives

• Jefferson was finally chosen President by the House of Representatives

• Adams and Jefferson received the same number of electoral voters

Strong’s statement that the British feared “diminishing the supply of breadstuffs on which her operatives depend” explains why he thinks the British

• Would benefit from less trade with the United States in general

• Would eventually recognize the Confederacy and trade only with it

• Depended more on the slave trade than most Americans realized

• Depended as much on trade with the Union as with the Confederacy

Which of the following describes a reason not mentioned by Strong in this excerpt that ultimately stopped Britain from recognizing the Confederacy?

• Concern about causing problems in Canada

• Desire for closer ties with Mexico

• Respect for the Monroe Doctrine

• Opposition from the British working class

For questions 5 to 7 refer to the excerpt below. “We drift fast toward war with England, but I think we shall not reach that point. The shopkeepers who own England want to do us all harm they can and give all possible aid and comfort to our slave-breeding and woman-flogging adversary, for England has degenerated into a trader, manufacturer, and banker, and has lost all the instincts and sympathies that her name still suggests... She cannot ally herself with slavery, as she inclines to do, without closing a profitable market, exposing her commerce to Yankee privateers, and diminishing the supply of Northern breadstuffs on which her operatives depend for life. On the other side, however, is the consideration that by allowing piratical Alabamas to be built, armed, and manned in her ports to prey on our commerce, she is making a great deal of money.” -George Templeton Strong, New York lawyer, 1863 The Union was most disturbed because they believed that Britain was supporting the Confederates by doing which of the following?

• Building warships

• Purchasing cotton

• Loaning money

• Supplying food

The Federalists made a last grasp attempt to maintain power in the early 1800s by

• Repealing the Alien and Sedition Acts

• Supporting Aaron Burr for president

• Creating new federal courts and appointing Federalist judges

• Plotting a revolution to prevent the inauguration of a non-Federalist

The Second Great Awakening

• Offered a less threatening form of religion that emphasized faith and good works

• Turned back the doctrine of predestination

• Had no impact on women or slaves

• Was crushed after Jackson sent federal troops in to Boston

Match the following reasons with their corresponding statements.

• Blocking of American ports

• Inciting the Indians to attack settlers

• The opportunity to seize part of Canada

• Violation of American neutral rights at sea