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1 American reforms by 1783 included all the following EXCEPT getting rid of aristocratic & noble traces from Britain abolishing the Spanish language in Georgia abolishing laws of primogeniture & entail lower property qualifications for voting shifting state capitals westward as population moved westward 2 In 1783 the position of African Americans improved slightly in the north as several states abolished slavery still found themselves victims of discrimination in the north in the north still lived in segregated neighborhoods found that southern states would not abolish slavery All of the answers are correct. 3 The new state constitutions during & after the Revolution were written constitutions contained a Bill of Rights increased the powers of legislatures decreased the powers of governors All of the answers are correct. 4 The Articles of Confederation guarded the sovereignty of the states had a weak national government with a single body legislature had no chief executive or national judiciary did not give the government the power to tax or regulate commerce All of the answers are correct. 5 The major obstacle to ratification of the Articles of Confederation was the opposition of the British the opposition of the French state jealousies regarding western land claims arguments over taxation All of the answers are correct. 6 The Northwest Ordinances of 1785 & 1787 did all the following EXCEPT established a land survey system (1785) established a way to sell government lands (1785) established a government for western territories with a governor, secretary of state & three judges (1787) forbid taxation in the territories (1787) All of the answers are correct. 7 The Articles of Confederation did not allow the government to tax did not allow the government to regulate commerce required unanimous consent for amendment did not provide for a chief executive All of the answers are correct. 8 All of the following led to the calling of the Constitutional Convention EXCEPT diplomatic humiliation by Britain & Spain the Oyster War the Annapolis Convention Bacon's Rebellion Shays' Rebellion 9 Most of the delegates to the Constitutional Convention included all the following EXCEPT wealthy or at least financially comfortable practical people like lawyers, merchants & plantation owners veterans of the Revolution destitute people 10 The Virginia Plan envisioned a two house national legislature based on population the lower house chosen by the voters & the upper house chosen by the lower house an executive elected by Congress a strong national government All of the answers are correct. 11 The New Jersey Plan envisioned a unicameral (one house) legislature each state would have one vote allowed Congress to tax allowed Congress to regulate commerce All of the answers are correct. 12 The Connecticut Plan envisioned a two house legislature with the lower house based on population & the upper house having equal representation for the states a lower house elected by the voters & an upper house elected by state legislatures a strong independent executive a national judiciary All of the answers are correct. 13 Slaves in the Constitution were counted as 3/5 of a person for representation were returned to their owners under a fugitive slave clause if they ran away were able to be imported from abroad until 1818 All of the answers are correct. 14 In the Constitution, the executive branch consisted of the President & Vice President elected for four year terms by an electoral college included a vast bureaucracy had a Cabinet named by position elected the judiciary All of the answers are correct 15 The Constitution was ratified by the Articles of Confederation Congress the Second Continental Congress the Stamp Act Congress specially called, state ratifying conventions the state legislatures 16 The Federalists had the advantages of adopting the name Federalists prominent supporters wealth propaganda like "The Federalist" All of the answers are correct. 17 The Antifederalists opposed the Constitution ratification championed individual liberty believed in stronger state governments & weaker national governments All of the answers are correct. 18 Supporters of the Constitution were all of the following EXCEPT residents of commercial areas large southern planters frontiersmen in Virginia & Pennsylvania George Washington James Madison 19 The major legacy of the Antifederalists was the tariff slavery the Bill of Rights the National Bank All of the answers are correct. 20 The Bill of Rights includes the rights of freedom of assembly, speech, press, & religion the right to bear arms prohibition of unreasonable searches & seizures trial by jury All of the answers are correct.

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