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What do the following two items have in common? 1. Northwest Ordinance 2. Second Constitution
Both were long-term effects of the Articles of Confederation
What is the name of the compromise that said three out of every five enslaved persons were counted to determine a state's total population for representation and taxation?
3/5ths Compromise
Written by James Madison -This constitutional plan Represented larger states - Number of representatives based on state's population
Virginia Plan
The Constitution of the United States was only passed based on the promise of passing what?
The Bill of Rights
__________________ Branch Powers 1. Makes Laws 2. Controls Money 3. ________________
Legislative; Declare War
In the first presidential election, how many of the 69 electors voted for George Washington?
All 69
Development of competing political parties
Factionalism
Name the event where French officials demanded bribes before meeting American diplomats.
XYZ Affair
What geographic areas did Thomas Jefferson win most of in the election of 1800?
The South, West, and New York
What territory did the United States buy for 15 Million Dollars when Thomas Jefferson was President?
Louisiana
The Treaty of Ghent that ended the War of 1812 returned the United States and Great Britain to 'status quo ante bellum.' What does this phrase mean?
The way it was before the war
In 1819, Florida became part of the United States. Spain also gave up claims to what geographic region?
The Pacific Northwest
What doctrine told Europe to stay out of the Americas in an effort to increase the power of the U.S. and stop European colonialism?
Monroe Doctrine of 1823
What is the "supreme law of the land"?
The Constitution
Constitutional plan written by William Paterson, represented smaller states, and said each state should have the same representation in congress
New Jersey Plan
Which constitutional amendment protects the right to free speech and freedom of the press?
First Amendment
