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- 166. Reaction to the formation of the Society of the Cincinnati:
- Ridiculed by the people, ordinary people demanding higher respect.
- 167-168. What was accomplished as a result of emphasis on equality?
- Social democracy, growth of trade organizations.
- 167. Why did the founding fathers not eliminate slavery?
- The fight over slavery would have divided the nation, ruined the chances at unity.
- 167. Who formed the world’s first antislavery society?
- Quakers.
- 167-168. Most important outcome of Revolution for white women:
- idea of republican motherhood, (raising a family, educating the children), thought of as the nation’s moral conscience, educational opportunities for women increased.
- 170. Economic result for average Joe at the end of the war:
- forced to manufacture own goods, no longer could trade with England (instead, unrestricted trade with foreign nations), but extravagance, overspeculation, and inflation = Debt, and worse off than before war.
- 171. What even ensured approval of the Articles of Confederation?
- 2nd Continental Congress
- 173. Major strengths of the Articles of Confederation:
- each state had one vote = more freedom to the states.
- 174. Land Ordinance of 1784:
- acreage of old northwest should be sold to pay off national debt, area should be surveyed. Each divided into 6 mile wide townships, each with 36 sections.
- 176. What provoked Shay’s Rebellion
- Revolutionary war veterans losing land due to foreclosures, therefore demanded a cease to foreclosures and wanted the issuing of paper money.
- 177-178. Who is the “Father of the Constitution�
- James Madison.
- 177-178: What revolutionary leader was not at the Constitutional Convention
- Thomas Jefferson (in Europe negotiating).
- 178-179. What were the motives of the delegates at the Convention in 1787?
- To modify the articles of confederation.
- 180. What was the Great Compromise?
- in two forms: Senate (equal representation for all states) and House of Representatives (representatives based on state population).
- 181. Three Fifths Compromise:
- 181. Three Fifths Compromise:
- 183. From the viewpoints of those who opposed the Constitution, what was the most troubling aspect?
- Antifederalists) antidemocratic, lack of states rights, lack of freedoms of the individual (no bill of rights), the difficulty of creating a standing army.
- 188. What is the paradox of American History?
- Whether or not the constitution was revolutionary or counterrevolutionary.