HIST 105 EXAM 2 BACH Exam
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Problems with the Articles of Confederation - Answer✔✔ -Unicameral
No judicial or executive branch
No army
Congress could not tax or regulate trade
Each state had only one vote regardless of size
All 13 state required to approve amendments
Shay's Rebellion - Answer✔✔ -A 1787 rebellion in which ex-Revolutionary
War soldiers attempted to prevent foreclosures of farms as a result of high interest
rates and taxes
- Answer✔✔ -A meeting in Philadelphia in 1787 that produced a new constitution
James Madison - Answer✔✔ -"Father of the Constitution," Federalist leader, and
fourth President of the United States.
,Virginia Plan - Answer✔✔ -"Large state" proposal for the new constitution, calling
for proportional representation in both houses of a bicameral Congress.
New Jersey Plan - Answer✔✔ -A constitutional proposal that would have given
each state one vote in a new congress
The Great Compromise - Answer✔✔ -agreement providing a dual system of
congressional representation. (house and senate)
⅗ Clause - Answer✔✔ -A provision signed into the Constitution in 1787 that
three-fifths of the slave population would be counted in determining each state's
representation in the House of Representatives and its electoral votes for
president.
Federalist Papers - Answer✔✔ -A collection of 85 articles written by
Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison under the name "Publius" to
defend the Constitution in detail.
Anti-Federalist - Answer✔✔ -people who opposed the Constitution
Bill of Rights - Answer✔✔ -The first ten amendments to the Constitution
Federalist Party - Answer✔✔ -wanted a strong federal government and supported
industry and trade. Broad interpretation of the constitution.
, Democratic-Republicans - Answer✔✔ -An early political party headed by Thomas
Jefferson; stood for less centralized government. Strict interpertration of the
constitution.
Debt Assumption bill - Answer✔✔ -Hamilton suggests the government assumes
all the debt of the Revolutionary War; plans to finance the debt thru bonds sold to
the rich.
The compromise of 1790 - Answer✔✔ -Moved the capital to DC if government
assumed debts.
Tariffs and Taxes - Answer✔✔ -Hamilton proposed a tariff to encourage the buying
of American products. The South opposed, but Congress approved a variety of
taxes
Bank of the United States - Answer✔✔ -Proposed by Alexander Hamilton as the
basis of his economic plan. He proposed a powerful private institution, in which
the government was the major stockholder. This would be a way to collect and
amass the various taxes collected.
The French Revolution - Answer✔✔ -Created tension and political partisanship in
America.
Citizen Genet - Answer✔✔ -French diplomat who in 1793 tried to draw the United
States into the war between France and England.
Jay Treaty - Answer✔✔ -It said that Britain was to pay for Americans ships that
were seized in 1793. It said that Americans had to pay British merchants debts
Study Guide – Practice
Questions with Verified
Answers. GRADED A+. Latest
2026/2027 Update
Problems with the Articles of Confederation - Answer✔✔ -Unicameral
No judicial or executive branch
No army
Congress could not tax or regulate trade
Each state had only one vote regardless of size
All 13 state required to approve amendments
Shay's Rebellion - Answer✔✔ -A 1787 rebellion in which ex-Revolutionary
War soldiers attempted to prevent foreclosures of farms as a result of high interest
rates and taxes
- Answer✔✔ -A meeting in Philadelphia in 1787 that produced a new constitution
James Madison - Answer✔✔ -"Father of the Constitution," Federalist leader, and
fourth President of the United States.
,Virginia Plan - Answer✔✔ -"Large state" proposal for the new constitution, calling
for proportional representation in both houses of a bicameral Congress.
New Jersey Plan - Answer✔✔ -A constitutional proposal that would have given
each state one vote in a new congress
The Great Compromise - Answer✔✔ -agreement providing a dual system of
congressional representation. (house and senate)
⅗ Clause - Answer✔✔ -A provision signed into the Constitution in 1787 that
three-fifths of the slave population would be counted in determining each state's
representation in the House of Representatives and its electoral votes for
president.
Federalist Papers - Answer✔✔ -A collection of 85 articles written by
Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison under the name "Publius" to
defend the Constitution in detail.
Anti-Federalist - Answer✔✔ -people who opposed the Constitution
Bill of Rights - Answer✔✔ -The first ten amendments to the Constitution
Federalist Party - Answer✔✔ -wanted a strong federal government and supported
industry and trade. Broad interpretation of the constitution.
, Democratic-Republicans - Answer✔✔ -An early political party headed by Thomas
Jefferson; stood for less centralized government. Strict interpertration of the
constitution.
Debt Assumption bill - Answer✔✔ -Hamilton suggests the government assumes
all the debt of the Revolutionary War; plans to finance the debt thru bonds sold to
the rich.
The compromise of 1790 - Answer✔✔ -Moved the capital to DC if government
assumed debts.
Tariffs and Taxes - Answer✔✔ -Hamilton proposed a tariff to encourage the buying
of American products. The South opposed, but Congress approved a variety of
taxes
Bank of the United States - Answer✔✔ -Proposed by Alexander Hamilton as the
basis of his economic plan. He proposed a powerful private institution, in which
the government was the major stockholder. This would be a way to collect and
amass the various taxes collected.
The French Revolution - Answer✔✔ -Created tension and political partisanship in
America.
Citizen Genet - Answer✔✔ -French diplomat who in 1793 tried to draw the United
States into the war between France and England.
Jay Treaty - Answer✔✔ -It said that Britain was to pay for Americans ships that
were seized in 1793. It said that Americans had to pay British merchants debts
