The primary concern of those who wrote the state constitutions was
a. how to put the concept of democracy into practice.
b. how to create efficient government.
c. how best to distribute and limit governmental power.
d. how the documents would be ratified.
c
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The young scholar W. E. B. Du Bois believed that only a liberal arts curriculum would __________
A) prepare all black Americans for productive citizenship B) enable black Americans to develop stable families C) shape young African American boys into effective leaders D) show the world the value of the black race
In the election of 1792, __________
A) Washington won narrowly despite factional opposition B) factions contested the vice presidency but not the presidency C) rival political factions had not yet formed D) Hamilton ran unsuccessfully against Washington
What territorial change resulted from the Peace of Paris (1763), which ended the Seven Years' War?
a. France retained Louisiana. b. Spain gained Florida. c. France retained Quebec in Canada. d. Spain gained Guadeloupe and Martinique in the Caribbean. e. Britain gained Canada.
The "__________ clause" of the Constitution counted each slave as only a portion of a person
A) two-thirds B) three-fifths C) three-fourths D) four-fifths