A) Because the Constitution counted all Indians toward representation in Congress,Indians received all rights and privileges that other Americans did.
B) Because the Constitution stated that Indian tribes were "domestic dependent nations," the government treated them just as it treated nations like Great Britain and France.
C) Henry Knox,the first secretary of war,pursued policies designed to exterminate Native Americans.
D) The U.S.government made treaties with them mainly to transfer land to itself or to the states.
E) No American leaders believed that Native Americans could assimilate into American society,so the government largely ignored Indians.
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A) He urged that troops be raised by the national government.
B) He wanted the state of Massachusetts to quickly put down the revolt.
C) He did not know about the rebellion because he was in France.
D) He urged George Washington to lead the rebels.
E) He was not alarmed,seeing it as a positive for the United States.
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A) established the policy to admit the area's population as equal members of the political system.
B) regulated western land sales through a policy that was amicable to the Indians.
C) abolished the Articles of Confederation and called for a second Constitutional Convention.
D) was the first step in Alexander Hamilton's plan for economic growth.
E) declared all Indian land to be the possession of the U.S.government.
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A) They shared their British predecessors' fears that frontier settlers would fight constantly with Native Americans.
B) They viewed them as the start of a brigade that was going to spread American values and virtues across the continent.
C) They hated them enough to pass laws banning their movement-much like the British Proclamation of 1763-but the settlers ignored them.
D) Benjamin Franklin advocated movement westward,but Thomas Jefferson fought him on it.
E) They expressed no views that historians have been able to find.
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A) Judith Sergeant Murray wrote about women's intellect being equal.
B) Ex-slaves were given the right to vote in southern states.
C) Children were given the same rights as adults.
D) Indentured servitude had declined.
E) Indians were granted the right to vote in the Northwest territory.
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A) Free speech.
B) Freedom from excessive bail.
C) Free press.
D) Freedom of religion.
E) Freedom from cruel and unusual punishment.
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A) an Anti-Federalist
B) Treaty of Greenville
C) Notes on the State of Virginia
D) Letters from an American Farmer
E) led uprising of Massachusetts farmers
F) Agrippa
G) willed his slaves to be freed upon the death of his wife
H) defeated by Little Turtle
I) served as a diplomat to England and was unable to attend the Constitutional Convention
J) author of most of The Federalist essays
K) father of the Constitution
L) Secretary of War
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A) Articles of Confederation.
B) United States Constitution.
C) Constitutional monarchy.
D) Continental Congress.
E) French monarchy.
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A) was mainly supported by the smaller,less populated states.
B) contained a gradual emancipation requirement that proved quite controversial.
C) was a thinly disguised attempt to resurrect monarchy in America.
D) found its greatest support from the Pennsylvania and Massachusetts delegations.
E) called for a radical departure from the Articles of Confederation in every way.
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A) None; it left voting rules to the states.
B) It allowed all white males over twenty-one to vote but expressly banned women.
C) It allowed all white males over twenty-one to vote and said nothing about women.
D) It imposed a property requirement.
E) It specifically banned African-Americans from voting.
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A) the president was elected by popular vote.
B) senators were to serve two-year terms.
C) federal judges were appointed by the president,not elected by the people.
D) the congressional representatives were to be appointed by state legislatures.
E) the Supreme Court justices were to serve ten-year terms.
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