American Republic

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What was a significant outcome of the American victories at Trenton and Princeton in early 1777?

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The American army's morale was significantly enhanced following previous losses.

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What was a significant deviation from Congress's directives by American diplomats during the negotiations of the Treaty of Paris in 1783?

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Agreeing to the return of loyalist property without compensation.

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How did the Three-Fifths Compromise affect the political power of Southern states in the early United States?

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It allowed Southern states to count enslaved individuals as three-fifths of a person, increasing their representation in Congress.

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Which foreign nation significantly hindered American trade by imposing restrictions on access to the lower Mississippi River during the early years of the Articles of Confederation?

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Spain

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The Embargo Act of 1807

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was resented and resisted by large numbers of Americans.

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What was a significant factor that contributed to the Antifederalists' eventual acceptance of the Constitution?

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The Federalists' commitment to adding a Bill of Rights to the Constitution.

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What was one of the key reasons James Madison argued that a large republic could better control the effects of factions compared to a small republic?

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A larger population would dilute the influence of any single faction.

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What significant principle was established by the Supreme Court's ruling in Marbury v. Madison regarding the relationship between federal laws and the Constitution?

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The Supreme Court can invalidate federal laws that conflict with the Constitution.

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Northerners understood that abolishing slavery would shatter the economic base of the South

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Northerners relied on the products of slavery as much as Southerners relied on the institution itself

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The principle of the Three-Fifths Compromise was that

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three-fifths of the slaves would be counted in determining each states representation and share the direct federal taxes