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K@ · **on:** Sep 21, 2019

Question 1

Post-Revolution American domestic manufacturing was stimulated by

A. an English desire to protect American vessels.

B. the flood of immigration after the war.

C. the closing of British ports to American trade.

D. British abandonment of impressments.

E. favorable trade agreements with England.

Question 2

During the 1780s, in every new state constitution,

A. property requirements for voting were relaxed or eliminated.

B. the executive and legislative branches were combined.

C. governors were prevented from holding a seat in the legislature.

D. governors were given the authority to veto bills.

E. state legislatures were to be chosen by a direct popular vote.

Question 3

The core American political ideology of the post-war period considered the success of the new republican governments to be dependent on

A. independent landowners.

B. a strong central governing authority.

C. the development of heavy industry.

D. the creation of a strong military.

E. westward expansion.

Question 4

In colonial America, under English common law a married woman

A. could not own property.

B. could only initiate divorce in case of adultery.

C. had more legal rights than unmarried women.

D. was not allowed to earn wages.

E. had legal authority over her children.