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The American Revolution created a substantial, though not radical, push in direction of social and political equality.
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True
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The abolition of slavery in the North after the Revolution led to a strong movement for equal rights for free black slaves.
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False; Harsh discrimination against free blacks continued, and few whites pushed for equality.
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The States governments, established after the Revolution, created strong judicial and legistlative branches of government as a chack against popular misrule.
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False; The new state governments were more democratic and reflected the interests of western farmers.
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The greatest failure of the national government, under the Articles of Confederation, was its inability to deal with the issue of western lands.
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False; Handling western lands was the greatest and almost the only success of the national government under the Articles of Confederation.
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The Northwest Ordiance, passed under the Articles of Confederation, established the western territories as permanent colonies of the federal government.
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True
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