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How did New Jersey’s 1776 state constitution differ from its 1787 federal ratification?
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- They were distinct legal and political events
Which groups held different loyalties during New Jersey’s Revolutionary War years?
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- Loyalists, Patriots, British troops, and civilians
Which National Park Service site links New Jersey’s waterfalls with early manufacturing?
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- Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park
Which protected site commemorates Washington’s winter encampments in New Jersey?
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- Morristown National Historical Park
What major disagreement divided large and small states in the 1787 Convention?
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- How states should be represented in Congress
What helped New Jersey suburbs expand during the twentieth century?
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- Highway construction and metropolitan growth
How did industrial employment affect New Jersey settlements?
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- It attracted workers to growing towns and cities
What infrastructure helped expand New Jersey industries in the nineteenth century?
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- Canals and railroads
Which textile gave Paterson a well-known industrial nickname?
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- Silk
Which industry was central to Paterson’s early industrial development?
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- Textiles
After which New Jersey governor was Paterson named?
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- William Paterson
How did early Paterson mills use the Passaic River’s energy?
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- By directing water through industrial raceways
When was the Society for Establishing Useful Manufactures founded?
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- 1791
Which early American leader supported manufacturing at Paterson’s Great Falls?
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- Alexander Hamilton
Which constitutional amendment eventually prohibited slavery throughout the United States?
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- Thirteenth Amendment
Which statement describes the limits of the 1804 gradual abolition law?
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- It did not immediately free everyone already enslaved
How did New Jersey’s 1804 law address slavery?
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- It provided for gradual abolition
What change did New Jersey’s 1807 voting law make?
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- It narrowed voting to qualified free white male citizens
Which groups could sometimes vote under New Jersey’s early property-based election rules?
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- Some property-owning women and free Black residents
How does the U.S. Congress balance state equality and population today?
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- Equal Senate seats and population-based House seats