Ch. 8 Test Review

Front

What opened Kentucky to settlement? Options: Northwest Territory, Wilderness Road, Land Ordinance of 1785

Back

Wilderness Road

Front

Which of the following had the MOST power under the Articles of Confederation? Options: the national government, the state governments, the Anti-Federalists

Back

the state governments

Front

What issue needed to be settled before the SMALLER states agreed to the Articles of Confederation? (think of the colored map we looked at in our book)

Back

what to do with the Western Lands

Front

Where was the Constitutional Convention held?

Back

Philadelphia

Front

What issue does the Three-Fifths Compromise address?

Back

how slaves should be counted for representation

Front

Which groups were NOT represented at the Constitutional Convention? African Americans, Native Americans, women, All of the Above

Back

All of the Above

Front

Which group OPPOSED the ratification of the Constitution?

Back

Anti-Federalists

Front

Which of the following best defines Federalism?
Options:
all powers are held by the central government,
power is shared between the central government and the states,
a king governs

Back

power is shared between the central government and the states

Front

Which is true of the convention held in ANNAPOLIS? (not Philadelphia)

Back

it was a meeting to discuss amending the Articles of Confederation; it was called because of the violence of Shay's Rebellion; its failure led to the Constitutional Convention; All of the above are true.

Front

Why was James Madison known as the "Father of the Constitution?"

Back

He prepared for Convention by reading over 100 books, contributed to the Federalist Papers, and wrote the Bill of Rights.