APUSH Constitution

Multiple Choice

While officially, American colonial trade was strictly controlled from 1651 up until 1763, what British policy allowed the colonies to flourish due to lenient enforcement of the Navigation Acts?

• habeas corpus

• the Coercive Act

• salutary neglect

• the Townshend Acts

Multiple Choice

The clash between Britain & France for control of North America originated from control over

• St. Lawrence River

• Ohio River Valley

• Mississippi River

• Great Lakes

Multiple Choice

American name for the laws passed immediately after the Boston Tea Party designed to punish Massachusetts for defying British laws.

• Coercive Acts

• Townshend Acts

• Navigation Acts

• Intolerable Acts

Multiple Choice

Which of these was a major philosophy expressed in the Declaration of Independence?

• support for states' rights and slavery

• a belief in the natural rights of citizens

• the need for a federal system of government

• a belief in the benefits of a laissez-faire economy

Multiple Choice

Following the revolution, women were responsible for educating their children on the virtues of democracy

• Suffrage

• Democratic Motherhood

• Republican Motherhood

• Federalist Motherhood

Multiple Choice

The first government in the US was established by the

• Magna Carta

• Declaration of Independence

• Articles of Confederation

• Constitution

Multiple Choice

Shays' Rebellion

• convinced many political leaders of the destructive consequences of a strong central government.

• was eventually suppressed when the federal government sent troops to Massachusetts.

• convinced some political leaders of the necessity of giving more power to the central government.

• came about when American settlers clashed with the British over western land claims.

Multiple Choice

The Constitutional Convention of 1787 did all of the following EXCEPT

• determine provisions to be included in the Bill of Rights

• create a government that would be satisfactory to both slave and free states

• create a government that would be satisfactory to both large and small states

• establish a balance of power between the three branches of the national government

Multiple Choice

The “Three-Fifths Compromise” originally contained in the Constitution referred to the

• proportion of states permitted to practice slavery

• rate at which enslaved people counted toward congressional representation

• number of African Americans who could vote

• number of American Indians allowed citizenship

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is true of the Virginia and the New Jersey plans that were presented at the Constitutional Convention?

• They illustrated the struggle between states for representation and power in the creation of the new government.

• They were attempts to settle the status of slaves in the southern states.

• They advocated different ways in which federal taxes would be collected by the new government.

• They were alternative plans to admit new territories to the Union.

Multiple Choice

The Great Compromise of 1787 resulted in

• the creation of a national bank

• a renewal of the Articles of Confederation

• a final settlement of the question of slavery

• a system of political representation for the states in the federal government

Multiple Choice

Which of the following helped to convince several states to ratify the United States Constitution?

• Thomas Jefferson published essays on the virtues of the Constitution.

• James Madison and Alexander Hamilton anonymously published essays explaining the benefits of a strong federal government.

• Supporters organized letter-writing campaigns urging the adoption of the Constitution.

• The Constitutional Convention gave states control over western lands.

Multiple Choice

The Federalist papers were written in order to

• attain ratification of the Constitution

• persuade the Continental Congress to declare independence

• persuade voters to support Thomas Jefferson in the election of 1800

• mobilize popular support for keeping the Articles of Confederation

Multiple Choice

Shared powers between the national and state governments is called

• Federalism

• Separation of Powerrs

• Bi-Cameral Legislature

• Checks and Balances

Multiple Choice

The branch of government responsible for making laws is

• the executive

• the legislative

• the judicial

• the federal

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best explains the changes in the population of enslaved Africans from 1801 to 1820?

• America reduced the number of enslaved Africans brought through the slave trade by two-fifths as part of the Three-Fifths Compromise.

• The Three-Fifths Compromise ended slavery in three-fifths of the colonies, reducing the amount of enslaved Africans.

• America ended the Atlantic slave trade in 1808 as a condition of the Three-Fifths Compromise.

• The Three-Fifths Compromise ended slavery in the United States in 1808, reducing the amount of enslaved Africans.