Ch. 7 A More Perfect Union

The document outlining the first government of the United States was the __________.

• Declaration of Independence
• Bill of Rights
• Constitution
• Articles of Confederation

Which of the following was not an accomplishment of the Articles government?

• the Northwest Ordinance
• successful conclusion of the American Revolution
• the Louisiana Purchase
• the Ordinance of 1785

Following the American Revolution the United States experienced a period of economic __________.

• depression
• prosperity
• recovery
• reconstruction

__________ is known as the Father of the Constitution.

• Benjamin Franklin
• James Madison
• George Mason
• Edmund Randolph

The Great Compromise was suggested by Roger Sherman of __________.

• New Jersey
• Pennsylvania
• Connecticut
• Virginia

Federalism is __________.

• a system of checks and balances
• the division of power among the three branches of government
• the sharing of power between the federal government and state governments
• part of the social contract

The legislative branch of the government __________ the laws.

• carries out
• interprets
• makes
• disputes

One of the ways the executive branch can check the power of the legislative branch is by __________.

• vetoing bills
• appointing judges
• appointing senators
• declaring laws unconstitutional

The Federalists __________.

• opposed the new Constitution
• supported the new Constitution
• wanted to restore the Articles of Confederation
• demanded a bill of rights

The first state to ratify the new Constitution was __________.

• Virginia
• Massachusetts
• Delaware
• New York