A More Perfect Union review session 8th grade

What law helped stop the spread of slavery to the West?

• Confederation Ordinance
• Ordinance of 1785
• Northwest Ordinance
• Morris Ordinance

Who was the presiding officer at the Constitutional Convention?

• John Adams
• Benjamin Franklin
• George Washington
• Thomas Jefferson

What was America's first constitution called?

• American Constitution
• Bill of Rights
• The Republic Plan
• Articles of Confederation

A period when economic activity slows and unemployment increases is called

• inflation
• depression
• a slowdown
• a deficit

Which state was the first to approve the Constitution?

• Delaware
• Rhode Island
• Virginia
• New York

The Revolutionary War brought in focus the contradiction between the American battle for liberty and the 

• right to rebellion
• right for women to vote
• need to raise money
• practice of slavery

The division of powers between the national government and the states is a 

• Federalism
• Feudalism
• Bicameral system
• local system

One of the Confederation’s accomplishments was an arrangement for 

• foreign troops
• currency
• new states in the West
• the military

Convention delegates broke the deadlock between large and small states when they approved

• Two-Thirds Compromise
• The Three-Fifth's Compromise
• The Washington Compromise
• The Great Compromise

How people were needed in order for territories to petition for statehood?

• 640
• 6,000
• 600,000
• 60,000