8th: Chapter 7 Review

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

• Ordinance of 1785

• Northwest Ordinance

• Confederation Law

• Morris Ordinance

Who suggested the Great Compromise?

• Roger Sherman
• James Madison
• John Adams
• John Locke

A government in which citizens rule through elected representatives is called

• monarchy
• republic
• theocracy
• sovereignty

The Articles of Confederation had to be approved by

• 7 states
• 13 states
• 11 states
• 9 states

How many states did Congress need to pass a law?

• 3 states
• 9 states
• 11 states
• 13 states

Who was the presiding officer at the Constitutional Convention?

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

Under the federal system, the final authority is the

• president
• court system
• Constitution 
• states

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

• local system
• feudal system
• federal system
• national system

What keeps any one branch of government from gaining too much power?

• voting on a bill
• the executive branch
• vetoing 
• checks and balances

What were supporters of the new Constitution called?

• Federalists
• Nationalists
• Antifederalists
• Jeffersonians