the constitution practice test

What is a unicameral legislature?

• a lawmaking body with two houses of elected representatives
• an executive committee that preserves Britain’s political traditions
• an executive committee that shares power with state governments
• a lawmaking body with a single house of elected representatives

Under the Articles of Confederation, who chose the federal government’s Congress of delegates?

• the President
• the people
• state governors
• state legislatures

Under the Articles of Confederation, small states like Rhode Island wielded as much power as large states like Virginia, because _____.

• there was no executive branch of government
• representation was determined by a state’s population
• the legislature had no lawmaking power
• each state had one vote in Congress

Which of the following was guaranteed by most state constitutions?

• the tyranny of the majority
• universal suffrage
• the dominance of a state church
• freedom of religion

What type of government did the Articles of Confederation create?

• a strong, centralized government
• an alliance of weak and dependent states
• a federal system with a bicameral legislature and a President
• a loose confederation of strong state governments

What was the cause of Shays’ Rebellion?

• Shays and his supporters were angry that the import amendment did not pass.
• Farmers were frustrated that Congress could not regulate interstate commerce.
• Shays and his supporters did not accept the relief measures provided by the state.
• Farmers feared the loss of their crops, livestock, and farms to foreclosure.

Congress lacked the money it needed to pay off the government’s war debt because _____.

• it could not regulate trade with foreign nations
• the national currency was too weak
• the money was used to prevent internal rebellions
• it could not levy taxes to raise revenue

The federal government needed to regulate the settlement of western lands to _____.

• prevent European nations from buying the land
• secure the land for Native Americans
• increase the number of slave states
• raise revenue to pay off its debts

Most states granted voting rights to which group of people? 

• women
• slaves
• taxpayers
• property owners

Under the Articles of Confederation, the power to declare war and negotiate peace rested with the _____.

• President
• governor
• voters
• Congress