Advanced Review #3

What was a main reason large plantations developed in the South during the colonial period?

• British laws promoted the growth of slavery in the South.

• Cotton could only be grown in wetlands.

• Southern mountains led to the development of isolated, self-sufficient farms.

• The climate in the South provided longer growing seasons.

Which generalization is supported by the information in the chart?

• The South exported more manufactured goods than the North.

• The North would have more difficulty supplying an army than the South.

• The North had greater economic strength than the South.

• The South would be better able to transport an army than the North.

At the start of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln stated that the major reason for fighting the war was to

• break the South’s economic ties to Great Britain

• uphold the Constitution by preserving the Union

• enforce the terms of the Compromise of 1850

• punish the Confederate states for leaving the Union

Which heading best completes the partial outline?

• Development of States Rights

• Results of Manifest Destiny

• Elements of Reconstruction

• Limits on Civil Rights

What was a major argument used by the Antifederalists to oppose ratifying the Constitution?

• Congress was given the power to tax exports.

• The executive branch lacked the power to maintain order.

• The proposed Constitution contained no bill of rights.

• Only the national government could coin money.

The judicial branch of government can check the legislative branch of government by

• vetoing bills passed by Congress

• declaring laws unconstitutional

• calling special sessions of Congress

• reducing congressional budgets

“. . . Because finally, ‘the equal right of every citizen to the free exercise of his Religion according to the dictates of conscience’ is held by the same tenure with all our other rights. If we recur to [go to] its origin, it is equally the gift of nature; . . .” — James Madison

The belief expressed in this statement was put into law by the

• signing of the Mayflower Compact

• creation of the Articles of Confederation

• establishment of a federal system of government

• addition of the first amendment to the United States Constitution

One way in which the Declaration of Independence (1776) and the original United States Constitution (1789) are similar is that both documents

• include a specific bill of rights

• guarantee voting rights to all persons

• list grievances against the British monarchy

• state that government receives its power from the people

One way the original Constitution of the United States addressed the issue of congressional representation was by

• not counting women as part of a state’s population for representation

• counting three-fifths of the enslaved population when determining representation

• setting a four-year term of office for all members of Congress

• giving every state the same number of representatives in the House

To what expedient [method], then, shall we finally resort, for maintaining in practice the necessary partition of power among the several departments, as laid down in the Constitution? The only answer that can be given is, that as all these exterior provisions are found to be inadequate, the defect must be supplied, by so contriving the interior structure of the government as that its several constituent parts may, by their mutual relations, be the means of keeping each other in their proper places. . . . — The Federalist No. 51, 1788

Which principle of the United States Constitution is most directly described in this passage?

• States rights

• checks and balances

• the elastic clause

• concurrent powers