History Chapter 7

Under the federal system, the final authority is the

• president

• court system

• Constitution

• states

Who was the presiding officer at the Constitutional Convention?

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Adams

• Benjamin Franklin

• George Washington

How many states did Congress need to pass a law?

• 3 states

• 9 states

• 7 states

• 13 states

The Articles of Confederation has to be approved by

• 7 states

• 13 states

• 11 states

• 9 states

A government in which citizens rule through elected representatives is called a

• monarchy

• republic

• theocracy

• sovereignty

Who suggested the Great Compromise?

• Roger Sherman

• James Madison

• John Adams

• John Locke

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

• Ordinance of 1785

• Confederation law

• Northwest Ordinance

• Morris Ordinance

Articles of Confederation

• Edmund Randolph

• America's first constitution

• judicial branch

court system

• judicial branch

• America's first constitution

• legislative branch

introduced the Virginia Plan

• Edmund Randolph

• John Locke