Unit 04- The constitution Test Review

In what year was the Constitution completed and signed by the delegates to the convention?

• 1776

• 1784

• 1787

• 1789

Which of the following correctly describes the Three-Fifths Compromise?

• A portion of the slave population was counted for legislative representation

• A federal law enforcing the return of fugitive slaves was passed

• The census bureau was established to help apportion representation

• The election of senators was delegates to state legislatures

Which of the following should the question replace the question mark in this diagram?

• Direct democracy

• Great Compromise

• Checks and balances

• Missouri Compromise

Why were southern delegates to the Constitutional Convention willing to accept the Three-Fifths Compromise?

• It increased the political influence of the south

• It allowed indentured servants in the south to become citizens

• It decreased the federal tax on property in the south

• It allowed the south to expand its industrial output

* Written by Hamilton, Madison, and Jay

* Argued for a strong central government

* Published anonymously

To which post-revolutionary writing is the list above referring?

• Declaration of Independence

• Letters from a Federal Farmer

• Federalist Papers

• Bill of Rights

What did the Virginia Plan propose at the Constitutional Convention?

• powerful executive branch

• three branches of government

• one-house legislature

• constitutional monarchy

The new government in the colonies, established after the Revolution, lacked power to do much because the power was held by the-

• judges

• congress

• states

What resulted from the Great Compromise?

• a unicameral legislature

• the Electoral College

• a bicameral legislature

• the end of slavery

* No executive branch

* No national courts

* Laws need approval of states

* Congress can make treaties

The BEST title for the list above is-

• Grievance in the Declaration of Independence

• Characteristic of the Articles of Confederation

• Constitutional Structure of the U.S. Government

What was the issue that resulted in the Great Compromise?

• representation for each state based on population

• unicameral legislature consisting in the legislature

• equal representation for states in the legislature

• counting of slaves for population rates