Unit 3 Early Republic Test Review

What did the Northwest Ordinance require for a new territory to become a state?

• Public education

• A ten year waiting period

• A governor a judicial system appointed by the federal government

• 60,000 settlers

How did Shays' Rebellion show the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?

• The laws were inconsistent meaning that people did not know what laws to follow

• Tariffs between the states made it harder for farmers to trade leading to decreased profits

• The debt leftover from the French and Indian War caused people to lose confidence in the government

• The government could not support an army to stop the rebellion from threatening Massachusetts

Which factor caused economic difficulties under the Articles of Confederation?

• There was no way for states to tax imports

• The nation lacked a strong, unified currency

• The federal government put together high personal taxes

• The strong, government-controlled bank was not accessible to ordinary people

How did the Great Compromise settle the differences between small states and large states?

• It created equal representation in Congress

• The president would be elected by the direct vote of the people

• A Bill of Rights would be added to the Constitution

• It would create a bicameral legislature with one house based on equal representation and one based on population

What was the impact of the Three-Fifths Compromise on the population of the states?

• Citizens of each state were counted as three-fifths of a person

• Slaves in each state were counted as three-fifths of a person

• Only three-fifths of citizens in each state were eligible to vote

• Only three-fifths of slaves were able to vote in elections

What did the Federalists think of the Articles of Confederation?

• The government was too weak to defend the country and help it grow

• The government was effective and did not need to be replaced

• The government violated the rights of individual citizens

• The government was too close to colonial rule

Which of the following best describes a Federalist?

• The states should be more powerful than the federal government

• A strong national government is necessary to the development of a strong nation

• The government needed to guarantee individual freedoms for the people of the US

• Protecting the rights of the states and people was more important than expanding federal power

What did Anti-Federalists believe about the Constitution?

• It needed a stronger, more centralized government

• The executive branch was kept too weak

• The states had too much power under it

• The Constitution lacked a Bill of Rights to protect citizens

How did the Bill of Rights address the issues that were brought up by the Anti-Federalists?

• It allowed the Federal government to coin money

• It established a process for impeaching federal officials

• It protected citizens from abuses by the federal government

• Provided for an indirect method of electing the president

Which of the following characterizes the foreign policy of Washington?

• Aggression

• Indifference

• Neutrality

• Containment