Chapter 5 Practice Test

What was Shays Rebellion?

• an uprising of farmers to protest the Constitutional Convention

• a fight for independence against the British

• an uprising of farmers to protest high taxes and heavy debts

• a rebellion of slaves in the South

What is Federalism?

• a form of government where there is only one strong central government

• a form of government where everyone gets to vote

• a form of government where power is shared between a central government and state/local governments

• a form of government that establishes one ruler with supreme authority

This branch of government includes all of the national courts.

• Executive

• Legislative

• Judicial

This branch of government includes the President and the cabinet members that run departments of the government.

• Executive

• Legislative

• Judicial

A set of basic principles and laws that state the powers and duties of the government is known as a __________.

This branch of government creates and passes laws.

• Executive

• Legislative

• Judicial

This system built into the Constitution keeps any one branch of government from becoming too powerful.

• the Bill of Rights

• the First Amendment

• Ratification

• Checks and Balances

This compromise during the Constitutional Convention allowed 3/5's of a state's slave population to count towards representation in Congress.

• Northwest Ordinance of 1787

• the Three-Fifths Compromise

• Land Ordinance of 1785

• the Great Compromise

This document created the first government of the United States which had limited powers and failed to be effective.

• the Articles of Confederation

• the United States Constitution

• the Federalist Papers

• Magna Carta

This word means official approval.

• Suffrage

• constitution

• ratification

• tariffs