Chapter 7 JH MC

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

• ordinance of 1785

• confederation law

• northwest ordinance

• Morris ordinance

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

• monarchy

• republic

• theocracy

• sovereignty

The Articles of Confederation had to be approved by

• 7 states

• 13 states

• 11 states

• 9 states

What were supporters of the new Constitution called?

• federalists

• nationalists

• antifederalists

• jeffersonians

What type of legislatures did most states establish?

• monarchy

• multihouse

• bicameral

• single- house

What was America’s first constitution called?

• american constitution

• articles of confederation

• bill of rights

• republic plan

What was originally published as a series of essays in newspapers around the country, as this quotation, “The best commentary on the principles of government which was ever written,” were highly praised and widely read.

• two treaties of civil government

• the federalist papers

• the spirit of the laws

• the american crisis

Who was the presiding officer at the Constitutional Convention

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

• John Adams

• Ben Franklin

Under the federal system, the final authority is the

• president

• court system

• constitution

• states

What keeps any one branch of government from gaining too much power?

• voting a bill

• the executive branch

• vetoing

• checks and balances