US History Chapter 6 A New Nation Test Review

Look at the list. Then answer the question.

 

      • No national currency

• No national authority to tax

• Fear of citizen uprisings

 

      What would be the best title for the list?

• Weaknesses of the United States Constitution

• Strengths of the Articles of Confederation

• Reasons for Calling the Constitutional Convention

• Anti-Federalists’ Problems with the Articles of Confederation

What was the main reason for the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?

   

• Many Americans wanted a government with limited power.

• The states wanted a single currency for the whole country.

• Americans didn’t want to be governed by many different people.

• Many people refused to pay taxes to both the state and national government.

What was the connection between Shays’ Rebellion and the Constitutional Convention?

    

• Shays’ Rebellion started after the Constitutional Convention met.

• Shays’ Rebellion contributed to the call for a stronger government.

• Shays’ Rebellion indicated the need to pay members of Congress.

• Shays’ Rebellion was the first topic discussed at the Constitutional Convention.

Which statement best describes government power under the Articles of Confederation?

• A balance of power existed between the three branches of government.

• Power was shared equally by the central government and the states.

• The states had much greater power than the central government.

• A strong chief executive headed a central government.

What was one effect of the ordinance that organized the states shown in the map?

• It limited settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains.

• It created good relations with the American Indians.

• It stopped slavery from spreading northward.

• It encouraged French settlement in America.

Read the quotations. Then answer the question.

      1.  “Thirteen [states] pulling against each other and all tugging at the ... head [central          government] will soon bring ruin on the whole.” —George Washington

      2.  “Our rights and privileges are endangered, and the sovereignty [power] of the states [will]         be relinquished [given away].” —Patrick Henry

      3.  “This power [described in the Constitution] is calculated to annihilate [destroy] totally the       state governments.” —George Mason

      4.  “Thus I consent, Sir, to this Constitution because I expect no better, and because I am not sure, that it is not the best.” —Benjamin Franklin

 

      Which of these speakers favored the Articles of Confederation?

• Speakers 1 and 2

• Speakers 2 and 3

• Speakers 1 and 4

• Speakers 3 and 4

Under the Great Compromise, each state was to have the same number of representatives in —

  

• the Senate

• the Congress

• the Supreme Court

• the House of Representatives

The phrase “We the People” describes what principle of American government?

   

• Checks and balances

• Separation of powers

• Popular sovereignty

• Judicial review

Both the New Jersey Plan and the Virginia Plan called for —

    

• a two-part legislature

• a less powerful executive branch

• all states having the same number of representatives

• an executive branch chosen by the legislative branch

Which of the following best describes shared powers for the overlapped part of the diagram?

     

• Issues licenses, prints money, sets up courts

• Sets up courts, passes tax laws, collects taxes

• Collects taxes, sets up courts, prints currency

• Passes tax laws, sets up military, collects taxes