7.1 and 7.2 Quiz

What plan was in favor of the more populated states?

• Virginia Plan

• New Jersey Plan

• Hamilton Plan

• New York Plan

The New York plan supported a unicameral (one house) legislature?

• True

• False

What is manumission?

• Freeing of individual slaves
• Allowing slaves in northern states.
• Taking away land
• Preventing the British from owning land in America

What was the name of America's first constitution?

• Declaration of Independence
• Treaty of Paris
• US Constitution
• Articles of Confederation

Convention delegates agreed that the new U.S. Constitution must be approved (ratified) by how many states?

• 9
• 10
• 12
• 13

His rebellion proved the Articles of Confederation created too weak of a national government.

• Hamilton
• Washington
• Shays
• Arnold

Who proposed the New Jersey plan?

• Ben Franklin
• William Patterson
• James Madison
• Alexander Hamilton

Which ordinance arranged land out west (frontier)?

• Proclamation Act of 1763
• Ordinance of land
• Land Ordinance of 1785
• The Great Ordinance

What is a two-house legislature called?

• unicameral
• bicameral
• double cameral
• state house

A government system where the citizens rule through elected officials

• Republic
• Judicial
• Exective
• Communist