Constitution Quiz #1

A government in which the people elect representatives to govern is a called a...

• Democracy

• Dictatorship

• Republic

• Confederation

What law organized the Northwest Territories?

• Land Ordinance of 1785

• The Great Compromise

• Articles of Confederation

• Northwest Ordinance of 1787

What set of laws established the first government of the United States?

• Articles of Confederation

• Constitution

• Great Compromise

• Republicanism

Why were most Americans against a democracy?

• it neglected rural areas.

• it gave too much power to the uneducated masses.

• it neglected cities.

• it took away powers of the president.

What law set up a plan for surveying land west of the Appalachian Mountains?

• Land Ordinance of 1785

• Northwest Ordinance of 1787

• Article of Confederation

• Constitution

What agreement, made by the Constitutional Convention, gave each state equal representation in one house and representation based on population in the other house?

• checks and balances

• federalism

• Great Compromise

• Land Ordinance of 1785

What branch of government makes laws?

• Legislative

• Electoral

• Judicial

• Executive

What branch of government enforces laws?

• Electoral

• Legislative

• Executive

• Judicial

What branch of government interprets the laws?

• Executive

• Judicial

• Electoral

• Legislative

Who led an anti-tax rebellion of farmers in Massachusetts?

• James Madison

• Daniel Shays

• Sam Adams

• Patrick Henry