US History EOC Review Unit 3

What are the first ten amendments of the Constitution called?

• A menu

• Bill of Rights

• Articles of Confederation

• Magna Carta

Based on the US Constitution, the government is run by _________.

• The President

• Congress

• The Supreme Court

• "The People"

Shays' Rebellion helped point out weaknesses in which of the following documents?

• the Constitution
• the Federalist Papers
• the Articles of Confederation
• the Declaration of Independence

Which was a provision of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787?

• Native Americans would be granted voting rights as citizens.

• The Northwest Territory would have the same representation in Congress as a state

• Land speculators would be prohibited from making a profit.

• Slavery would be prohibited north of the Ohio River

The first form of government of the United States was called: 

• The Articles of Constitution
• The Bill of Rights
• The Federalist Papers
• The Articles of Confederation

The word bicameral means:

• Two cameras
• One branch or house
• Two branches or houses
• One camel

States with larger populations favored the:

• The Virginia Plan
• The Articles of Confederation
• The New Jersey Plan
• The Grove Plan

This plan for a new government would create a bicameral legislature with both a House of Representatives and the Senate.

• The Great Compromise

• The Articles of Confederation
• The New Jersey Plan
• The Grove Plan

This plan for a new government would have equal representation for states. 

• The Virginia Plan
• The Articles of Confederation
• The New Jersey Plan
• The Grove Plan

The ______________________ combined the NJ and VA plans and created a bicameral legislature with a House of Representatives with proportional representation and a Senate with equal representation. 

• Three Fifths
• The Articles of Confederation
• Great Compromise
• The Grove Plan