Chapter 3 Quiz

In some states, the governor was elected by the legislature.

• True

• False

The rights listed in the states' bill of rights had their origins in English law.

• True

• False

The Confederation of States had the power to ____________.

•  pass laws without the states' approval

•  represent the states with foreign countries

•  assign governors to the states

• 1.  bring slaves to the states from Africa

The Confederation of States was unsuccessful because ___________.

• it was too powerful

• it followed English law

• it was too limited in its power

• it taxed the states too much

The plan for surveying land set up by the Ordinance of 1785 is no longer used.

• True

• False

The Northwest Ordinance ________________.

• permitted slavery

• halted settlement

• freed all slaves

• outlawed slavery

After the American Revolution, the population in the Northwest Territory ______________.

• shrank considerably

• stayed stable

• grew a little bit

• grew dramatically

The Confederation Congress could not pass a law unless all of the states agreed to it.

• True

• False

If a state did not follow a law passed by the Confederation Congress _____________.

• the state would be punished

• the state would be taxed

• nothing would happen to the state

• the state's governor would be replaced

After Shays's Rebellion, the states decided they wanted______________.

• a less powerful federal government

• a more powerful federal government

• to pay less taxes to the federal government

• financial help from the federal government