McGraw Hill Chapter 3 Review

One weakness of the Articles of Confederation was that Congress could not regulate trade with other countries.

• True

• False

The Great Compromise proposed by the committee headed by Roger Sherman called for ________________________.

• a two-house Congress

• keeping the Articles of Confederation.

• the New Jersey plan

The Great Compromise proposed by the committee headed by Roger Sherman called for ________________________.

• a two-house Congress

• keeping the Articles of Confederation.

• the New Jersey plan

The Founding Fathers did not fully trust the people to elect the President, so they put that decision in the hands of a group called the _________________.

• Senate

• Electoral College

• House of Representatives

• Cabinet

The newly developed "Northwest Territory" was geographically bounded by _____________________.

• the Rocky Mountains

• The Ohio and Mississippi River

• The Great Lakes and Gulf of Mexico

This law set up government in the Great Lakes region.

• Articles of Confederation

• Northwest Ordinance

• English Bill of Rights

What power do the national and state governments share?

• borrow money

• maintain a navy

• regulate foreign trade

What power is granted only to state governments?

• establish local governments

• coin money

• borrow money from another country

A proposed amendment to the Constitution becomes a when it is ratified by _______.

• a national election

• the House and Senate

• 3/4 of the states

• the Supreme Court

The U.S. Constitution is split in _______ parts called _________.

• 7: articles

• 3; branches

• 5; clauses

• 7; sections