Unit 3 Assessment

What is another name for the legislative branch?

• Committee
• Council
• Congress
• Congressional Committee

What are changes made to the Constitution called?

• Amends
• Exceptions
• Addendums
• Amendments

When the president denies an act of Congress it is called

• Vindictive power
• Veto privileges
• Veto power
• Overrule

Which amendment protects people from unreasonable searches and seizures?

• 2nd

• 3rd

• 4th

• 5th

1.  The significance of the Northwest Ordinance was that

• 1. it banned the slave trade

• 1. it allowed slavery in the Ohio River Valley

• 1. it banned slavery in the Northwest territory

• 1.  it made slavery legal throughout the north

All of the following are protected in the first amendment EXCEPT

• Speech

• Religion

• Assembly

• Gun Ownership

All of the following were weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation EXCEPT

• no power to tax

• no strong central government

• passed the Northwest Ordinance

• no military

1. Why is Shays' Rebellion an important event in American history?

• 1. It ended the states' ability to issue their own currencies.

• 1. It showed that the federal government had enough power to rule effectively.

• 1. It demonstrated the strength of the federal government for the first time.

• 1. It led to the Constitutional Convention

When and where was the Constitutional Convention held?

• 1787, Pennsylvania

• 1787, New York City

• 1776, Boston

• 1791, Charleston

Which plan did SMALL states prefer?

• Virginia Plan

• New Jersey Plan

• New York Plan

• Connecticut Plan