Grade 6 final test

Under British rule, who had the right to vote in the colonies?

• White male property owners
• Indentured servants
• Native Americans
• Black women

What does suffrage mean?

• the right to drive a car
• the suffering of African Americans as slaves

• the right to vote in political elections
• the right to immigrate

Who was the single branch of American government under the Articles of Confederation?

• Senate of the Confederation
• President of the Confederation
• Congress of the Confederation
• Supreme Court of the Confederation

The six things that the new Congress could do under the Articles of Confederation were settling disputes between states, issue coins, make treaties with other nations, ask states for money, ask states for soldiers, and ____________.

• declare war on other countries
• collect taxes directly from citizens
• create a national court system
• borrow money

The Articles of Confederation had no president or ______________.

• monarch
• prime minister
• national court system

• king

The Constitutional Convention was held in May of _____________.

• 1785

• 1786

• 1787

• 1788

The Confederation Congress invites each state to send delegates to __________________.

• Philadelphia

• Cleveland

• New York

• Boston

The two plans that came out of the Constitutional Convention were the New Jersey Plan and ___________.

• Virginia Plan
• Pennsylvania Plan
• Georgia Plan
• Delaware Plan

Which plan proposed a new federal constitution that would have a central government, a bi-cameral legislature (House and Senate), representatives sent there to be based on a state's population, and larger states given more power than smaller states?

• New Jersey Plan
• Virginia Plan
• Connecticut Plan
• Massachusetts Plan

Which plan proposed a one-house (unicameral) legislature, have the same number of representatives in the federal government, allowed the federal government to collect taxes, and allowed the federal government to regulate trade?

• Pennsylvania Plan
• Virginia Plan
• Connecticut Plan
• New Jersey Plan