American History Quiz 1: Shaping a New Nation

What did people who wanted the Constitution to be the law of the land call themselves?

• Federalists
• Antifederalists
• Militia
• Territories

What did people who did NOT want the Constitution to be the law of the land call themselves?

• Federalists
• Antifederalists
• Militia
• Territories

What is the name for the first ten amendments to the Constitution?

• The Articles of Confederation
• The Bill of Rights
• The Northwest Ordinance
• The Three-Fifths Compromise

Under the Articles of Confederation, each state's power in Congress was based on:

• one vote per state.
• the state's size.
• the state's total population.
• the state's voting population.

What did Shay’s Rebellion show America about its government under the Articles of Confederation?

• The US Government is too strong
• State’s had too much power
• The US Government is too weak
• States are too weak

The _____________________ combined both of the plans proposed at the Constitutional Convention, the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan, and created a two house Congress. One with equal representation and one based on population.

• ⅗ Compromise
• Great Compromise
• Compromise of 1775
• Constitutional Compromise

Checks and balances refer to…

• The institutional checks of power between the three branches of government
• The money system used for weighing gold
• The powers of the President over the states
• The inability of certain rich fat cats to balance their bank accounts

The ________________________ branch has the power to make laws.

• Legislative
• Executive
• Judicial
• Senate

Each of the following is a right guaranteed by the Bill of Rights except the right to:

• vote.
• assemble.
• be tried publicly.
• voice an opinion.

The president is elected to a term of:

• two years.
• four years.
• six years.
• eight years.