CH 9 Reading Quiz

What did the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 prohibit in the Old Northwest?

• Trade

• Slavery

• Immigration

• Taxation

The Northwest Ordinance is considered a historical milestone because it --

• more than doubled the size of the United States

• established a method for admitting new states to the Union

• encouraged state legislatures to ratify the Constitution

• proposed treaties with American Indians to allow the peaceful settlement of new territories

What did the economic storm in the mid-1780s lead to?

• Increased trade

• Economic prosperity

• Evaporation of the nation's credit

• Decrease in taxes

Which is a weakness of the Articles of Confederation?

• Congress couldn't collect taxes
• Weak central government
• Provided for no common currency
• All of the these

What did the delegates decide to do with the Articles of Confederation?

• Amend them

• Completely scrap them

• Strengthen them

• Ignore them

How did Massachusetts authorities respond to Shays's Rebellion?

• By negotiating with the rebels

• By ignoring the rebellion

• By raising a small army

• By lowering taxes

What was the meeting of state delegates in 1787 in Philadelphia, PA called to revise the Articles of Confederation, but instead designed a new plan of government, the US Constitution?

• Constitutional Convention

• Great Compromise

• local government

• Virginia Plan (Large State Plan)

What was the main issue debated during the Constitutional Convention?

• The abolition of slavery

• The rights of states versus the powers of the federal government

• The official language of the United States

• The decision to enter World War I

What was the essence of the 'large-state plan'?

• Equal representation for all states

• Representation based on population

• A single house of Congress

• No representation for small states

What term refers to the idea that the national government shares power with state governments?

• Articles of Confederation
• Ratification
• Federalism
• Checks and Balances