Constitution Review

Who rules the government of a republic?

• appointed representatives

• elected representatives

• kingships

• monarchies

Which of the following was not addressed by the Articles of Confederation?

• regulating interstate commerce

• declaring war

• establishing a postal service

• making treaties with foreign nations

What single territory, established in 1787, consisted of the area north of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi River?

• Mississippi Territory

• Northwest Territory

• Ohio Territory

• Western Territory

Shays’s Rebellion forced courts in the western part of Massachusetts to close so that judges could not take away which of the following?

• criminals’ homes

• farmers’ land

• stolen goods

• money from taxes

Which Constitutional Convention proposal would have established proportional representation for states?

• the New Jersey Plan

• the New York Plan

• the Massachusetts Plan

• the Virginia Plan

What was approved that allowed the Constitutional Convention delegates to break the deadlock between large and small states?

• the Great Compromise

• the Three-Fifths Compromise

• the Two-Thirds Compromise

• the Washington Compromise

The Constitutional Convention delegates agreed that the Constitution would take effect when it was approved by how many states?

• all thirteen states

• three of the thirteen states

• nine of the thirteen states

• twelve of the thirteen states

What did opponents of the proposed Constitution fear the national government would limit?

• the nation’s expansion

• trade between states

• the exercise of religion

• individual rights

Which Enlightenment philosopher is associated with the belief that all people have a right to life, liberty, and property?

• Baron de Montesquieu

• Benjamin Franklin

• John Adams

• John Locke

Which state was the last to ratify the Constitution?

• Maryland

• New York

• North Carolina

• Rhode Island