US History I - 2nd 9 Weeks Review

The Constitution can be amended if the change is approved by a two-thirds majority of both houses of Congress and

• the president.

• two-thirds of the states.

• three-fourths of the states.

• a majority of voters in a national vote.

If the president neither signs nor returns a bill to Congress during the time allowed, that bill

• is vetoed.

• becomes law.

• goes to the state legislatures for consideration.

• must be signed by the vice-president to become law.

Over which of the following issues did the nation become divided in the 1790s?

• whether African Americans should be given full citizenship

• whether the United States should ally itself with France or Britain

• whether the central government or state governments should be stronger

• whether the United States should expand west of the Mississippi

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.

The Articles of Confederation gave the national government the power to

• declare war.

• collect taxes.

• regulate foreign trade.

• regulate interstate trade.

Shays's Rebellion was a protest by farmers who faced problems from

• an oversupply of paper currency.

• debts they owed to creditors.

• debts owed to them by Congress.

• debts owed to them by the state of Massachusetts.

The Great Compromise was an agreement about how to

• ratify the Constitution.

• count slaves in determining population.

• determine a state's representation in Congress.

• divide powers between the states and the central government.

All of the following men wrote letters contained in The Federalist except

• John Jay.

• Patrick Henry.

• James Madison.

• Alexander Hamilton.

From what future state is the example of a township taken?

• Indiana

• Virginia

• Ohio

• Michigan

What do all of the states in the Northwest Territory border?

• the Mississippi River

• the Ohio River

• the Great Lakes

• Canada