Ch 10 Vocabulary Test

What does the term "ratify" mean?

• To reject something

• To approve something

• To change something

• To discuss something

Which branch of the government is responsible for passing laws?

• Executive branch

• Judicial branch

• Legislative branch

• Federal branch

What was Shays’ Rebellion?

• A movement by farmers to protest high taxes

• A plan to divide the Northwest Territory

• A proposal for a new government structure

• A series of essays supporting the Constitution

What is the purpose of the checks and balances system?

• To ensure the government can veto laws

• To guard against any one branch of the government becoming too powerful

• To allow states to have reserved powers

• To support the Federalist views

What was the Great Compromise?

• A plan to give Congress greater power over the states

• An agreement to create Congress with 2 houses

• A proposal for equal representation in Congress

• A movement to protest high taxes

What does the Preamble refer to?

• The first 10 amendments to the Constitution

• An order to divide the Northwest Territory

• The introduction to the Constitution beginning “We the people of the United States...”

• A series of essays supporting the Constitution

What is the Three-Fifths Compromise?

• A plan for dividing the Northwest Territory

• A proposal for equal representation in Congress

• An agreement that three out of every five slaves would be counted for population and taxation

• A movement by farmers to protest high taxes

Who were the Federalists?

• A group of people who were not happy with the Constitution

• Formerly nationalist group that wanted a strong national government

• A movement by farmers to protest high taxes

• A plan to give Congress greater power over the states

What is an amendment?

• An order to divide the Northwest Territory

• An addition or change to the Constitution

• A plan for national government

• A proposal for equal representation in Congress

What does the term "reserved powers" refer to?

• Powers in the Constitution that are left to individual states

• The introduction to the Constitution

• A series of essays supporting the Constitution

• A plan to give Congress greater power over the states