Chapter 6 Benchmark Test

How was power among states compromised in the Constitution?

• All states would have equal power in both the House of Representatives and the Senate.

• Power would shift between smaller and larger states in both houses of the legislature depending on population.

• Larger states would have more power in the House of Representatives, but smaller states would have the same amount of power as larger states in the Senate.

• Smaller states could have more delegates in the Senate if they choose to.

Matching the events in the order they happened.

1. 1. Congress added the 10 amendments, called the Bill of Rights, to the Constitution.

 

2. 2. Madison approached Congress with a draft list of proposed constitutional amendments.

 

3. 3. Antifederalists demanded that the Constitution be revised to clearly indicate the rights of citizens.

 

4. Madison promised to propose a Bill of Rights if the Antifederalists agreed to ratify the Constitution.

Which statement best explains the basic objection of the larger states to the New Jersey Plan?

• A. The larger states wanted to be able to veto laws of the smaller states that they opposed.

• B. The larger states believed that the majority should control a democratic government.

• C. The larger states wanted to take complete control of the governments of the smaller states.

• D. The larger states were more opposed to the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation.

What two sentences from the text support the correct response to Part A?

• A. “In the Virginia Plan, Congress had the ability to veto state laws and even take over a state’s government.”

• B. “Its legislature would have only one house, and each state would have only one delegate.”

• C. “They asked why a small state should have the same power as a large state.”

• D. “If the government of a nation was not controlled by the majority of its people, then how could the government be a democracy?”

• E. “Furthermore, these delegates saw the plan as being too similar to the Articles of Confederation.”

Which amendment directly addressed what Antifederalist George Mason called “the danger of standing armies in time of peace”?

• the First Amendment

• the Third Amendment

• the Sixth Amendment

• the Ninth Amendment

Which statement best supports the claim that the writers of the Constitution wanted to make the amendment process a challenging one?

• They defined the amendment process in Article 5.

• They created two different ways to propose an amendment.

• They required approval by three-fourths of state legislatures.

• They allowed proposals by either Congress or state legislatures.

How did the United States initially make land in the Northwest Territory available to settlers in the 1780s and 1790s?

• The United States bought land from the Native Americans.

• The United States took land away from Native Americans.

• The United States worked with the British to get land from Native Americans.

• The United States paid companies to make treaties with Native Americans to buy land.

What sentence from the text best supports the correct response to Part A?

• The Northwest Territory was divided into rectangular townships.

• Large companies bought much of the land in the townships.

• Congress sent soldiers to the territory to remove Native Americans by force.

• In 1791, Miami chief Little Turtle led an attack on Arthur St. Clair’s troops.

How did the Articles of Confederation create a limited national government? Support your answer with details from the text.

What effect did the Federalists think the Constitution would have on the states? Support your answer with details from the text.