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TCI Ch. 8 Creating the Constitution

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 1hrs 20mins

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Class
Date
1.

What was the long-term effect of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787?

a)

Territories eventually became states

b)

The farmers of Massachusetts rebelled

c)

George Washington was elected president

d)

Slavery was expanded in the United States

2.

What land was affected by the Land Ordinance of 1785?

a)

land north and south of the colonies

b)

land of the 13 original colonies

c)

land bound by the Ohio and Mississippi rivers and the Great Lakes

d)

land between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains

3.

Which was one weakness of the Articles of Confederation?

a)

Congress could not declare war

b)

Congress could not impose taxes

c)

Congress could not set up a postal system

d)

Congress could not create an army and navy

4.

Following the American Revolution, what did Congress fear about a strong central government?

a)

states would have too much power

b)

rights for which people fought would be lost

c)

another war would occur between Great Britain and America

d)

laws would be passed to prevent people from settling in new territories

5.

Why is Shay's Rebellion an important event in U.S. history?

a)

It was the beginning of a civil war

b)

It led to the passage of a new Constitution

c)

It showed the strength of the Massachusetts militia

d)

It dramatized the power of the central government

6.

What was the original purpose of the convention in May 1787?

a)

to write the U.S. Constitution

b)

to end the conflict in Massachusetts

c)

to revise the Articles of Confederation

d)

to rewrite the Declaration of Independence

7.

Why is James Madison known as the "Father of the Constitution?"

a)

He wrote the first draft of the Constitution

b)

He knew more about government than anyone else present

c)

He was the oldest delegate to the Constitutional Convention

d)

He was well prepared to lead the discussion at the convention

8.

Which of these was the greatest challenge for the delegates at the Constitutional Convention?

a)

how to respond to the interests of foreign countries

b)

how to address the concerns of farmers and ranchers

c)

how to balance the interests of large and small states

d)

how to get agreement between the eastern and western states

9.

Which of the following best describes a republic?

a)

a country in which every citizen votes

b)

a government led by a monarch

c)

a parliamentary form of government

d)

a country led by elected representatives

10.

Which of these did both the Virginia and New Jersey Plans include?

a)

an end to slavery

b)

an elected president

c)

two houses of Congress

d)

three branches of government

11.

What did the Great Compromise decide?

a)

representation in Congress

b)

the names of political parties

c)

the system of checks and balances

d)

process of selecting the president

12.

The number of members of which of these is affected by state population?

a)

Senate

b)

Supreme Court

c)

president's cabinet

d)

House of Representatives

13.

What was the greatest concern of the opponents of the opponents to the Constitution?

a)

taxation would be eliminated

b)

selection of George Washington as president

c)

replacement of the Articles of Confederation

d)

giving up state power to form a stronger Union

14.

The delegates to the Constitutional Convention gave the job of choosing a chief executive to?

a)

all the citizens

b)

members of congress

c)

electors chosen by the states

d)

state legislatures and governors

15.

Which of these describes a federal system of government?

a)

Government is run by one political party

b)

A single leader makes all of the government decisions

c)

Individual states have power over the national government

d)

Power is shared by the national and state governments

16.

What was the position of the group known as the Federalists?

a)

They supported the new constitution

b)

They questioned the justice of slavery

c)

They feared the power of the national government

d)

They believed that states should have equal representation in Congress.

17.

The Articles of Confederation gave most of the power to?

a)

National Government

b)

Parliament

c)

State Governments

d)

Military

18.

What compromise did the delegates reach on the slave trade?

a)

The delegates ended slavery in all states

b)

They agreed to prohibit the slave trade in the US

c)

They allowed the slave trade to continue for 20 years

d)

They worked with Canada to help fugitive slaves escape

19.

The Virginia Plan which proposed two houses in congress for representation of the states is which type of legislature?

a)

bicameral

b)

tricameral

c)

no legislature

d)

unicameral

20.

To ratify something means to

a)

govern a country through elected representatives

b)

compromise

c)

write out the basic framework of a government

d)

formally approve or agree on

21.

The main job of the legislative branch is to?

a)

obey laws once they are passed

b)

make laws needed for the country

c)

enforce and carry out federal laws

d)

resolve disputes involving the law

22.

The framers designed a system of checks and balances to

a)

keep any one branch of government from becoming too powerful

b)

make sure that the Constitution was the supreme law of the land

c)

make it impossible to amend the Constitution

d)

give the states more federal power

23.

Which of the three branches of government is the Supreme Court part of?

a)

Legislative

b)

Executive

c)

Judicial

d)

Parliament

24.

A state's electoral votes are based off of 2 votes from the senate and?

a)

the number of representatives it has in the House of Reps (population)

b)

land size

c)

the number of judges on the supreme court

d)

how many governors the state has

25.

The 3/5 Compromise was to count every 3 of 5?

a)

Farmers for representation

b)

Counties in a state for representation

c)

Women for representation

d)

Slaves for representation

26.

What was the position of the Anti-Federalists?

a)

They supported the interests of the small states in Congress

b)

They supported a strong national army and navy

c)

They opposed the new Constitution

d)

They opposed the Articles of Confederation

27.

At the Constitutional Convention, delegates elected George Washington to be

a)

father of the Constitution

b)

commander in chief of the army

c)

president of the United States

d)

president of the convention

28.

Who supported the New Jersey Plan?

a)

James Madison

b)

delegates from large states

c)

delegates from small states

d)

George Washington

29.

What was a feature of the Great Compromise?

a)

a Senate with one senator from each state

b)

a one-house Congress

c)

a Senate with two senators from each state

d)

an executive branch with two co-presidents

30.

By the time of the Constitutional Convention, most slaves lived in

a)

the North

b)

the South

c)

the Midwest

d)

the West

31.

Which statement about drafting the Constitution is true?

a)

The delegates agreed to free female slaves

b)

The delegates included a fugitive slave clause

c)

The delegates decided to end slavery

d)

The delegates added more slaves to populations in the north

32.

The delegates decided that the president and vice president should be chosen by?

a)

Congress

b)

the people

c)

the Electoral College

d)

Political Parties

33.

Which statement about approving the Constitution is true?

a)

The Constitution went into effect without any of the states approving it

b)

State legislatures had to approve the Constitution before it went into effect

c)

Nine states had to approve the Constitution before it went into effect

d)

All 13 states had to approve the Constitution before it went into effect

34.

The Federalist Papers were written to support

a)

a weak national government

b)

giving more power to the states

c)

ratification of the Constitution

d)

rewriting the Constitution

35.

This was the United States' first written plan of government

a)

Declaration of Independence

b)

Magna Carta

c)

English Bill of Rights

d)

Articles of Confederation

36.

Which 18th century intellectual movement known as the "Age of Reason" greatly influenced the delegates at the Constitutional Convention?

a)

The Enlightenment

b)

The Great Awakening

c)

The Renaissance

d)

Transcendentalism

37.

Which of the following best describes what a constitution is?

a)

A written plan that provides the basic framework of a government

b)

A document allowing for money to be made

c)

A document that you sign when you get a job

d)

A written plan that that outlines punishments for those that break the law

38.

A series of essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay in support of the Constitution

a)

The Crisis

b)

The Constitutional Convention

c)

The Anti-Federalist Papers

d)

The Federalist Papers

39.

A system of government in which the power to govern belongs to the people

a)

Democracy

b)

Republic

c)

Theocracy

d)

Monarchy

40.

Which best describes the government structure of the United States today?

a)

Democracy

b)

Republic

c)

Democratic-Republic

d)

Dictatorship