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Chapter 5 "A More Perfect Union" Test Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

After the American Revolution, most states allowed only white men who were at least 21 years old to vote.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

Slavery was a major source of labor in the North.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

The delegates at the Constitutional Convention included Native Americans, African Americans, and women.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

The first three articles of the Constitution describe the structure of the federal government.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

Anti-Federalists supported the Constitution.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

The freeing of individual enslaved persons is called

a)

depreciate

b)

manumission

c)

bicameral

7.

Who proposed the Great Compromise?

a)

Roger Sherman

b)

Benjamin Franklin

c)

John Locke

d)

James Madison

8.

To fall in value is

a)

bicameral

b)

depreciate

c)

manumission

9.

Who wrote that government is based on a contract between people and the ruler?

a)

Roger Sherman

b)

John Locke

c)

Montesquieu

10.

Which word means having two separate legislatures?

a)

depreciate

b)

amendment

c)

traditions

d)

bicameral

11.

Which law helped stop the spread of slavery to the West?

a)

Confederation Law

b)

Morris Ordinance

c)

Northwest Ordinance

d)

Ordinance of 1785

12.

The Articles of Confederation had to be approved by how many states?

a)

7

b)

9

c)

11

d)

13

13.

Who was the presiding officer at the Constitutional Convention?

a)

Benjamin Franklin

b)

George Washington

c)

John Adams

d)

Thomas Jefferson

14.

Under the federal system of government, what or who is the final authority?

a)

Constitution

b)

court system

c)

president

d)

states

15.

The movement that influenced the Constitution's architects was the

a)

Age of Science.

b)

Enlightenment.

c)

Ideas Period.

d)

Reason Era.

16.

Who has the power to create (coin) money?

a)

State Governments

b)

National Governments

17.

In "The Second Treatise of Government" John Locke expressed his belief in

a)

the right to vote.

b)

freedom of choice.

c)

the natural rights of people.

d)

the right to trade enslaved people.

18.

What is the role of the Judicial Branch?

a)

To enforce the laws

b)

To interpret the laws

c)

To make laws

19.

What is the role of the Executive Branch?

a)

To enforce/carry out the nation's laws

b)

To make the nation's laws

c)

To interpret the nation's laws

20.

At the Constitutional Convention each state had one vote on all questions, decisions were based on majority vote, and sessions were closed to the public.

a)

True

b)

False