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Post America Revolution

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 44mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does "Bicameral" mean?

a)

1 house

b)

2 houses

c)

3 houses

d)

4 houses

2.

What does "Unicameral" mean?

a)

1 house

b)

2 houses

c)

3 houses

d)

4 houses

3.

The Virginia Plan wanted representation based on _______.

a)

population of each state.

b)

number of state delegates.

c)

one state, one vote

d)

delegates appointed by the president.

4.

The New Jersey Plan wanted representation based on _______.

a)

population of each state.

b)

number of state delegates.

c)

one state, one vote

d)

delegates appointed by the president.

5.

The Virginia Plan wanted what type of legislature?

a)

Unicameral

b)

Bicameral

6.

The New Jersey Plan wanted what type of legislature?

a)

Unicameral

b)

Bicameral

7.

The Virginia Plan wanted what type of legislature?

a)

Unicameral

b)

Bicameral

8.

This plan called for a strong Executive Branch.

a)

Virginia Plan

b)

New Jersey Plan

9.

A state like Georgia would get the same number of votes in the legislature as Pennsylvania, regardless of either state's population in the

a)

Virginia Plan

b)

New Jersey Plan

10.

A state like New York with a large population would get more votes in the legislature under which plan?

a)

Virginia Plan

b)

New Jersey Plan

11.

The plan in which each state would get one vote in the legislature

a)

Virginia Plan

b)

New Jersey Plan

12.

A plan that suggested multiple weak executives

a)

Virginia Plan

b)

New Jersey Plan

13.

A plan that suggested one chief executive that could run the federal government

a)

Virginia Plan

b)

New Jersey Plan

14.

In our Congress today, the fact that there are two Senators from each state comes from the...

a)

Virginia Plan

b)

New Jersey Plan

15.

In our Congress today, representation in the House of Representatives is based on ideas in

a)

Virginia Plan

b)

New Jersey Plan

16.
What was the goal of the 3/5th's Compromise?
a)
To get states to buy slaves
b)
To get rid of slavery
c)
To get the states to agree to the Constitution
d)
To get states to reject the Constitution
17.
What plan did the Northern states have for slavery?
a)
Slaves wouldn't count as people
b)
Slaves would count as 1 person
c)
Slaves would count as 3 people
d)
Slaves would count as 1/2 of a person
18.
What was 1 reason that the North liked their slavery plan?
a)
Slaves weren't allowed to vote
b)
Slaves were allowed to vote
c)
Slaves in the South would be freed
d)
It made slavery illegal
19.
The Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan were trying to answer the question...
a)
"Should slaves be counted for representation and taxation?
b)
"How should states be represented in Congress?"
20.
Who was happy with the Virginia plan?
a)
Small States
b)
Large States
21.
How many votes does any state get in the New Jersey Plan?
a)
5
b)
1
c)
3
d)
100
22.
How many houses are in the Great Compromise?
a)
1 (unicameral)
b)
2 (bicameral)
23.

Which is the best summary of the "Three-Fifths Compromise?"

a)

Congress was given two houses.

b)

A line was drawn dividing future free and slave states.

c)

Each slave was counted as less that one free person.

d)

A tougher runaway slave law was enacted.

24.

How did the creation of a 2 house legislature help resolve a disagreement at the Constitutional Convention of 1787?

a)

It established a faster process for passing national laws.

b)

It gave small and large states each an advantage in one house of the legislature.

c)

It gave both poor as well as wealthy citizens a role in enacting laws.

d)

It permitted African Americans and women a voice in government.

25.
After the American Revolution the ______ held most of the economic and political power.
a)
lowcountry
b)
piedmont
c)
tidewater
d)
upcountry
26.
The capital of South Carolina moved from Charleston to _________.
a)
Columbia
b)
Georgetown
c)
Greenville
d)
Ninety-Six
27.
The lowcountry elite did not trust the backcountry farmers with political power because they _____________.
a)
still supported Great Britain
b)
were well known criminals
c)
were uneducated
d)
did not own slaves
28.
Farming becoming difficult because the countryside was ravaged by the war and slaves, livestock, and goods were taken was a ______ struggle for the lowcountry and upcountry.
a)
political
b)
social
c)
non-existant
d)
economic
29.
The invention of the _______ would lead to more equal representation in the state legislature for the backcountry.
a)
railroad
b)
telephone
c)
cotton gin
d)
light bulb
30.
As a result of Eli Whitney's cotton gin, what impact did it have on the Upcountry and Lowcountry?
a)
Slavery quickly spread to the upcountry
b)
Slavery was soon unnecessary in the lowcountry
c)
Poor people in the upcountry refused to work for the elites of the lowcountry
d)
Elites moved from the lowcountry to the upcountry
31.
Differences between the regions of South Carolina started when the lowcountry viewed the upcountry as _________.
a)
elites
b)
uncivilized
c)
criminals
d)
northerners
32.
Tension grew between the lowcountry and upcountry mainly due to the issue of _________.
a)
taxes
b)
boundaries
c)
forming an army
d)
slavery
33.
In the lowcountry your social status depended on ____________.
a)
how rich you were
b)
if you were a politician
c)
your age
d)
how many slaves you owned
34.
With the ________ the lowcountry agreed to reapportionment of representation based on the white population and taxable property.
a)
Treaty of Charleston
b)
Compromise of 1808
c)
Treaty of Ninety-Six
d)
Ordinance of Secession
35.
What was the reasoning for moving the capital from Charleston to Columbia?
a)
Charleston had too much crime
b)
Columbia was centrally located for all citizens
c)
Columbia had become more important than Charleston
d)
Charleston had been destroyed during the war
36.
This region of South Carolina had more subsistence farmers that use few to no slaves.
a)
Lowcountry
b)
Upcountry/Backcountry
37.
When the capital was located in Charleston it was located in which region?
a)
Lowcountry
b)
Upcountry/Backcountry
38.
Which region suffered after the war because there were no longer subsidies offered by the British or protected markets?
a)
Lowcountry
b)
Upcountry/Backcountry
39.
When the capital was located in Charleston it was located in which region?
a)
Lowcountry
b)
Upcountry/Backcountry
40.
Which region was the capital located in when it moved to Columbia?
a)
Lowcountry
b)
Upcountry/Backcountry

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