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WorksheetsGovernment 21-22
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 10mins
From what group did the Framers of the U.S. constitution borrow the idea of self-government?
Christian beliefs – Mercy in punishments
Plymouth colony – Mayflower Compact
England – Bill of Rights
Medieval England – Magna Carta
Why did the framers of the Constitution include the concepts of separation of powers and checks & balances?
To give most of the power to the executive branch.
To ensure that branches of government would operate in agreement.
To continue the ideas developed in the Articles.
To prevent any one branch from becoming too powerful.
Which of these powers is shared by state and national governments?
Printing money.
Raising taxes.
Negotiating treaties.
Declaring war.
Which of these is a characteristic of federalism?
The appointment of leaders for life.
The absence of a written constitution.
The separation of powers among three branches.
The division of power between state and national governments.
What were the three branches of government developed under the Constitution?
Legislative, Executive, and Judicial
Executive, Courts, and Judicial
Judicial, Congress, and Legislative
Federal, Courts, and Legislative
From what group did the Framers of the U.S. constitution borrow the idea of amendments that guaranteed freedoms to citizens?
Ancient Rome – Senate
Plymouth colony – Mayflower Compact
England – Bill of Rights
Medieval England – Magna Carta
What did the Virginia and New Jersey Plans have in common? Choose two correct answers.
Both had three branches of government.
Both had one chief executive chosen by the legislature.
Both had a legislative branch that included elected representatives.
Both had the judicial branch chosen by the executive branch.
What effect did the Three-Fifths Compromise have on the Southern States?
It helped to increase the amount of taxes on slaves and the number of slaves traded.
It gave the South the power to out-vote the North in Congress.
It limited the number of states that allowed slavery.
It gave those states more representation in Congress and required them to pay taxes on slaves.
How did Robert Morris hope to solve the nation’s economic problems?
He wanted to pass a 3% tax on imported goods.
He wanted to pass a 5% tax on imported goods.
He wanted to pass a 10% tax on exported goods.
He wanted to pass a 5% tax on exported goods.
Some revenue from the sale of western lands by Congress was set aside to pay for
hospitals.
prisons.
schools.
roads.
How did Congress divide lands in the Northwest Territory?
Land was divided into sections of 320 acres.
Land was divided into townships and then sections of 1 square mile.
Land was divided into 36 townships, each measuring 6 square miles.
Land was divided into townships, each measuring 1 square mile.
Why did it take so long to ratify the Articles of Confederation? Select two correct answers.
Larger states believed that their population warranted having more votes.
States were divided on whether or not they claimed land in the west.
States wanted the Confederation Congress to raise money to pay their debts.
New York refused to ratify the Articles of Confederation until Maryland did.
Why did Congress pass the Land Ordinance of 1785?
To expand settlement of the United States into the Northwest Territory.
To avoid war with the British over the Northwest Territory.
To sell the Northwest Territory and pay debts after the Revolutionary War.
To protect the rights of settlers in the Northwest Territory.
Made provisions for governing new territory in the west. It provided a way for states to gain statehood when territories reached 60,000. It gave each territory a bill of rights.
Northwest Ordinance.
The Great Compromise.
Land Ordinance of 1785.
Northwest Alliance.
Which of the following was a problem economically in America after the Revolutionary War?
Money printed had depreciated and there was not enough silver or gold to back up the dollar
Each state had a different form of money and no one knew the worth of each state's dollars and they returned to bartering.
The price of food and other goods soared
All of the above.
What event led the nation to realize that the Articles of Confederation had to be changed?
Shays' Rebellion
Frontier Rebellion
Three-Fifths Compromise.
Great Awakening
Which of the following ideas from the Magna Carta influenced the writing of the U.S. Constitution?
The right to vote.
Unjust treatment of citizens
Separation of church and state
Limiting the power of a leader
One state located in the former Northwest Territory is….
Washington.
Nevada
Illinois
Kentucky
