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WorksheetsChapter 7 Make Up Review
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
One weakness of the Articles of Confederation was that Congress could not
declare war
impose taxes
make treaties
borrow money
What was a long-term effect of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787?
Territories eventually became states.
The farmers in Massachusetts rebelled.
George Washington was elected president.
Slavery expanded in the United States.
Which of these was the greatest challenge for the delegates at the Constitutional Convention?
how to respond to the interests of foreign countries
how to balance the concerns of farmers and ranchers
how to balance the interests of large and small states
how to get agreement between the eastern and western states
Which of these did both the Virginia and New Jersey Plans include?
an end to slavery
an elected president
two houses of Congress
three branches of government
What issue was settled by the Great Compromise?
representation in Congress
the names of political parties
the system of checks and balances
process of selecting the president
What was the greatest concern of the opponents to the Constitution?
taxation would be eliminated
selection of George Washington as president
replacement of the Articles of Confederation
giving up states' power to form a stronger union.
Which of these describes a federal system of government?
Government is run by one political party.
A single leader makes all of the government decisions.
Individual states have power over the national government.
Power is shared by the national and state governments.
How did the southern states want each slave to be counted?
as property to be taxed
the same as any other person
the same as livestock
They did not want them to be counted.
What did the Virginia Plan propose?
two houses of Congress with representation based on state population
one house of Congress with equal representation from each state
an upper house of Congress with equal representation from each state
a lower house of Congress with equal representation from each state
The delegates decided that the president and vice president should be chosen by
Congress
the people
the Electoral College
political parties
Which was one of the Main reasons Shays' Rebellion occurred?
Massachusetts farmers were unable to pay their taxes.
Massachusetts farmers wanted to coin their own money.
Massachusetts farmers were tired of British oppression.
Historians are still unsure of the exact reason for the uprising.
What was the position of the group known as the Federalists?
They questioned the justice of slavery.
They feared the power of the national government.
They believed that states should have equal representation in Congress.
They supported the new constitution.
At the Constitutional Convention, delegates elected George Washington to be
father of the Constitution.
commander in chief of the army.
president of the convention.
president of the United States.
Which statement about approving the Constitution is true?
The Constitution went into effect without any of the states approving it.
State legislatures had to approve the Constitution before it went into effect.
Nine states had to approve the Constitution before it went into effect.
All 13 states had to approve the Constitution before it went into effect.
What was the main concern of the Anti-Federalists?
replacement of the Articles of Confederation
quarrels among the states
no list of people's rights in the Constitution
limits on the power of the national government
Which of the following duties is correctly matched with its government branch?
The Executive Branch interprets and defines laws.
The Legislative Branch creates the laws.
The Judicial Branch enforces the laws.
What did the Fugitive Slave Clause say?
Any slave that made it to a free state was free.
“a person held to service or labour” who fled to another state would be returned to their owner
Slavery would end in 1808.
Slaves would count as “⅗’s of all other persons”
Why was the Bill of Rights written?
Some states would not ratify the constitution without it to protect individual rights.
Federalists wanted it included.
States rights needed to be protected.
Rights must be granted by the government.
