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WorksheetsMODULE 5 FORMING A GOVERNMENT TEST
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 14mins
L1 - Which historical figure promoted the idea that government should
not establish an official church?
King John
John Locke
Thomas Jefferson
Baron de Montesquieu
L1 - Thomas Jefferson wrote a Virginia statute that established the
separation of church and state.
TRUE
FALSE
L1 - Under the Articles of Confederation, Congress could make
treaties with other nations.
TRUE
FALSE
L1 - Which power was given to Congress under the
Articles of Confederation?
make treaties
appoint a president
force states to provide soldiers
force states to contribute money
L1 - According to the laws governing the western lands, each territory
had to provide public schools.
TRUE
FALSE
L1 - Which factor determined whether a territory
could become a state?
land area
total population
number of townships
number of slaves
L2 - How were American merchants affected by
British tariffs?
They had to raise prices.
They tried to seize British forts.
They could not sail to the West Indies.
They stopped importing British products.
L2 - British tariffs on exports made it difficult for
American merchants to compete with British merchants.
TRUE
FALSE
L2 - What caused inflation to occur in many states?
differences in states’ trade laws
printing too much paper money
printing too little paper money
high levels of unemployment
L2 - Inflation occurred after the Revolutionary War
because states printed more paper money to pay off debts.
TRUE
FALSE
L2 - Why did Shays and his men shut down the courts in Massachusetts?
to attack judges
to free prisoners
to stop paying taxes
to prevent their land from being sold
L2 - The main cause of Shays’s Rebellion was
high taxes.
TRUE
FALSE
L2 - After Shays’s Rebellion was put down by state troops,
political leaders decided to meet to make changes to
the Articles of Confederation.
TRUE
FALSE
L2 - What changes occurred in part due to Shays’s
Rebellion?
farmers’ debts were forgiven
Massachusetts lowered its taxes
the Constitutional Convention was called
Congress sent more troops to Massachusetts
L3 - The delegates gathered in Philadelphia to make improvements to
the Articles of Confederation.
TRUE
FALSE
L3 - What was the original purpose of the
Constitutional Convention?
to create a new constitution
to protect the rights of citizens
to revise the Articles of Confederation
to create the nation’s first government
L3 - What part of the Great Compromise was influenced by the New
Jersey Plan?
bicameral legislature
unicameral legislature
equal representation for states in upper house
representation in lower house based on population
L3 - According to the Great Compromise, each state would have the
same number of representatives in the upper house.
TRUE
FALSE
L3 - What was the main issue that led to the Three-Fifths Compromise?
whether slaves could vote
how slave traders should be taxed
whether slavery should be outlawed
how slaves should be counted toward representation
L3 - The delegates decided that three-fifths of a state’s slave
population should be counted when determining its
number of representatives.
TRUE
FALSE
L3 - The term checks and balances describes the system that
prevents one branch of government from dominating the others.
TRUE
FALSE
L3 - What is controlled by the system of checks and
balances?
branches of government
power of larger states
the finance system
voting rights
L4 - What was a main reason why the Antifederalists opposed the
Constitution?
It lacked a bill of rights.
It allowed slavery to continue.
It gave large states too much power.
It did not make the government strong enough.
L4 - Many Antifederalists argued that the Constitution did not offer
enough protection for individual rights.
TRUE
FALSE
L4 - Why was it important for New York and Virginia to ratify the
Constitution?
They were the largest states.
They were the first states to ratify it.
Most Federalists were from these states.
The rules required that all states ratify it.
L4 -- The Constitution was ratified by all of the states.
TRUE
FALSE
L4 - What form did the Bill of Rights take when it became law?
part of the original Constitution
replacement of the Constitution
amendment to the Constitution
Supreme Court decisions about the Constitution
L4 - The Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution through the process
of amendment.
TRUE
FALSE
