WorksheetsUnit 3 Review Quiz
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
What is considered the most successful, long-lasting legacy of the Articles of Confederation?
The Southwest Ordinance
The Treaty of Berlin, 1778
The Northwest Ordinance
The Treaty of Perpetual Union, 1783
What did the Northwest Ordinance do?
It created the Colony of Ohio.
It created a plan for allowing new states to join the USA.
It banned new states from joining the USA.
It created the state of West Connecticut.
How many "free adult men" had to be in a territory before it could have its own legislature?
1,000
3,000
5,000
10,000
How many people were required for a territory to become a state?
15,000
30,000
45,000
60,000
The government under the Articles of Confederation were allowed to do all of the following EXCEPT:
Borrow money from the states.
Create an army and declare war.
Raise taxes.
Negotiate treaties.
Was this a STRENGTH or WEAKNESS of the Articles of Confederation:
No chief executive (governor or president)
Strength
Weakness
Was this a STRENGTH or WEAKNESS of the Articles of Confederation:
No court system
Strength
Weakness
Was this a STRENGTH or WEAKNESS of the Articles of Confederation:
Negotiate treaties with foreign powers
Strength
Weakness
Was this a STRENGTH or WEAKNESS of the Articles of Confederation:
Could not draft soldiers into the army.
Strength
Weakness
Was this a STRENGTH or WEAKNESS of the Articles of Confederation:
Required ALL states to approve any changes to the Articles.
Strength
Weakness
In economic terms, what is a "depression"?
A period when economic activity speeds up and unemployment decreases.
A period when economic activity slows and unemployment increases.
A period when economic activity slows and unemployment decreases.
A period when the economy stays the same for a long period of time.
In what state did former captain Daniel Shay's lead a rebellion of farmers in 1786?
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Georgia
Which of the following groups of people were represented at the Convention?
African Americans
Native Americans
Women
Men
Why did delegates from the smaller states object to the Virginia Plan?
They didn't want a chief executive.
They didn't want Congress to have two houses.
They didn't want a court system.
They didn't like the representation in Congress being proportional, or based on population.
What was the result of the Great Compromise?
The legislature would have two houses, one where each state had two members, and one where each state would have representatives based on their population.
The legislature would have one house, where each state got three members.
The legislature would have one house, where each state had members based on population.
The legislature would have two houses, one where each state had one vote, and one where each state had five votes.
What was the result of the Three-Fifths Compromise?
Slave states would only get to count 3/5ths of their people.
Northern states would only to count 3/5ths of their people.
For every five slaves a state had, they would count as 3 people.
For every three slaves a state had, they would count as five people.
How many states would be required to approve the new constitution?
All 13 states.
5 states
7 states
9 states
Identify this definition:
"A government that has limits on what it can and cannot do."
Popular Sovereignty
Republicanism
Separation of Powers
Limited Government
Identify this definition:
"The political belief that the best form of government is one in which citizens choose their representatives and leaders through free elections."
Popular Sovereignty
Republicanism
Separation of Powers
Limited Government
Identify this definition:
"A system of government where responsibilities are divided between different “branches,” so that no one person or group has too much power."
Popular Sovereignty
Republicanism
Separation of Powers
Limited Government
How many branches are there in the US Government?
One Branch
Two Branches
Three Branches
Four Branches
Which branch of government decides whether laws are constitutional, and also handles disputes between states?
Executive Branch
Legislative Branch
Military Branch
Judicial Branch
Which branch of government is in charge of writing the nation's laws, along with approving treaties and declaring war?
Judicial Branch
Legislative Branch
Executive Branch
Military Branch
Which branch of government makes sure that laws are carried out?
Legislative Branch
Judicial Branch
Executive Branch
Military Branch
The United States Congress is composed of how many houses, or chambers?
One
Two
Three
Four
Which chamber in Congress is made up of representatives from the states based on each state's population?
The Senate
The House of Representatives
The National Assembly
The Chamber of Deputies
Which chamber in Congress is made up of representatives from the states where each state has the SAME amount of representation, regardless of population?
The Senate
The House of Representatives
The National Assembly
The Chamber of Deputies
Which official is the head of the executive branch?
The President
The Speaker of the House
The Chief Justice
The Secretary of State
Which branch of government is the most powerful?
The Executive Branch
The Legislative Branch
The Judicial Branch
They are all equal
What was the governing document before the Constitution of 1787?
The Charter of Liberty
The Articles of Confederation
The Pledge of Union
The Magna Carter
What does "bicameral" mean, when talking about legislatures?
A law making body that is split into two separate parts or "chambers."
A law making body that is split into three separate parts or "chambers."
A law making body that is split into four separate parts or "chambers."
A law making body that has one part or "chamber."
After independence, most states granted the right to vote to who?
All men and women over the age of 18
White men over the age of 21 and white women over the age of 25 who owned property
All men over the age of 21.
White men over the age of 21 who owned property.
What is a Republic?
A form of government where the citizens vote on everything directly.
A form of government where rulers inherit their power from their family.
A form of government where religious leaders are in charge.
A form of government where the people rule through elected representatives who make decisions on their behalf.
Under the Articles, who carried out, or "executed," the day-to-day business of the government?
The president
The governor
The king
Congressional committees
Under the Articles of Confederation, how many states were required to approve a new LAW?
5
7
9
11
What English document placed limits on the power of the monarchy in 1215?
The Charter of England
The Constitution of the United Kingdom
The Magna Carta
The Magnum Opus
What was the Enlightenment?
A movement in the 1600s that promoted religion as superior to science and reason as a means of improving society.
A movement in the 1700s that promoted knowledge, reason, and science as a means of improving society.
A movement in the 1700s that promoted simple, traditional methods for improving society without science.
A movement in the 1800s that promoted the use of community ownership of land to improve society.
What is "Federalism"?
A government system where the state governments have nearly all the power, and the national (federal) government has very little power.
A government system that only has a national (federal) government, with no state governments at all.
A government system where the national (federal) government has most of the power, and the state governments have very little power.
A government system where the national (federal) government and the state governments share power.
Since the constitution is considered the "supreme law of the land," states are not allowed to do what?
Pass laws regulating trade within their own borders.
Pass laws regulating schools and marriage within their own borders.
Pass new taxes.
Pass laws or take actions that go against the Constitution.
Which Article of the Constitution sets up Congress as the legislative branch of the US government?
Article 3
Article 1
Article 2
Article 7
What is the job of the executive branch, as laid out in Article 2 of the Constitution?
To create laws for the nation.
To judge the constitutionality of laws and ensure people have followed the laws correctly.
To carry out or enact the laws and policies of the government.
To divide power equally between the state and national government.
According to Article 3, what sort of cases does the Supreme Court and other federal courts hear?
Cases involving marriage and domestic disputes.
Cases involving the Constitution, federal laws, and disputes between the states.
Cases involving petty crimes.
Cases involving state laws.
A Federalists was...
...someone who supported state power.
...someone who supported the new constitution.
...someone who did not support the new constitution.
...someone who wanted to keep the Articles of Confederation just as they were.
An Anti-Federalists was...
...someone who supported state power.
...someone who supported the new constitution.
...someone who did not support the new constitution.
...someone who wanted to keep the Articles of Confederation just as they were.
What was the strongest criticism of the new constitution?
That it created a two-house legislature with the Senate and House of Representatives.
That it had a singular president instead of a multi-person council.
That it created a Supreme Court.
That it did not have a bill of rights to protect individual freedoms.
The FIRST Amendment protects all of the following rights EXCEPT:
Freedom of Speech
Freedom of the Press
Freedom of Religion
Freedom to own weapons
The Third Amendment, sometimes known as the Quartering Amendment, says that the government cannot do what?
Force people to serve in the military
Force people to house soldiers in their homes.
Force people to vote.
Force people to pay taxes.
The Fourth Amendment protects Americans from "unreasonable searches and seizures," which means:
Police cannot enter and search your home/property without a warrant
Police cannot question you without a warrent.
Police cannot search you after you've been arrested.
Police cannot arrets people.
The Eighth Amendment says...
People must be tried by a jury.
People must be provided a lawyer.
People cannot receive cruel or unusual punishment.
People cannot be held in jail until after their trial.
The 9th and 10th Amendments...
say that Americans have more rights than those listed in the Constitution.
say that only the rights listed in Amendments 1-8 are protected.
say that Americans lose their rights if they travel outside the country.
say that the states cannot protect other rights not listed.
