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SOC7 Ch. 7 Test "A More Perfect Union"

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

After the American Revolution, most states allowed only white men who were at least 21 years old to vote.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

Slavery was a major source of labor in the North.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

The delegates at the Constitutional Convention included Native Americans, African Americans, and women.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

The first three articles of the Constitution describe the structure of the federal government.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

Anti-Federalists supported the Constitution.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Which law helped stop the spread of slavery to the West?

a)

Confederation Law

b)

Morris Ordinance

c)

Northwest Ordinance

d)

Ordinance of 1785

7.

The Articles of Confederation had to be approved by how many states?

a)

7

b)

9

c)

11

d)

13

8.

Who was the presiding officer at the Constitutional Convention?

a)

Benjamin Franklin

b)

George Washington

c)

John Adams

d)

Thomas Jefferson

9.

Under the federal system of government, what or who is the final authority?

a)

Constitution

b)

court system

c)

president

d)

states

10.

The movement that influenced the Constitution’s architects was

a)

Age of Science

b)

Enlightenment

c)

Ideas Period

d)

Reason Era

11.

This description of the “firm league of friendship” of states is a quotation from the

a)

Articles of Association

b)

Articles of Confederation

c)

Constitution of the Republic

d)

Declaration of Federation

12.

What does a “firm league of friendship” imply for the relationship of the states?

a)

A. States can help one another only in desperate situations.

b)

B. States can pick which states they want to help.

c)

C. States can rely on another state only when it is beneficial for the states involved.

d)

D. States must unite together to protect each other for their mutual well-being.

13.

Which uprising occurred when please from Massachusetts farmers, like in the quote, went unanswered?

"Your Honours are not strangers to the distresses of the people but know that many of our good inhabitants are now confined in jail for debt and taxes"

a)

Boston Massacre

b)

Greenwich Revolt

c)

Shays’s Rebellion

d)

Springfield’s Uprising

14.

"Every man has property in his own person. This no body has any right but to himself"

The English philosopher John Locke is stating in this excerpt his belief in

a)

the right to vote.

b)

freedom of choice.

c)

the natural rights of people.

d)

the right to trade enslaved people.

15.

"The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America. He shall hold his Office during the Term of four Years, and together with the Vice President chosen for the same Term, be elected, as follows"

According to this excerpt, for how long does the vice president hold office?

a)

for life

b)

four years

c)

six years

d)

two terms

16.

The role of the executive branch is to:

a)

make laws

b)

interpret and question laws

c)

carry out laws and policies of nation

d)

help the legislature

17.

According to the chart, who held the power to create money?

a)

The National Government

b)

The Central Bank

c)

Private Banks

d)

The State Governments

18.

"There is no declaration of rights; and, the laws of the general government being paramount to the laws and constitutions of the several states, the declarations of rights in the separate states are no security."

Based on the excerpt, what was George Mason’s view of individual states’ bills of rights?

a)

He believed they were essential for protecting individual liberties.

b)

He thought they were unnecessary and redundant.

c)

He felt they should be standardized across all states.

d)

He was indifferent to their existence.

19.

The Constitutional Convention was organized to address the problems of the weak central government that existed under the Articles of Confederation. How was it organized?

a)

By a single state

b)

By a group of states

c)

By the federal government

d)

By the Continental Congress

20.

What were the differences between the North and the South over slavery?

a)

The North was industrial and anti-slavery, while the South was agricultural and pro-slavery.

b)

The North was agricultural and pro-slavery, while the South was industrial and anti-slavery.

c)

Both the North and South were industrial and anti-slavery.

d)

Both the North and South were agricultural and pro-slavery.

21.

Manumission is...

a)

having 2 separate lawmaking chambers

b)

the freeing of individual slaves

c)

a government based on a contract

d)

when something falls in value

22.

Bicameral means...

a)

having 2 slaves being freed at a time

b)

having 2 ways to compromise

c)

having 2 cameras watching history

d)

having 2 separate lawmaking chambers

23.

John Locke...

a)

was an Anti-Federalist that didn't support the Constitution

b)

said government should be a contract between people and a ruler

c)

Was a Federalist that supported the Constitution

d)

proposed the Great Compromise

24.

To depreciate means...

a)

to approve a document

b)

to fall in value

c)

to disapprove a domcument

d)

to raise in value

25.

If we ratify the Constitution it means we are...

a)

rejecting it

b)

approving it

26.

If we are amending the Constitution it means we are...

a)

changing or adding something to it

b)

overthrowing the current government