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WorksheetsChapters 7-8 review
Total questions: 71
Worksheet time: 58mins
What was the purpose of the Land Ordinance of 1785?
To recognize Native American land claims
To establish a plan for surveying the land
To set requirements for the admission of new states
To divide the land into territories
Which ordinance provided a procedure for dividing the land into territories?
Homestead Act
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
Land Ordinance of 1785
Missouri Compromise
What was the first stage for a territory to become a state?
Appointing a territorial governor and judges
Writing a state constitution
Electing their own government
Reaching a population of 60,000 free inhabitants
How many voting residents were needed for settlers to write a temporary constitution?
60,000
10,000
5,000
1,000
What was required for a territory to write a state constitution?
A population of 60,000 free inhabitants
A treaty with Native Americans
A majority vote from Congress
Approval from the President
What was one of the Confederation's greatest achievements?
The Treaty of Paris
The Articles of Confederation
The Land Ordinance of 1785 and the Northwest Ordinance of 1787
The Declaration of Independence
How many votes did each state have in Congress under the Articles of Confederation?
One
Three
Four
Two
What was the main economic problem faced by the Confederation?
Inflation
Overproduction of goods
Huge national debt
Lack of trade routes
How many states' votes were needed to approve changes in the Articles of Confederation?
Seven states
Nine states
Five states
All states
What did the Land Ordinance of 1785 establish for land division?
A plan for selling land to foreign countries
A plan for dividing land into townships
A plan for Native American reservations
A plan for military forts
What was the minimum price per acre set by the Land Ordinance of 1785?
Five dollars
Fifty cents
One dollar
Two dollars
What did the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 establish?
How to manage foreign relations
How to build infrastructure
How to negotiate with Native Americans
How states would be created out of the territory
The Virginia Plan proposed that states' representation would be determined by:
population
they are evenly represented
The number of protestants in the state
none of the above
This plan proposed that states should be represented evenly by giving each state the same amount of representatives in Congress.
Virginia Plan
New Jersey Plan
Connecticut Plan
Missouri Plan
This plan for representation solved the dilemma by creating a bicameral Congress; one side being called the House of Representatives, (which would be determined by population) and the other being called the Senate (which would give all states 2 representatives).
The New Jersey Plan
The Virginia Plan
The Rhode Island Proviso
The Connecticut Compromise (the Great Compromise)
Which branch writes new laws?
Legislative
Executive
Judicial
Which branch can nominate (choose) justices?
Legislative
Executive
Judicial
We elect a U.S. Senator for how many years?
2
4
6
8
We elect a president for how many years?
2
4
6
How many U.S. Senators are there?
50
100
435
If the President can no longer serve, who becomes president?
The Cabinet
The Vice President
The Speaker of House
Currently the House of Representatives have how many voting members?
50
100
435
What is the highest court in the United States?
Appellate Court
District Court
The Supreme Court
Who signs the bills to become laws?
The Speaker of the House
The Vice President
The President
The Chief Justice
"The people who wrote the Constitution didn't want one person or group to have too much power. That was why they divided the government into three parts, known as branches." What can you conclude based on this evidence.
The three branches of the government do not have the same amount of power.
The people who wrote the Constitution wanted every American to help make laws.
The people who who wrote the constitution wanted a balance of powers or checks and balance system.
a representative's term is how long?
3 years
9 months
for life
2 years
How many Senators represent a single state?
one
four
seventy three
two
How old do you have to be to serve as a Representative?
21
25
no age requirement
18
How old do you have to be to become a Senator?
20
30
40
35
The Anti-Federalists were unhappy with the Constitution and wanted to add __ to it.
A side salad
Amendments / Bill of Rights / Individual Rights
A strong central govt.
A cool soundtrack
Amendments 1-10 are also known as __.
The King James Bible
The Magna Carta
The Big 10 NCAA Division 1
The Bill of Rights
2nd Amendment
Right to bear arms
Freedom of Religion
No Quartering troops
Federalism
3rd Amendment
Freedom of Religion
Right to Bear Arms
No Quartering Troops
Federalism
4th Amendment
Freedom of Religion
Right to Bear Arms
Right to Jury
No search and seizure, warrants
5th Amendment
Right to Jury
No Search and Seizure
Right to remain silent, rights of suspects
Federalism
6th Amendment
No Quartering Troops
Federalism
No Search and Seizure
Trial by Jury
10th Amendment
Federalism, States Rights
Trial by Jury
No Search and Seizure
No Quartering Troops
Lowered voting age from 21 to 18 year olds
2nd
4th
24th
26th
freedom of speech, religion, assembly, petition, press
2nd
4th
3rd
1st
guarantee of rights not listed in Constitution
9th
10th
11th
12th
freedom from excessive bail and cruel and unusual punishment
1st
3rd
5th
8th
In the debate over the Constitution, Federalists favored
a bill of rights
an end to taxation
a strong national government
strong state governments
The three-fifths compromise was an agreement that
allowed 3/5 of state's representatives to be appointed
counted 3/5 of all white men in a state for it's population
allowed 3/5 of the slaves in each state to vote
counted 3/5 of the slaves as part of a state's population
The idea that people have the final authority in government is called
Separation of Powers
Popular Sovereignty
Checks and Balances
Federalism
Under Federalism, the federal government
handles national issues and the states handle local ones
does not share any powers with the states
is not required to treat all states equally
is responsible for checking the power of state legislatures
The division of the government into three branches is called
checks and balances
limited government
separation of powers
the supreme law of the land
Where was the Constitutional Convention held?
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Washington, DC
Who was known as the "Father of the Constitution"?
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
Ben Franklin
How many total amendments does the Constitution have?
10
17
26
27
Which amendment abolished slavery?
9
13
17
19
Which amendment gave women the right to vote?
13
15
17
19
Which amendment changed the voting age to 18?
22
24
26
28
Fairness in legal proceedings and government actions is called
self incrimination
due process
compromise
republic
