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Test Description: Vocabulary Test
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1) The first governing document of the USA drafted in 1777, ratified in 1781, and replaced by the present Constitution in 1789.
A
Virginia Plan
B
Annapolis Convention
C
Articles of Confederation
D
Constitutional Convention
2) A meeting held in September 1786 to consider problems of trade and navigation, attended by five states and important because it issued the call to Congress and the states for what became the Constitutional Convention.
A
Annapolis Convention
B
Virginia Plan
C
Articles of Confederation
D
Constitutional Convention
3) The meeting in Philadelphia, May 25 to September 17, 1787, that debated and agreed upon the Constitution of the United States. Met to revise the Articles of Confederation.
A
Constitutional Convention
B
Annapolis Convention
C
Articles of Confederation
D
Virginia Plan
4) Initial proposal at the Constitutional Convention made by the Virginia delegation for a strong central government with a bicameral legislature based on population. (Large state plan).
A
Constitutional Convention
B
Virginia Plan
C
Articles of Confederation
D
Annapolis Convention
5) Uprising of farmers in western Massachusetts in 1786-1787, protesting mortgage foreclosures. It highlighted the need for a strong national government just as the call for the Constitutional Convention went out.
A
Shay's Rebellion
B
Popular consent
C
New Jersey Plan
D
Virginia Plan
6) Proposal at the Constitutional Convention made by William Paterson of New Jersey for a central government with a single-house (unicameral) legislature in which each state would be represented equally (1 vote), (small state plan).
A
New Jersey Plan
B
Virginia Plan
C
Popular consent
D
Shay's Rebellion
7) Compromise agreement by states at the Constitutional Convention for a bicameral legislature with a lower house in which representation would be based on population and an upper house in which each state would have two senators.
A
Constitutional Convention
B
New Jersey Plan
C
Connecticut Compromise
D
Virginia Plan
8) Compromise between northern and southern states at the Constitutional Convention that three-fifths of the slave population would be counted for determining direct taxation and representation in the House of Representatives.
A
Connecticut Compromise
B
Virginia Plan
C
New Jersey Plan
D
Three-fifths compromise
9) Supporters of ratification of the Constitution and of a strong central government.
A
Antifederalists
B
Theocracy
C
Plurality
D
Federalists
10) Opponents of ratification of the Constitution and of a strong central government, generally.
A
Antifederalists
B
Federalists
C
Theocracy
D
Plurality
11) Essays promoting ratification of the Constitution, published anonymously by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison in 1787 and 1788.
A
The Federalist
B
Theocracy
C
Federalist
D
Constitutionalsim
12) The set of arrangements, including checks and balances, federalism, separation of powers, rule of law, due process, and a bill of rights, that require our leaders to listen, think, bargain, and explain before they act or make laws.
A
Constitutionalism
B
Plurality
C
Federalist
D
Theocracy
13) The idea that a just government must derive its powers from the consent of the people it governs.
A
Theocracy
B
Plurality
C
Popular consent
D
Federalists
14) Candidate or party with the most votes cast in an election, not necessarily more than half.
A
Plurality
B
Theocracy
C
Popular consent
D
Antifederalists
15) Government by religious leaders, who claim diving guidance.
A
Federalists
B
Plurality
C
Theocracy
D
Popular consent
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