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8th Creating The Constitution #2
Test Description: Part 2 of the Creating the Constitution review
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What is not true about the Great Compromise?
A
One house of Congress based on equal representation
B
Two houses of Congress
C
One house of Congress based on population
D
There would be one President
2) Period when business activity slows, prices, and wages drop and unemployment rises
A
Economic Depression
B
Compromise
C
Revolution
D
Judicial Review
3) What did the New Jersey Plan call for?
A
A Legislative branch based on equal representation
B
A 3 person executive branch
C
The Supreme Court
D
Population based representation
4) When deciding how to govern the new nation (right after the war) leaders felt the power should be held by whom?
A
The Federal Government
B
The Congress
C
The States
D
The Rich
5) What did the Virginia Plan call for?
A
Court Appointed Representation
B
Population Based Representation
C
Equal Representation
D
No Monarchy
6) What was the first document establishing a government for the United States?
A
Articles of Confederation
B
Declaration of Independence
C
Land Ordinance of 1785
D
Constitution
7) What was the original purpose of the Constitutional Convention?
A
To revise the Articles of Confederation
B
To write the Constitution
C
Create the Declaration of Independence
D
To Draft the Bill of Rights
8) Which of the following is not true about the Land Ordinance of 1785?
A
It devised a plan to sell western lands
B
Land was sold for no less than $1 per acre
C
The money raised was used to repay war debts
D
It was supported by the Federalists
9) Where was the Constitutional Convention held?
A
Washington D.C.
B
Philadelphia
C
New York
D
Boston
10) Which of the following was created to allow admittance of new states into the United States?
A
The Articles of Confederation
B
The Land Ordinance of 1785
C
The Articles of Statehood
D
The Northwest Ordinance 1787
11) Why did Daniel Shays lead an uprising against the government?
A
The Constitution went too far
B
Slavery was not permitted in the new states
C
The British refused to leave the Northwest Territory
D
Farmers’ land was seized by the government due to failure to pay their taxes
12) How many free citizens were required for a territory to apply for statehood?
A
5,000
B
100,000
C
60,000
D
25,000
13) Which of the following was not a new state created by the Northwest Ordinance?
A
Wisconsin
B
Michigan
C
Montana
D
Ohio
14) Agreement in which each sides gives up something
A
Compromise
B
Confederation
C
Negotiate
D
Neutrality
15) In government, person who runs the government and sees that the laws are carried out
A
Legislator
B
Judge
C
Executive
D
Councilmen
16) Able to change
A
Flexible
B
Inadvertant
C
Ratify
D
Federalist
17) Federalist who fought for the passage of the Constitution
A
John Hancock
B
Alexander Hamilton
C
John Adams
D
George Mason
18) What two plans were merged into the Great Compromise?
A
New Jersey and New York Plans
B
Pennsylvania and New Jersey Plans
C
Virginia and New Jersey Plans
D
Virginia and New York Plans
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