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Unit 5 Test 2
Test Description: Constitution
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What is legislative supremacy
A
The majority of states set up government in which the legislature acted as the executive branch
B
The belief among the Founders that the legislative branch was the least democratic branch.
C
The majority of states set up governments in which most of the power was given to the legislature
D
The majority of states set up government in which power was divided equally among three branches
2) Massachusetts was the last state to write its constitution. What made it different?
A
It gave the governor less power because the people did not elect the governor directly
B
All the citizens of Massachusetts were in one large voting group
C
It created legislative supremacy to avoid a powerful executive branch
D
It distributed power more evenly among the branches of government
3) What is a veto
A
A petition
B
A proposed law
C
A name that rhymes with Tito and therefore is awesome
D
A refusal to sign a proposed law
4) What was the Virginia Declaration of Rights
A
A bill of rights which listed the rights of the people
B
Virginia's state constitution
C
A letter written by Virginia's delegates to the Constitutional Convention stating their opposition.
D
Virginia's attempt to secede from the Union
5) What was our nation's first constitution
A
The Treaty of Paris
B
The Massachusetts constitution
C
The Article's of Confederation
D
The Constitution, duh!
6) How did the Articles of Confederation organize the national government?
A
It created a strong national government which took most of the powers of state governments
B
It created a national government with three branches based on the separation of powers
C
It created a weak national government what consisted of just a legislature and no other branches
D
It created a strong national autocratic government
7) What did our nation achieve under the Articles of Confederation
A
It negotiated the Treaty of Paris which ended the Revolution and passed the Northwest Ordinance
B
It passed the fugitive slave clause
C
It created the first national government based on the principles of separation of powers
D
It set up a strong national government to keep the states in check
8) What problems did our country experience under the Articles of Confederation?
A
Congress could not make the states live up to trade agreements with other nations
B
Congress did not have any money and it did not have any power to raise money
C
All of the answers are examples of problems our country had under the Articles of Confederation
D
Congress had no power over the state governments or their citizens
9) What was Shay's Rebellion
A
Daniel Shays led a group of state legislators in a rebellion against the government to free slaves
B
Local farmers began to close down courts in an attempt to keep the state from taking their farms
C
A boy named Shay refused to attend Mrs. Matson's class because Mrs. Matson was mean to students
D
A revolt against cotton taxes in South Carolina
10) What is a delegate?
A
A person who represents other people at a meeting
B
A slave that has escaped to a free state in the Union
C
A tax on goods and products imported from other nations
D
A proposed law
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