8th Creating The Constitution #2 Question Preview (ID: 34169)


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What two plans were merged into the Great Compromise?
a) Pennsylvania and New Jersey Plans
b) New Jersey and New York Plans
c) Virginia and New Jersey Plans
d) Virginia and New York Plans

Federalist who fought for the passage of the Constitution
a) George Mason
b) John Adams
c) John Hancock
d) Alexander Hamilton

Able to change
a) Inadvertant
b) Flexible
c) Federalist
d) Ratify

In government, person who runs the government and sees that the laws are carried out
a) Legislator
b) Judge
c) Executive
d) Councilmen

Agreement in which each sides gives up something
a) Neutrality
b) Confederation
c) Compromise
d) Negotiate

Which of the following was not a new state created by the Northwest Ordinance?
a) Montana
b) Michigan
c) Wisconsin
d) Ohio

How many free citizens were required for a territory to apply for statehood?
a) 5,000
b) 25,000
c) 60,000
d) 100,000

Why did Daniel Shays lead an uprising against the government?
a) Farmers’ land was seized by the government due to failure to pay their taxes
b) The British refused to leave the Northwest Territory
c) The Constitution went too far
d) Slavery was not permitted in the new states

Which of the following was created to allow admittance of new states into the United States?
a) The Northwest Ordinance 1787
b) The Articles of Confederation
c) The Articles of Statehood
d) The Land Ordinance of 1785

Where was the Constitutional Convention held?
a) Washington D.C.
b) New York
c) Philadelphia
d) Boston

Which of the following is not true about the Land Ordinance of 1785?
a) It devised a plan to sell western lands
b) The money raised was used to repay war debts
c) Land was sold for no less than $1 per acre
d) It was supported by the Federalists

What was the original purpose of the Constitutional Convention?
a) To revise the Articles of Confederation
b) To write the Constitution
c) To Draft the Bill of Rights
d) Create the Declaration of Independence

What was the first document establishing a government for the United States?
a) Declaration of Independence
b) Articles of Confederation
c) Land Ordinance of 1785
d) Constitution

What did the Virginia Plan call for?
a) Equal Representation
b) Population Based Representation
c) Court Appointed Representation
d) No Monarchy

When deciding how to govern the new nation (right after the war) leaders felt the power should be held by whom?
a) The Congress
b) The States
c) The Federal Government
d) The Rich

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

Period when business activity slows, prices, and wages drop and unemployment rises
a) Revolution
b) Compromise
c) Judicial Review
d) Economic Depression

What is not true about the Great Compromise?
a) Two houses of Congress
b) One house of Congress based on population
c) One house of Congress based on equal representation
d) There would be one President

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