1
After the American Revolution, most states allowed only white men who were at least ____ years old to vote.
18 20 21 35
21
Slavery was a major source of labor in the _________ states.
Western Southern Northern Eastern
Southern
The Articles of Confederation had to be approved by how many states?
7 11 9 13
9
What were the differences between the North and the South over slavery?
North supported slavery and the South wanted slavery abolished.
South supported slavery and the North wanted slavery abolished.
South supported slavery and the North wanted slavery abolished.
Who was the presiding officer at the Constitutional Convention?
Benjamin Franklin Thomas Jefferson
John Adams George Washington
GEORGE WASHINGTON
A system of government in which the legislature comprises two houses. (House of Representative and the Senate)
bicameral
Which law helped stop the spread of slavery to the West?
Confederation Law
Morris Ordinance
Northwest Ordinance
Ordinance of 1785
Northwest Ordinance
Which of the following were delegates at the Constitutional Convention?
women Native Americans White Men Former Slaves
White Men
The movement that influenced the Constitution’s architects was the
Age of Science. Ideas Period. Enlightenment. Reason Era.
Enlightenment
Nat'l Gov Nat'l & St. Gov St. Gov
Coin $ Establish Courts Reg. Trade
Army&Navy Enforce Laws Welfare&Safety
Declare War Collect Taxes Elections
Reg. Trade Borrow $ Local Gov.
According to the chart, who held the power to create money?
National Government
National and State Governments
State Governments
National Government
“[E]very Man has a Property in his own Person. This no Body has any Right to but himself.” —The Second Treatise of Government, 1690
The English philosopher John Locke is stating in this excerpt his belief in
the right to vote. freedom of choice. the natural rights of people the right to buy and sell enslaved people
the natural rights of people
__________ means to lower the price or value.
Bicameral Federalist
Manumission Depreciate
Depreciate
__________ means the freeing of individual enslaved persons.
Manumission Bicameral
Federalism Depreciate
manumission
Articles _____, _____, and _____ of the Constitution describe the structure of the federal government.
IV, V, VI V, VI, VII
I, II, III III, IV, V
I, II, III
“Surly your Honours are not Strangers to the Distresses of the people but . . . know That many of our good Inhabitants are now Confined in jail for Debt and for taxes.” —Petition from the town of Greenwich, Massachusetts
Which uprising occurred when the petitions of the Massachusetts farmers, as stated in the quote, went unanswered?
Boston Massacre
Greenwich Revolt
Shays’s Rebellion Springfield’s Uprising
Shay's Rebellion
What or who is the final authority of the federal system of government?
president Constitution
court system states
Constitution
Who said the government is a contract between rulers and the people?
George Washington Roger Sherman
John Locke William Penn
John Locke
__________________ supported the Constitution only if had a Bill of Rights amended to it.
Federalist Anti-Federalist
John Locke Roger Sherman
Anti-Federalist
Article II “Each state retains its sovereignty, freedom, and independence, and every power, jurisdiction, and right, which is not . . . expressly delegated to the United States, in Congress assembled.” Article III “The said States hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship with each other, for their common defence, the security of their liberties, and their mutual and general welfare, binding themselves to assist each other against all force offered to, or attacks made upon them, or any of them, on account of religion, sovereignty, trade, or any other pretense whatever.”
This description of the “firm league of friendship” of states is a quotation from the
Articles of Association.
Articles of Confederation.
Constitution of the Republic.
Declaration of Federation.
Articles of Confederation
“There is no declaration of rights; and, the laws of the general government being paramount to the laws and constitutions of the several states, the declarations of rights in the separate states are no security.” —George Mason, 1787
Based on the excerpt, what was George Mason’s view of individual states’ bills of rights?
He believed that the states bill of rights were not enough protection for citizens without a national_______________.
bill of rights
“The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America. He shall hold his Office during the Term of four Years, and, together with the Vice President, chosen for the same Term, be elected, as follows.” — United States Constitution, Article II, Section 1 (ratified 1790)
According to this excerpt, for how long does the vice president hold office?
for life 4 years
6 years 2 terms
4
The Great Compromise, proposed a bicameral legislature with proportional representation in the lower house and equal representation of the states in the upper house was proposed by __________________.
John Adams Roger Sherman
James Madison John Locke
Roger Sherman
Article II “Each state retains its sovereignty, freedom, and independence, and every power, jurisdiction, and right, which is not . . . expressly delegated to the United States, in Congress assembled.” Article III “The said States hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship with each other, for their common defence, the security of their liberties, and their mutual and general welfare, binding themselves to assist each other against all force offered to, or attacks made upon them, or any of them, on account of religion, sovereignty, trade, or any other pretense whatever.” What does a “firm league of friendship” imply for the relationship of the states?
States can help one another only in desperate situations.
States can pick which states they want to help.
States can rely on another state only when it is beneficial for the states involved.
States must unite together to protect each other for their mutual well-being.
States must unite together to protect each other for their mutual well-being.