The Country's First Governments (Lesson 1)
What is the name of the law that created a system to survey and sell western lands in North America?
The Ordinance of 1785
At the Constitutional Convention, how many states needed to vote in favor of a measure for it to pass?
Seven (a simple majority)
In order to propose an amendment to the Constitution, what fraction of members of both houses of Congress have to vote in favor of the proposal?
Two-thirds
Which principle of government says that the power of government lies with the people?
Popular Sovereignty
TRUE OR FALSE? Anti-Federalists feared that the new Constitution would create a government that could be as tyrannical as the British had been.
TRUE
What is the name of the law that created a model for admitting new states into the United States?
The Northwest Ordinance
Was the Virginia plan favored by smaller states or larger states?
In order to ratify an amendment to the Constitution, what fraction of state legislatures have to vote in favor of ratification?
Three-fourths
The purpose of the system of check sand balances is to prevent
A. any branch from becoming too powerful.
B. people from losing their rights.
C. states from losing more power.
D. the government from changing the Constitution.
A. any branch from becoming too powerful.
Which Article of the Constitution addresses the relationship between the federal and state governments?
Article IV
What is the name of the document that created the first national government for the United States?
The Articles of Confederation
At the Constitutional Convention, which plan called for a one-house congress with equal representation for each state?
The New Jersey Plan
Which Article of the U.S. Constitution outlines the powers of the legislative branch?
Article I
Powers held by both the state and federal governments, such as the powers to tax and set up courts, are called what?
Concurrent powers
What was the original purpose of the Constitutional Convention?
A. draft a national bill of rights
B. fix the Articles of Confederation
C. prepare an agreement to limit excessive taxing by the states
D. review and ratify the constitutions of the individual states
B. fix the Articles of Confederation
Which of the following is NOT a state included in the Northwest Territory?: Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota
Pennsylvania
What was the name for the group of people who support a strong central government?
The Federalists
Which Article of the U.S. Constitution establishes the judicial branch of government?
Article III
Which clause in the Constitution makes the Constitution and other national laws the supreme law of the land?
The Supremacy Clause
How many Amendments are there to the U.S. Constitution?
27
What law outlawed slavery in the Old Northwest?
The Northwest Ordinance
Federalists won approval of the Constitution by saying they would add what to it?
A bill of rights
Which branch of government is responsible for enforcing laws?
The Executive Branch
In creating a government based on separation of powers, the Framers drew on the ideas of the French political thinker ___________________.
Baron de Montesquieu
What is the name for powers that are not specifically stated in the Constitution?
Implied powers