Mr. W’s Chapter 4 Pretest –
Multiple Choice -- Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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1. The Magna Carta was a document that
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b.
c.
d.
shifted all the power from the monarchs to the common people in Britain.
Limited the power of the king and required British royalty to obey some laws.
limited the power of the people in the British government.
gave all the power in the British government to members of Parliament.
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2. Thomas Jefferson’s Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom declared that
a. governments could punish those who tried to control the religion of citizens.
b. it was the government’s responsibility to provide funding for churches.
c. church and state should not be separated when it came to matters of religion.
d. no person could be forced to attend church or to pay for a church with taxes.
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3. How did the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 affect education in the Northwest Territory?
a. It provided education for wealthy citizens by creating private schools.
b. It created the first public university system in the United States.
c. It provided land to build and support schools.
d. It made education available to slaves for the first time in the United States.
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4. Under the Northwest Ordinance of 1787, a territory could apply to become a state when it had
a. a governor who had been approved by the national government.
b. 60,000 settlers and a drafted constitution.
c. erected a pyramid to honor George Washington.
d. chopped down all the trees and killed all the Native Americans in the territory.
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5. The Land Ordinance of 1785 and the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 paved the way for...
a. isolationism
b. mercantilism
c. expansion
d. inflation
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6. The banning of slavery in some state constitutions was significant because it marked the beginnings
of
a. the declaration of citizenship for African Americans.
b. the abolition movement.
c. the civil rights movement.
d. women’s suffrage
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7. How did the Declaration of Independence influence the Articles of Confederation?
a. The Declaration of Independence stated that when a government becomes controlling it
should be destroyed, which was a law included in the Articles.
b. The Declaration of Independence declared that all men were created equal, which was
reflected in laws that gave equal opportunities to all citizens in the Articles.
c. The Declaration of Independence condemned the excessive power of the British king over
the colonies, which was reflected in the creation of a limited government in the Articles.
d. The Declaration of Independence declared that a state should have the power to make
treaties with other countries, which was a law established in the Articles.
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8. How did the national government eventually respond to Shays’s Rebellion?
a. It announced a convention to revise the Articles of Confederation to better meet the nation’s
needs.
b. It sentenced the rebels to death and followed through in the executions of those who
participated in the rebellion.
c. It Passed sweeping farm relief legislation.
d. It presented Daniel Shays with the Congressional Medal of Honor.
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9. Following Shays’s Rebellion, most American leaders called for establishing
a. laws to prevent rebellious behavior.
c. a national army.
b. a national court system.
d. a stronger central government.
____ 10. Why did the Articles of Confederation make it hard for Congress to protect its land or citizens
against foreign threats?
a. The Articles were established on the basis of peace and did not allow Congress to create a
national army.
b. The Articles gave sole power to army leaders to make decisions about relations with foreign
countries.
c. There was no army and the Articles did not allow Congress to force states to provide soldiers
for an army.
d. There were no laws about protecting the country against foreign threats so there was little
that Congress could do.
____ 11. Why were the Articles of Confederation ineffective in solving internal problems that existed in the
United States?
a. The Articles established a strong national army that was more concerned with settling
foreign disputes than internal problems.
b. The Articles created a governing body with excessive power that did not concern itself with
the problems of individual states.
c. Committees of correspondence were formed to spread rumors about the wives and daughters
of prominent Americans.
d. The Articles created a weak central government that had little control over the actions of
individual state governments.
____ 12. Which of these best summarizes the trade relationship between Britain and America in the late
1700s?
a. Britain placed a high tariff on imports and exports, which forced Americans to pay a higher
price for goods.
b. Britain allowed American ships to continue trading with the British West Indies, which
boosted America’s economy.
c. Britain opened many of its ports to American ships, which allowed Americans to increase
trade with other European nations.
d. Britain refused to participate in trade with America, which severely affected the American
economy.
____ 13. Which did the Virginia plan call for?
a. creating a unicameral, or one house, legislative branch of government
b. Two houses of Congress with representatives to each determined by a state’s population.
c. giving both large and small states equal power in the government process
d. creating a presidential office where the leader would have sole control of the nation
____ 14. In what way did northerners and southerners disagree about the issue of slavery at the Constitutional
Convention?
a. Northerners wanted slavery to be expanded under the constitution.
b. Southerners wanted slaves to be counted as part of their state populations.
c. Northerners wanted slaves to be included in the voting process.
d. Southerners wanted slavery to be outlawed.
____ 15. What is federalism?
a. a system of government in which the central government has all the powers of government
b. a system of government that keeps each branch of government from having too much power
c. a system of government in which powers of government are shared between the national and
state governments
d. a system of government in which the state governments have all the powers of government
____ 16. Under the Constitution, only the national government of the U.S. has the power to
a. establish foreign policy.
c. create marriage laws.
b. maintain law and order.
d. establish local governments.
____ 17. Which of the following is a power reserved only to the states?
a. to establish and maintain schools
c. to regulate foreign trade
b. to borrow money
d. to declare war
____ 18. The Constitution delegated the power to coin money to the federal government. Which of these is an
advantage of this decision?
a. The federal government could control the distribution of money to each state.
b. A single currency would be used and accepted everywhere in the United States.
c. The federal government could prevent the nation from going into debt.
d. It ensured that there would never be another depression in the U.S.
____ 19. What problem did Anti-Federalists have with the Constitution?
a. They felt that the central government had been given too much power.
b. They felt that too many rights were guaranteed to individual citizens.
c. They felt that merchants were not provided with enough protection.
d. They felt that the nation should return to the Articles of Confederation.
____ 20. The Bill of Rights provides for all of the following except...
a. the right to worship freely.
b. the right to criticize the government.
c. the right to bear arms.
d. the right to a free education
____ 21. The Constitution has lasted for 200 years partially because it is
a. inscrutable.
b. amendable.
c. immutable.
d. illegible.
____ 22. Where was the Northwest Territory located?
a. along the East Coast
c. in the Great Lakes region
b. west of the Mississippi
d. in northwestern New York
____ 23. Ideas in Magna Carta and the English Bill of Rights helped Americans create
a. direct democracy.
c. a religious republic.
b. a limited government.
d. Congress.
True/False -- Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
____ 24. The term suffrage means the right to vote.
____ 25. The Bill of Rights is a list of amendments to the Constitution intended to protect
citizens' rights.
Completion -- Complete each statement.
26. The system of ___________________ keeps any branch of government from
becoming too powerful. (federalism/checks and balances)
27. In the ____________________, Congress agreed that the legislative branch would
have two houses—the Senate and the House of Representatives. (Three-Fifths
Compromise/Great Compromise)
Matching -- In the space provided, write the letter of the term that best matches that description. Some answers
will not be used.
a. Articles of Confederation
b. confederation
c. depression
d. federalism
e. inflation
f. interstate commerce
g. Magna Carta
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New Jersey Plan
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
popular sovereignty
Shays’s Rebellion
tariffs
Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom
____ 28. System of government set up by the U.S. Constitution which involves the sharing of
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powers between a central government and the states
The idea that political authority belongs to the people
The Confederation Congress could not regulate this, causing disunity among states
An uprising staged by Massachusetts farmers to protest high taxes and debt
Ratified in 1777, this established a national government with limited powers
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