Chapter 5 Test
Name: _______________________________________________
Date: __________
Choose the letter of the best answer.
____ 1. Under the Articles of Confederation, each state's power in Congress was based on
A. one vote per state.
B. the state's size.
C. the state's total population.
D. the state's voting population.
____ 2. The Articles of Confederation gave the national government the power to
A. declare war.
B. collect taxes.
C. regulate foreign trade.
D. regulate interstate trade.
____ 3. From the time of the Declaration of Independence until the ratification of the
Constitution, the United States functioned without
A. courts.
B. an army.
C. a president.
D. a national currency.
____ 4. One of the accomplishments of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 was to
A. set up a plan for surveying western lands.
B. challenge Spain's claim to the Mississippi River.
C. transfer ownership of western lands from states to the national government.
D. establish requirements for admitting new states to the Union.
____ 5. Shays's Rebellion was a protest by farmers who faced problems from
A. an oversupply of paper currency.
B. debts they owed to creditors.
C. debts owed to them by Congress.
D. debts owed to them by the state of Massachusetts.
____ 6. The Great Compromise was an agreement about how to
A. ratify the Constitution.
B. count slaves in determining population.
C. determine a state's representation in Congress.
D. divide powers between the states and the central government.
____ 7. The system that maintains the separation of powers among the branches of the federal
government is called
A. reserved powers.
B. delegated powers.
C. checks and balances.
D. a bicameral legislature.
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____ 8. The number of states needed to ratify the Constitution before it could go into effect was
A. seven.
B. nine.
C. eleven.
D. thirteen.
____ 9. Adding a bill of rights to the Constitution was largely supported by the
A. small states.
B. large states.
C. Federalists.
D. Antifederalists.
____ 10. All
A.
B.
C.
D.
of the following men wrote letters contained in The Federalist except
John Jay.
Patrick Henry.
James Madison.
Alexander Hamilton.
Using the exhibit, choose the letter of the best answer.
____ 11. Which region was affected by the Land Ordinance of 1785?
A. Northwest Territory
B. Spanish Territory
C. Pennsylvania
D. Virginia
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____ 12. An enlarged area of which state is divided into townships on this map?
A. Indiana
B. Illinois
C. Ohio
D. Michigan
____ 13. How long is a township on each side?
A. 1 mile
B. 6 miles
C. 36 miles
D. 160 miles
____ 14. Into how many sections is each township divided?
A. 18
B. 24
C. 30
D. 36
____ 15. What does this map show?
A. how land was annexed
B. how land was divided
C. how land was priced
D. how land was farmed
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____ 16. What did all five people listed in the chart play a key role in developing?
A. the Articles of Confederation
B. the Constitution
C. the Declaration of Independence
D. the Virginia Plan
____ 17. Which person listed in the chart was a representative from Virginia?
A. Gouverneur Morris
B. Roger Sherman
C. James Madison
D. Alexander Hamilton
____ 18. What important role did Gouverneur Morris play?
A. He took daily notes on the debates at the convention.
B. He introduced the Great Compromise.
C. He drafted the Constitution.
D. He helped draft the New Jersey Plan.
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____ 19. What occupation did three people in the chart share?
A. merchant
B. public official
C. lawyer
D. plantation owner
____ 20. Who argued for a national government with unlimited powers over the states?
A. John Dickinson
B. Alexander Hamilton
C. Thomas Jefferson
D. James Madison
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