Practice Test Chapter 5 FOR TRUE AND FALSE: A is TRUE and B is FASLE ON
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1. Why did Congress decide to pass the Land Ordinance of 1785, which divided western lands into
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a. townships
b. towns
How did the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 affect the practice of slavery in the Northwest Territory?
a. It granted slaves access to public education.
b. It banned the use of slaves.
Shays’s Rebellion led most Americans to call for a
a. stronger central government.
b. ban on rebellious activity.
The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 established which procedure?
a. admission of a state into the Union
b. election of state governors by the people
In 1784, officials from which country closed the lower Mississippi, which the United States utilized
to ship goods to eastern markets?
a. France
b. Spain
Which factors indicate that there was an economic depression in the United States after the
Revolutionary War?
a. Trade laws differed across states and each state followed its own interests.
b. Trade activity was minimal and unemployment was on the rise.
The states contributed to rising inflation following the Revolutionary War by
a. printing large amounts of paper money.
b. using gold and silver reserves to pay debts.
The Articles of Confederation made it difficult for Congress to protect the nation against foreign
threats by
a. not allowing for a draft of soldiers for military service
b. not creating a national budget for defense spending.
What is interstate commerce?
a. the act of trade between two or more states
b. when states have different trade laws
What were Daniel Shays and his men protesting?
a. the use of debtors’ prisons
b. high taxes and heavy debts
The original purpose of the Constitutional Convention held in May 1787 in Philadelphia’s
Independence Hall was to
a. improve the Articles of Confederation.
b. grant citizenship to free African Americans.
Study the map below and answer the question that follows.
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According to the map, which of the following statements is true?
a. Indiana was the first northwestern territory to be surveyed.
b. The Northwest Territory was bounded on the south by the Ohio River.
The Second Continental Congress sent the Articles of Confederation to each state for ratification,
which means that every state had to
a. adapt the Articles to the state’s constitution.
b. give their official approval to the Articles.
Which of these important figures attended the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia?
a. James Madison
b. Thomas Jefferson
Women, African Americans, and Native Americans did not take part in the Constitutional
Convention because they
a. were protesting against the new constitution.
b. did not have the rights of citizenship.
Under the Virginia Plan the structure of the national government would have been changed by the
creation of a/an
a. strong judiciary with sovereignty over the other two branches of government.
b. bicameral legislature in which the number of delegates per state would be based on
a states’ population.
The Bill of Rights is the document
a. outlining the rights of the federal government.
b. added to the Constitution to protect citizens’ rights.
The Great Compromise resolved the debate over state representation in the federal government by
a. deciding that each state would have the same number of delegates.
b. deciding individually on the number of delegates each state would have.
The Three-Fifths Compromise
a. determined how many representatives a state would have in the Congress by
counting three-fifths of the state’s slave population.
b. freed three-fifths of slaves in the southern states.
____ 20. Who is considered the “Father of the Constitution”?
a. Ben Franklin
b. James Madison
____ 21. How many branches of government does the Constitution have?
a. 3
b. 8 if you count county and state
____ 22. The framers of the Constitution created a system of checks and balances to
a. keep any one branch of government from becoming too powerful.
b. strengthen the powers held by each branch of government.
____ 23. Some Federalists opposed the idea of a bill of rights because they thought the
a. Bill of Rights would have changed the Constitution.
b. Constitution was already a bill of rights.
____ 24. What is federalism?
a. the sharing of power between a central government and the states of a country
b. a system that keeps each branch of government from obtaining too much power
____ 25. What problem did Antifederalists have with the Constitution?
a. They felt that too many rights were guaranteed to individual citizens.
b. They felt that the central government had been given too much power.
____ 26. What makes up the Legislative Branch?
a. Supreme Court
b. Congress
____ 27. What position did Federalists hold toward the new constitution?
a. They criticized the excessive control it gave to the central government.
b. They praised the way it balanced power among different branches of government.
____ 28. The framers of the Constitution granted legislative power to the
a. state governments.
b. Congress.
____ 29. The Federalist Papers attempted to reassure Americans about the new federal government created
under the Constitution by saying that the government would
a. not overpower the states.
b. be more like Great Britain’s.
____ 30. An amendment to the Constitution is a/an
a. official change.
b. suggested addition.
____ 31. True or False Under the Articles of Confederation, the executive branch was to lead the national
government.
____ 32. True or False The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 banned the practice of slavery in the Northwest
Territory.
____ 33. True or False The Federalists opposed the Constitution because they felt that it did not offer a good
balance of power between the branches of government.
____ 34. True or False Congress passed the Land Ordinance of 1785 and the Northwest Ordinance of
1787 to create a plan for the use of western lands in the United States.
____ 35. True of False The original purpose of the Constitutional Convention in 1787 was to draft a new
constitution for the nation.
____ 36. True or False The system of checks and balances was established by the framers of the Constitution
to ensure that no one branch of government could gain too much power.
Match each item with the correct statement below.
a. Bill of Rights
b. federalism
c. DO NOT USE THIS ANSWER FOR ANY QUESTION
d. judicial branch
e. popular sovereignty
f. Great Compromise
g. James Madison
h. legislative branch
i. Three-Fifths Compromise
j. amendments
k. New Jersey Plan
l. Antifederalists
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created to protect the rights of citizens
agreement created a two-house legislature
official changes made to the Constitution
branch of government that proposes and passes the laws
agreement made to determine the number of delegates a state would have in Congress based on
number of slaves
idea that political power belongs to the people
branch of government responsible for interpreting the laws
sharing of power between central and state governments
Federalist who attended the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia’s Independence Hall