Deck 7: The Constitution

Question 1

According to the introductory video in section 7.4,what did Benjamin Franklin insist the delegates do at the Constitutional Convention?

A) reduce the power of Congress
B) reinstate the Articles of Confederation
C) sign the constitution
D) stand by their principles

Answer 1

sign the constitution

Question 2

The Northwest Ordinance provided a path for territories to become states once their population reached __________.

A) 10,000
B) 25,000
C) 60,000
D) 100,000

Answer 2

60,000

Question 3

Who would George Washington have most likely supported in the Shays Rebellion?

A) Daniel Shays
B) Tories
C) Massachusetts governor
D) farmers who joined the rebellion

Answer 3

Massachusetts governor

Question 4

Political representation in the Confederation Congress was based on which of the following principles?

A) Each state had one vote.
B) States that paid more taxes had more votes.
C) States with more people had more votes.
D) States with more territory had more votes.

Question 5

Which of the following shared with the Articles of Confederation the same understanding of how representation should be determined?

A) New Jersey Plan
B) Virginia Plan
C) Three-fifths compromise
D) Bill of Rights

Question 6

The creation of a two-house Congress and the three-fifths compromise both had to do with the issue of __________.

A) westward settlement
B) representation
C) women's rights
D) Indian land claims

Question 7

According to the introductory video in section 7.1,George Washington's speech to his officers in the Continental Army established the principle that __________.

A) government should be controlled by army generals
B) freedom of expression is a fundamental human right
C) the church should not interfere with political affairs
D) the military should not interfere with political affairs

Question 8

The Northwest Ordinance established which of the following as the border between free and slave states?

A) Rocky Mountains
B) Appalachian Mountains
C) Mississippi River
D) Ohio River

Question 9

On the question of what to do with the new land acquired after the American Revolutionary War,the New England states agreed to __________.

A) let the southern states keep their western territories
B) let the northern states keep their western territories
C) make the abolition of slavery a condition for statehood
D) allow slavery to spread into the Northwest territory

Question 10

Which of the following contributed to the economic problems faced by farmers in Massachusetts?

A) sudden increase in the price of agricultural goods
B) opening of the northwest territories to settlement
C) prohibition against the spread of slavery north of the Ohio River
D) tax policies that favored businesses in the eastern part of the state

Question 11

Under the Articles of Confederation,what could states do?

A) wage war and negotiate peace on behalf of the U.S. government
B) erect trade barriers to protect themselves from competition from other states
C) pass an amendment to the Articles without the consent of the other states
D) impose taxes on the Confederation Congress to support state governments

Question 12

According to the introductory video in section 7.2,Americans wanted to avoid becoming like Rome when it was a(n)__________.

A) city-state
B) province
C) republic
D) empire

Question 13

Under the Articles of Confederation,the Confederation Congress had the authority to __________.

A) regulate interstate commerce
B) collect taxes from the states
C) create and maintain an army
D) pass amendments to the Articles

Question 14

Which of the following states would most likely support the proposal that the new land acquired in the Treaty of Paris be given to the states that bordered it?

A) New Hampshire
B) Massachusetts
C) Virginia
D) Rhode Island

Question 15

According to the introductory video in section 7.3,most of the people who settled the western frontier __________ the people in the eastern states.

A) had a different mind-set from
B) shared much in common with
C) were more complacent than
D) were wealthier than

Question 16

An amendment to the Articles of Confederation required approval from how many states?

A) one quarter
B) one half
C) three quarters
D) all

Question 17

Impoverished farmers were concentrated in which part of Massachusetts?

A) eastern
B) western
C) southern
D) northern

Question 18

The Constitutional Convention decided that an amendment to the constitution required the approval of how many states?

A) one quarter
B) one half
C) three quarters
D) all

Question 19

What did Daniel Shays and his followers threaten to do?

A) seize the federal arsenal at Springfield
B) dump British tea into Boston harbor
C) claim the territory in the northwest
D) sign a treaty of alliance with Britain

Question 20

According to the video in the introduction,what was the major task of the newly established United States after the Revolutionary War?

A) write a constitution
B) create a national army
C) abolish slavery
D) expand northward

Question 21

Which of the following was an Antifederalist?

A) Patrick Henry
B) James Madison
C) Alexander Hamilton
D) John Jay

Question 22

What is this statement from the Constitution also called?: "To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers,and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States,or in any Department or Officer thereof."

A) consolidated government
B) elastic clause
C) Bill of Rights
D) the Preamble

Question 23

What term did Patrick Henry use to describe the government created by the Constitution?

A) confederation
B) United Colonies
C) consolidated government
D) alliance of states

Question 24

What word would Federalists emphasize in the elastic clause of the Constitution?

A) Officer
B) Laws
C) proper
D) necessary

Question 25

What does the Shays Rebellion reveal about America in the years after the Revolutionary War?

Question 26

The phrase "We the People" is found at the beginning of which of the following documents?

A) Bill of Rights
B) The Constitution
C) The Federalist Papers
D) Virginia Plan

Question 27

Who would have most likely agreed with this statement?: "States are the characteristics and the soul of a confederation."

A) Patrick Henry
B) James Madison
C) Alexander Hamilton
D) John Jay

Question 28

Which of the following refused to attend the Constitution Convention in 1787?

A) James Madison
B) Patrick Henry
C) Benjamin Franklin
D) Edmund Randolph

Question 29

In the How Do We Know? video in section 7.6,the "necessary and proper" clause is also referred to as the __________ clause.

A) federalist
B) liberal
C) conservative
D) elastic

Question 30

What word would Antifederalists emphasize in the elastic clause of the Constitution?

A) Officer
B) Laws
C) proper
D) necessary

Question 31

In the Arguing History video in section 7.6,what was the priority of the delegates at the Constitutional Convention?

A) increase chances of the constitution being passed
B) limit the powers of the federal government
C) reach a permanent solution on the slavery issue
D) take a moral stand against the practice of slavery

Question 32

According to the introductory video in section 7.5,the editorials published under the pen name Publius reflected the opinions of which group?

A) women
B) slaves
C) Federalists
D) Antifederalists

Question 33

How did the new American government deal with the issue of slavery?

Question 34

Which of the following statements would most likely be found in the publication above?

A) "The federal constitution forms a happy combination in this respect; the great and aggregate interests being referred to the national, the local and particular to the state legislatures."
B) "As much as I deplore slavery, I see that prudence forbids its abolition."
C) "Who authorized them to speak the language of, We, the people, instead of, We, the states?"
D) "States are the characteristics and the soul of a confederation."

Question 35

What do the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution reveal about changes in how the states saw their relationship with one another?

Question 36

In the Past and Present video in section 7.6,which group is more likely to subscribe to the Federalist view on the role of government?

A) Democrats
B) Republicans
C) conservatives
D) anarchists

Question 37

How many states had to ratify the Constitution for it to go into effect?

A) six
B) nine
C) twelve
D) thirteen

Question 38

Which group won the debate on whether or not to ratify the Constitution?

A) delegates to the Annapolis Convention
B) delegates to the Philadelphia Convention
C) the Federalists
D) the Antifederalists

Question 39

The Bill of Rights expresses a view of the balance between liberty and security that best reflects the perspective of __________.

A) Parliament
B) King George
C) the Federalists
D) the Antifederalists

Question 40

Which of the following did Patrick Henry say should hold the most power?

A) Congress
B) the Supreme Court
C) the military
D) state governments