Chapter 7 A More Perfect Union

The purpose of setting up two-house state legislatures was ____________.

• to be able to have frequent elections

• to give more power to the state governor

• to be able to elect more people

• to divide power within the legislature

In a republic, people rule through representatives they elect.

• True

• False

What happens during a period of depression in a country?

• Unemployment decreases.

• The nation's borders increase.

• Unemployment increases.

• The nation's debts decrease.

The cause of Shays's Rebellion was a policy of ______________.

• seizing famers' lands to pay their debts

• taxing crops to pay American Revolution debts

• issuing paper money to relieve debts

______________ called for the Constitutional Convention to be held.

• Alexander Hamilton

• James Madison

• George Washington

• Benjamin Franklin

At the Constitutional Convention, the New Jersey Plan called for _______________.

• proportional representation

• a one-house legislature, each state having one vote

• a two-house legislature

• a bill of rights

The Great Compromise solved the issue of ______________.

• the way enslaved people would be counted

• providing enough protection of individual rights

• the way the chief executive would be chosen

• representation in the legislature

Federalism means that the federal government __________.

• has the power to tax people

• can pass laws to deal with new situations

• has the power to regulate trade

• is strong and shares power with state governments

The writers of the Constitution did not have respect for British traditions.

• True

• False

The legislative branch includes both the Senate and House of Representatives.

• True

• False