Chapter 8 Quiz

What did the Articles of Confederation establish?

• A strong central government

• A weak central government

• A monarchy

• A federal system

What process did the Ordinance of 1785 set up?

• Selling lands north of the Ohio River

• Creating a new constitution

• Establishing a monarchy

• Forming a new state

The purpose of the Northwest Ordinance was to:

• Establish a process for admitting new states to the Union

• Create a new system of taxation

• Expand the territory of the United States into Canada

• Regulate trade between states

In what year did Congress pass the Land Act?

• 1777

• 1785

• 1800

• 1784

What event in 1786 caused a revolt by farmers in Massachusetts?

• The Great Compromise

• Shays’s Rebellion

• The Land Act

• The Virginia Plan

What did the Virginia Plan call for at the convention?

• A unicameral legislature

• Equal representation for all states

• A strong national government with three branches

• A weak central government

How did the Great Compromise settle the disagreement between large and small states?

• By creating a unicameral legislature with equal representation for all states

• By establishing a bicameral legislature with proportional representation in both houses

• By creating a bicameral legislature with equal representation in the Senate and proportional representation in the House

• By allowing states to choose their own representation method

What did the Three-Fifths Compromise establish regarding enslaved persons?

• Enslaved persons would be counted as three-fifths of a person for representation and taxation purposes.

• Enslaved persons would be granted full citizenship rights.

• Enslaved persons would not be counted at all in population counts.

• Enslaved persons would be counted as two-thirds of a person for representation and taxation purposes.

In what year did convention delegates approve the new Constitution?

• 1787

• 1776

• 1791

• 1800

Which documents were models for the Framers of the Constitution?

• The Magna Carta and the English Bill of Rights

• The Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation

• The Mayflower Compact and the Federalist Papers

• The Treaty of Paris and the Northwest Ordinance