The American Vision Chapter 5.1 & 5.2 Quiz!
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- 1.The Articles of the Confederation gave the Confederation Congress all of the following powers EXCEPT the power to:
- A.
Declare war.
- B.
Impose taxes.
- C.
Raise armies.
- D.
Sign treaties.
- 2.Amending the Constitution requires:
- A.
Proposal and ratification.
- B.
Impeachment and ratification.
- C.
Agreement of both houses of Congress.
- D.
Ratification by half of the states.
- 3.News of Shays' Rebellion and unrest elsewhere convicted the Congress to:
- A.
Send federal troops to states where the government was abusing its power.
- B.
Call a convention of the states to revise the Articles of Confederation.
- C.
Call a convention of the states to revise the Constitution.
- D.
Pass laws to provide relief for poor farmers who were losing their farms.
- 4.
What cause resulted in the effect shown in the diagram above?- A.
The Confederation Congress was not allowed to raise money by imposing taxes.
- B.
The Confederation Congress was not allowed to regulate commerce.
- C.
The Confederation Congress was not allowed to make treaties.
- D.
The Confederation Congress had no president to settle disputes among the states.
- 5.Shays' Rebellion started because:
- A.
The government of Massachusetts decided to issue paper money to pay off its debts instead of raising taxes.
- B.
The paper money in Rhode Island became so worthless that merchants refused to accept it in payment for debts.
- C.
The government of Massachusetts decided to raise taxes to pay off its debts instead of issuing paper money.
- D.
New York taxed goods coming into the state from Connecticut and New Jersey.
- 6.The delegate chosen as presiding officer of the Constitutional Convention was:
- A.
George Washington.
- B.
James Madison.
- C.
Alexander Hamilton.
- D.
Benjamin Franklin.
- 7.The __________ Amendment prohibits cruel and unusual punishment.
- 8.The "Three-Fifths Compromise" stated that every five _______ counted as three ________.
- A.
States, Regions
- B.
Countries, States
- C.
Cents, Dollars
- D.
Slaves, Free men
- 9.What did the Federalists promise to add to the Constitution after retification?
- A.
Voting regulations
- B.
More government branches
- C.
A bill of rights
- D.
State constitutions
- 10.The Confederation Congress was not given power to:
- A.
Declare war.
- B.
Raise armies.
- C.
Sign treaties.
- D.
Impose taxes.
- 11.People with greater income saw Shays' Rebellion as a sign that:
- A.
The income gap between the rich and poor was becoming too wide.
- B.
The national government was abusing its powers.
- C.
State governments needed to raise more money for security.
- D.
The republic itself was at risk.
- 12.Popular soverignty is/means:
- A.
The new Constitutional Followers
- B.
Rule by the People
- C.
A way of balencing power
- D.
A system of Federal Courts
- 13.___________ divided government power between the federal, or national, government and the state governments.
- 14.The President can _______ acts of Congress he does not approve of.
- A.
Reject
- B.
Impeach
- C.
Rally
- D.
Veto
- 15.The Philadelphia Delegates created a clear system for making changes to the Constitution if needed. This process is know as _________.
- A.
Article Impeachment
- B.
Separation of Powers
- C.
Vetoing
- D.
Amending
- 16.The Virginia Plan would benefit:
- A.
Small states with few people.
- B.
Large states with many people.
- C.
Wealthy planters and merchants.
- D.
Southern slave-holding states.
- E.
Military families
- 17.People pushing for ratification of the Constitution called themselves:
- A.
Nationalists.
- B.
Antinationalists.
- C.
Federalists.
- D.
Antifederalists.
- 18.
Which was not a compromise reached during the Constitutional Convention?
- A.
The Connecticut Compromise
- B.
The Great Compromise
- C.
The Three-Fifths Compromise
- D.
The Virginia Compromise
- 19.
Which present-day state was not part of the Northwest Territory in the 1780s?
- A.
Wisconsin
- B.
Missouri
- C.
Michigan
- D.
Ohio
- 20.After the Revolutionary War, the taxes and restrictions the states imposed on imported goods caused British merchants to:
- A.
Stop trading with the United States for several years.
- B.
Fight back with import taxes on American goods going to Britain.
- C.
Create a triangular trade agreement with France.
- D.
Land their goods at states that had the lowest taxes or fewest restrictions.
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