U.S History Chapter 7

The Framers of the. Constitution ____ that man has a sinful nature (T/F)

Recongnized

Rather than offering a lasting solution, the. Articles of confederation ____ formalized pre-existing political conditions (T/F)

Merley

Checks and balances ____ mean"separation of power" Theprincale of checks ... (T/F)

Does not

According to the three-fifths compromise ______ would be counted for the purpose of rep. (T/F)

Three-fifths of the total salve population

The Constitutional framers, partly because they feared the fickleness of public opinion, limiteeed the directnedd of the people's voice on the national level by providing direct election ____ for the House of Representatives (T/F)

Only

The government under the confederation was _____ to enforce its obligations under the treaty of purpose (T/F)

too weak

The constitution was ratified ____ the American revolution (T/F)

After

The land of ordinance of 1785 _____ give land free of charge to settlers in the Northwest territory. Eachlot was to be sold for a dollar an acre (T/F)

Did not

George Washington deserves the credit for stopping the ___ (T/F)

Newburgh Conspiracy

Patrick Henry, a leading Patriot during the revolution, was strongly _____ (T/F)

Opposed to the constitution

The _____ was the name of the convention that was called in Philadelphia to solve the weaknesses of the confederation (SA)

Constitutional convention

A two-house congress is called ____ (SA)

Biacameral

_____ is called the father of the constitution (SA)

James Madison

____ introduced the compromise plan for a two-house congress that was eventually adopted by the constitution convention (SA)

Roger Sherman

_____ is the constitutional principle that supports the division of power between the national and state levels of government (SA)

Federalism

The ____ proposed a two-house congress, with representation based on state population (SA)

Virginia plan

The _____ proposed a one-house congress, with equal votes for each state (SA)

New Jersey Plan

During the confederation government , the _____ uprising had to be quelled by millitary force (SA)

Shay's Rebellion

____ were worthless paper money that was printed during the war (SA)

Continental dollars

What was the Connecticut compromise? (SA)

Agreement saying representation is determined by state population and senate equal in all state

Why was the Constitution written? (MC)

Form a better union, establish justice, domestic peace, defense, promote welfare, secure blessing

The constitution was established for the _____ (MC)

United States of America

The cause of the Newburgh concpiracy was ____ (MC)

military discontent over back wages

A territory needed ___ free inhabitant before it could be accepted as a state(MC)

60,000

___ was the most opposed to granting the federal government control over trade (MC)

the south

The most important accomplishment of the Annapolis convention was. ____ (MC)

calling a new convention to remedy to weaknesses of the confederation

____ was a success of the confederation (MC)

The treaty of Paris

The colonists created a weak confederation because each colony was ___ (MC)

Jealous of its power

The ___ was probably the most critical in our nations history (MC)

1780's

In the original constitution ____ were elected directly by the people (MC)

members of the House of Representatives

____ opposed each other over the issue of representation in congress (MC)

large states and small states

____ refused to participate in the constitutional convention (MC)

Rhode island

oppponents of ratifying the constitution were called ___ (MC)

Anti-federalists

The confederation settled disputes about ____ (MC)

Westernlands

Town ships in the northwest were supposed to use the proceeds from the sale of section sixteen for ____ (MC)

Schools

____ the following were (MC)

BAnning slavery

James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay were authors f the federalists papers ____ (MC)

Patrick Henry was not

The following were included in constitution ___ was not (MC)

Divine sovereignty

___ said "thus i consent sir..." (MC)

Benjamin Franklin

____ promised to introduced a bill of rights during the heated debate over ratification in Virginia (MC)

James Madison