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1. The Magna Carta was a
document that
a. shifted the power from the monarchs to the
people in Britain.
b. required British royalty to obey the same laws as
other English people.
c. limited the power of the people in the British
government.
d. gave the power in the British government to
members of Parliament.
b. required British royalty to obey
the same laws as other English
people.
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2. How did the Magna Carta influence
American leaders when they were
considering the structure of their
government?
a. It showed that the powers of
government should be balanced with
another governing body.
b. It showed that it was best to give the
government a wide range of powers.
c. It showed that a monarchy was the
best form of government.
d. It showed that it was important to limit
the powers of government.
d. It showed that it was
important to limit the powers of
government.
3. Thomas Jefferson’s Virginia Statute
for Religious Freedom declared that
a.
governments could punish those who tried to
control the religion of citizens.
b. it was the government’s responsibility to provide
funding for churches.
c. church and state should not be separated when
it came to matters of religion.
d. no person could be forced to attend church or
to pay for a church with taxes.
d. no person could be forced to attend
church or to pay for a church with taxes.
4. How did the ideas in Thomas Jefferson’s Virginia
Statute for Religious Freedom differ from previous
ideas held by the government?
a. Thomas Jefferson felt that the government had no
right to control religious choice.
b. Thomas Jefferson felt that state governments
should create “official” churches.
c. Thomas Jefferson felt that the national
government should determine the religions that
could be practiced.
d. Thomas Jefferson felt that all American citizens
should practice the same religion.
a. Thomas Jefferson felt that the
government had no right to control
religious choice.
5. How did the Northwest Ordinance of 1787
affect education in the Northwest Territory?
a. It provided education for wealthy citizens by
creating private schools.
b. It created the first public university system in
the United States.
c. It made education a basic right by providing
public education for all citizens.
d. It made education available to slaves for the
first time in the United States.
c. It made education a basic right by
providing public education for all citizens.
6. What was the significance of the
changes that the Northwest
Ordinance of 1787 made to slavery?
a. It empowered slaves by granting them the basic right
of a public education in the territories.
b. It illustrated the fact that members of Congress were
strong advocates of slavery in territories.
c. It settled the disputes over slavery in the territories of
the United States.
d. It established a standard for slavery in future
territories of the United States.
d. It established a standard for slavery
in future territories of the United
States.
7. Under the Northwest Ordinance of
1787, a territory could apply to become
a state when it had
a. a governor that had been approved by the
national government.
b. 60,000 settlers and a drafted constitution.
c. met all of the conditions established by the
ordinance.
d. assembled a governing body that had been
elected by the people.
b. 60,000 settlers and a drafted
constitution.
8. What was the purpose of
the Land Ordinance of 1785?
a. to set up a system for surveying and dividing
territory
b. to form a political system for the Northwest
Territory
c. to create new states out of the Northwest
Territory
d. to give away property to deserving citizens
a. to set up a system for
surveying and dividing
territory
9. Which of these was a reason
why Congress decided to pass the
Land Ordinance of 1785 and the
Northwest Ordinance of 1787?
a. Congress wanted to create a region where
slavery was banned.
b. Americans were forcing Congress to divide
up western land.
c. Congress had to decide what to do with the
western lands under its control.
d. Land was needed for the homeless
population of the U.S.
c. Congress had to decide what to
do with the western lands under
its control.
10. How were western lands
divided by the Land Ordinance of
1785?
a. The land was divided into counties, each under the
control of the national government.
b. The land was split into two sections, one section
banning slavery and the other permitting slavery.
c. The land was divided into five states, and then the
governor of each state divided it into smaller portions.
d. The land was split into townships and then each
township was divided into a smaller lot.
d. The land was split into
townships and then each
township was divided into
a smaller lot.
11. The banning of slavery in
some state constitutions was
significant because it marked the
beginnings of
a. the declaration of citizenship for African
Americans.
b. the abolition movement.
c. the civil rights movement.
d. equal treatment for African Americans.
b. the abolition movement.
12. What characteristic of most state
constitutions created during the American
Revolution strongly influenced the ideas
behind the American government?
a. the laws that protected freedom of religion
b. the laws that protected the rights of
government leaders
c. the inclusion of a clause banning slavery
d. the creation of governments with limited
power
d. the creation of governments
with limited power
13. How did the Declaration of
Independence influence the
Articles of Confederation?
a. The Declaration of Independence stated that when a
government becomes controlling it should be destroyed,
which was a law included in the Articles.
b. The Declaration of Independence declared that all men
were created equal, which was reflected in laws that gave
equal opportunities to all citizens in the Articles.
c. The Declaration of Independence condemned the power
of the British king over the colonies, which was reflected in
the creation of a limited government in the Articles.
d. The Declaration of Independence stated that a state should
have the power to make treaties with other countries, which
was a law established in the Articles.
c. The Declaration of
Independence condemned the
power of the British king over the
colonies, which was reflected in
the creation of a limited
government in the Articles.
14. What was the significance of
the Articles of Confederation?
a. They created the first national court system in
the United States.
b. They established the first national
government of the United States.
c. They created a government for the U.S. that
was very similar to Great Britain’s.
d. They established America’s independence
from Great Britain.
b. They established the first
national government of the
United States.
15. How did the national
government eventually respond
to Shays’s Rebellion?
a. It announced a convention to revise the Articles of
Confederation to better meet the nation’s needs.
b. It sentenced the rebels to death and followed through
in the executions of those who participated in the
rebellion.
c. It overturned the Articles of Confederation and gave
the Confederation Congress supreme power in the U.S.
d. It forced states to provide soldiers for a national army
to prevent future uprisings in the U.S.
a. It announced a
convention to revise the
Articles of Confederation
to better meet the nation’s
needs.
16. Which of these was the main
cause of Shays’s Rebellion?
a. the depression that followed the severing of
trade ties with Britain
b. the Massachusetts policy that forced farmers
to pay taxes on land
c. the period of inflation in the United States
after the war
d.the inability of the national government to
regulate trade
b. the Massachusetts policy that
forced farmers to pay taxes on land
17. Following Shays’s Rebellion, most
Americans called for establishing
a. laws to prevent rebellious behavior.
b. a national army.
c. a national court system.
d. a stronger central government.
d. a stronger central government.
18. What was the significance
of Shays’s Rebellion?
a. It showed Americans that defiance would
lead to change in the government.
b. It marked the beginning of legislation to
improve the rights of farmers.
c. It showed Americans the weaknesses of the
Confederation government.
d. It marked the beginning of a period of civil
unrest in the United States.
c. It showed Americans the
weaknesses of the Confederation
government.
19. Why did the Articles of
Confederation make it hard for
Congress to protect its land or
citizens against foreign threats?
a. The Articles were established on the basis of peace
and did not allow Congress to create a national army.
b. The Articles gave sole power to army leaders to
make decisions about relations with foreign countries.
c. There was no army and the Articles did not allow
Congress to force states to provide soldiers for an army.
d. There were no laws about protecting the country
against foreign threats so there was little that Congress
could do.
c. There was no army and the
Articles did not allow Congress to
force states to provide soldiers
for an army.
20. How did the Articles of Confederation
contribute to the economic problems of the
United States in the late 1700s?
a. The Articles gave Congress little power to
pass or enforce nationwide laws and tariffs,
which ultimately led to increased U.S. debt.
b. The Articles banned trade with foreign
nations, which caused a great deal of American
businesses to suffer.
c. The Articles gave Congress the power to
print limitless amounts of paper money, which
caused inflation in the U.S.
d. The Articles included a clause stating that the
U.S. would pay back all debts owed to Britain,
which increased the U.S. debt.
a. The Articles gave Congress little
power to pass or enforce nationwide
laws and tariffs, which ultimately led to
increased U.S. debt.
21. Why were the Articles of Confederation
ineffective in solving internal problems that
existed in the United States?
a. The Articles established a strong national army that
was more concerned with settling foreign disputes than
internal problems.
b. The Articles created a governing body with excessive
power that did not concern itself with the problems of
individual states.
c. The Articles established strong and independent
state governments, which led to numerous disputes.
d. The Articles created a weak central government that
had little control over the actions of individual state
governments.
d. The Articles created a weak
central government that had little
control over the actions of individual
state governments.
22. How did the Articles of Confederation fail
to implement the ideas set forth in the
Declaration of Independence?
a. They failed to enforce tariffs with other
countries.
b. They failed to provide an executive branch of
government.
c. They failed to protect the ideals of individual
liberty.
d. They failed to create strong state
governments.
c. They failed to protect the
ideals of individual liberty.
23. Which of these BEST summarizes
the trade relationship between Britain and
America in the late 1700s?
a. Britain placed a high tariff on imports and exports,
which forced Americans to pay a higher price for goods.
b. Britain allowed American ships to continue trading
with the British West Indies, which boosted America’s
economy.
c. Britain opened many of its ports to American ships,
which allowed Americans to increase trade with other
European nations.
d. Britain refused to participate in trade with America,
which severely affected the American economy.
a. Britain placed a high tariff on
imports and exports, which forced
Americans to pay a higher price for
goods.
24. In 1784 Spain closed which
important trade route to the U.S. that was
used to send goods to eastern markets?
a. the Chesapeake Bay
b. the Gulf of Mexico
c. the lower Mississippi River
d. the upper Missouri River
c. the lower Mississippi River
25. What were the specifics of
the Virginia Plan?
a. It created a one-house legislative branch of government in
which each state would have an equal number of votes or
equal voice in the federal government and state governments
kept a lot of power
b. It created a two-house legislative branch of government
with both houses representation based on the state’s
population and the central or federal government had
supreme power.
c. It created a three-house legislative branch of government in
which one house was based on a states free population, a
second was based upon the states slave population and the
third house was based upon equal representation.
d. It did not create a national legislature, but provided a
President who would make national laws and a court system
to decide if the laws the President made were legal.
b. It created a two-house legislative
branch of government with both houses
representation based on the state’s
population and the central or federal
government had supreme power.
26. How did the Great Compromise
resolve the debate over state
representation in the federal government?
a. It created a bicameral legislature, where the
population of each individual state in the nation would
determine the number of representatives in each house.
b. It created a unicameral legislature, where the number
of representatives in the house would be based on the
population of a state.
c. It created a bicameral legislature, where in one house
state population determined the number of
representatives and in the other the number of
representatives were equal.
d.It created a unicameral legislature, where the number
of representatives in the house would be equal
regardless of the size of the state.
c. It created a bicameral legislature, where in
one house state population determined the
number of representatives and in the other
the number of representatives were equal.
27. In what way did northerners and
southerners disagree about the issue of
slavery at the Constitutional Convention?
a. Northerners wanted slavery to be abolished
under the constitution.
b. Southerners wanted slaves to be counted as
part of their state populations.
c. Northerners wanted slaves to be included in
the voting process.
d. Southerners wanted slavery to extend into
the western territories.
b. Southerners wanted slaves to be
counted as part of their state
populations.
28. How did the delegates resolve the
debate over how slaves should factor into
representation in government?
a. They decided that each individual slave
should count as one person when determining
representation.
b. They decided that slaves were not citizens
and should not be counted when determining
representation.
c. They reached a compromise that allowed
every ten slaves to be counted as one person.
d. They reached a compromise that allowed
each individual slave to be counted as threefifths of a person.
d. They reached a compromise that
allowed each individual slave to be
counted as three-fifths of a person.
29. What is federalism?
a. a system of government in which the central
government has all the powers of government
b. a system of government that keeps each branch of
government from having too much power
c. a system of government in which powers of
government are shared between the national and state
governments
d. a system of government in which the state
governments have all the powers of government
c. a system of government in which
powers of government are shared
between the national and state
governments
30. In what way did the Constitution
attempt to implement the ideals set forth
in the Declaration of Independence?
a. The Constitution adopted a system of checks
and balances within the federal government.
b. The Constitution protected popular
sovereignty, the idea that political power
belongs to the people.
c. The Constitution called for a single leader of
the country in the form of a president.
d. The Constitution gave supreme power to the
two houses of Congress in the United States.
b. The Constitution protected popular
sovereignty, the idea that political power
belongs to the people
31. Which of the following is a basic set
of principals and laws that states the
powers and duties of government?
a. A Declaration
b. A Bill of Rights
c. A Constitution
d. A Magna Carta
c. A Constitution
32. Which of the following means
the right for a person to vote?
a. Election
b. Suffrage
c. Politics
d. Campaign
b. Suffrage
33. Why did the framers of the
Constitution create a system of checks
and balances?
a. to outline the powers held by each
branch of government
b. to keep any one branch of government
from becoming too powerful
c. to give the people an opportunity to
control the branches of government
d. to strengthen the powers held by each
branch of government
b. to keep any one branch of
government from becoming too powerful
34. The Constitution delegated the power to
coin money to the federal government. Which
of these is an advantage of this decision?
a. The federal government could control the
distribution of money to each state.
b. A single currency would be used and
accepted everywhere in the United States.
c. The federal government could prevent the
nation from going into debt.
d. It ensured that there would never be
another depression in the U.S.
b. A single currency would be used and
accepted everywhere in the United
States
35. What problem did AntiFederalists have with the
Constitution?
a. They felt that the central government had
been given too much power.
b. They felt that too many rights were
guaranteed to individual citizens.
c. They felt that merchants were not provided
with enough protection.
d. They felt that the nation should return to the
Articles of Confederation.
a. They felt that the central
government had been given too much
power.
36. How did the Federalist Papers
try to assure Americans about the
new federal government created
under the Constitution?
a. by saying that the government would be
more like Great Britain’s
b. by saying that the government would not
overpower the states
c. by saying that the government would one day
abolish slavery
d. by saying that the government would protect
the rights of citizens
b. by saying that the government
would not overpower the states
37. How did the Bill of Rights,
added to the Constitution in 1791,
use the ideas introduced in the
Declaration of Independence?
a. It included all of the rights that the Declaration of
Independence stated were essential to the success of a
nation.
b. It served to further limit the rights and powers of the federal
government, an idea included in the Declaration of
Independence.
c. It provided a new list of ways to maintain American
independence based on ideas presented in the Declaration of
Independence.
d. It ensured the protection of individual rights so that the
abuses listed in the Declaration of Independence would be
illegal.
d. It ensured the protection of individual
rights so that the abuses listed in the
Declaration of Independence would be
illegal.
38. What was the Bill of
Rights?
a. a document added to the Constitution to
protect the rights of individual citizens
b. a document used to limit the powers of state
governments
c. a document outlining the rights of the federal
government
d. a document stating the ways in which citizens
can participate in government
a. a document added to the Constitution to protect
the rights of individual citizens
39. What is one reason the U.S.
Constitution has survived for
more than 200 years?
a. the Bill of Rights
b. the flexibility of the Constitution to meet
the needs of a changing nation
c. the Federalists and their arguments
supporting the Constitution
d. the Antifederalists and their arguments
against the Constitution
b. the flexibility of the Constitution to
meet the needs of a changing nation
40. How many branches of
government were created as part
of the Articles of Confederation?
a. One
b. Three
c. Two
d. Four
a. One
41. Which of the following means
to officially grant approval of a new
law?
a. Veto
b. Ratification
c. Amendment
d. Compromise
b. Ratification
42. All of the following were part of
the Northwest Territory under the
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
EXCEPT?
a. Indiana
b. Ohio
c. Kentucky
d. Wisconsin
c. Kentucky
43. Which of the following occurs
when there are increased prices for
goods and services combined with
the reduced value of money?
a. Depression
b. Inflation
c. Recession
d. Progression
b. Inflation
44. Which of the following is a
period of low economic activity
combined with a rise in
unemployment?
a. Depression
b. Inflation
c. Recession
d. Progression
a. Depression
45. What was Shays’s
Rebellion?
a. It was when the French decided to try and take St. Louis
and a large group of ranchers led by Daniel Shays rose up to
protect their property
b. It was when the merchants in Atlanta led by Daniel Shays
grew very upset at the high taxes that the British had placed
on coffee and they took over the British customs houses in
the South
c. It was when a group of farmers led by Daniel Shays
became angry over the taxes, heavy debt and foreclosures of
their land and they took the Supreme Court in Springfield.,
Massachusetts
d. It was when the army began to protest their low wages by
refusing to protect the citizens and they citizens began tarring
and feathering the soldiers when they saw them walking by
themselves in town.
c. It was when a group of farmers led
by Daniel Shays became angry over
the taxes, heavy debt and foreclosures
of their land and they took the
Supreme Court in Springfield.,
Massachusetts
46. Why did many of the participants at
the Annapolis Convention in September
1786 call for a Constitutional Convention in
Philadelphia in May 1787?
a. Because the participants at the Annapolis Convention wanted
to get together to do away with the Articles of Confederation and
write a new Constitution
b. Because the participants had promised the citizens in the
Declaration of Independence that after 10 years of following the
Articles of Confederation they would write new Constitution.
c. Because there had been very poor attendance at the
Annapolis Convention and nothing was able to be accomplished
so they called for the Constitutional Convention to try and
improve the Articles of Confederation.
d. Because Benjamin Franklin was getting really old and leaders
such as James Madison, Alexander Hamilton and Thomas
Jefferson feared that he wouldn’t live much longer and they
wanted his knowledge as they tried to write a new Constitution.
c. Because there had been
very poor attendance at the
Annapolis Convention and
nothing was able to be
accomplished so they called
for the Constitutional
Convention to try and improve
the Articles of Confederation.
47. What were most of the
delegates like at the Constitutional
Convention?
a. They were poor farmers and indentured
servants who represented the working man
b. They were rich, well-educated white men who
owned businesses or were in state legislatures
c. They were a cross-section of society with men,
women, African Americans and Native Americans
represented
d. They were mostly preachers and religious men
who had the best educations in the colonies
b. They were rich, well-educated white
men who owned businesses or were in
state legislatures
48. Which of the following men
attended the Constitutional
Convention while the others were
either unable or chose not to attend?
a. Thomas Jefferson
b. John Adams
c. Patrick Henry
d. James Madison
d. James Madison
49. What were the specifics of
the New Jersey plan?
a. It created a one-house legislative branch of government in
which each state would have an equal number of votes or
equal voice in the federal government and state governments
kept a lot of power
b. It created a two-house legislative branch of government
with both houses representation based on the state’s
population and the central or federal government had
supreme power.
c. It created a three-house legislative branch of government
in which one house was based on a states free population, a
second was based upon the states slave population and the
third house was based upon equal representation.
d. It did not create a national legislature, but provided a
President who would make national laws and a court system
to decide if the laws the President made were legal.
a. It created a one-house legislative
branch of government in which each
state would have an equal number of
votes or equal voice in the federal
government and state governments
kept a lot of power
50. Though the final draft of the United States
Constitution was completed and signed in
September 1787 by 39 of the 42 delegates that
remained at the convention it would not become
the law of the land until
a. it was sent to Congress and at least NINE of
the thirteen states voted it in to law
b. it was sent to Congress and ALL of the
thirteen states voted it in to law
c. it was sent to Congress and TWELVE of the
thirteen states voted it in to law
d. it was sent to Congress and at least HALF of
the thirteen states voted it in to law
a. it was sent to Congress and at least
NINE of the thirteen states voted it in
to law
51. All of the following were
WEAKNESSES of the Articles of
Confederation EXCEPT
a. There was only one branch of government
b. There was no system of Checks and
Balances
c. Most of the power was held by the states
d. The Congress could make coins and
borrow money
d. The Congress could make coins
and borrow money
52. All of the following were
WEAKNESSES of the Articles of
Confederation EXCEPT
a. There was not a Judicial System
b. There was not an Executive Branch
c. The Legislative Branch had very few
powers
d. The Congress was able to make
treaties
d. The Congress was able to
make treaties
53. All of the following were
STRENGTHS of the Constitution EXCEPT
for
a. Most of the power was held by the national
government
b. There was a judicial branch to review the
laws and decide on the constitutionality of the
law
c. State governments were allowed to declare
war on other countries and have an army
representing their state
d. There were three branches of government
c. State governments were
allowed to declare war on
other countries and have an
army representing their state
54. All of the following were STRENGTHS
of the Constitution EXCEPT for
a. The legislative branch had many
distinct powers
b. The U.S. Congress was allowed to set
limits on education
c. There was an executive branch led by
the president
d. There was a system of checks and
balances
b. The U.S. Congress was
allowed to set limits on education
55. What was the main problem
that the Antifederalists had with
the United States Constitution?
a. It did not have a section that guaranteed all
citizens individual rights
b. It did not allow each state to assemble, arm
and supply their won armed forces
c. It did not provide for adequate health care
and salaries that were high enough to keep the
Congressman from having to get second jobs
d. It did not have term limits on Congress or the
President meaning they could stay in office too
long and gain too much power
a. It did not have a section that
guaranteed all citizens
individual rights
56. All of the following men were
Antifederalists EXCEPT?
a. George Mason
c. Patrick Henry
b. Samuel Adams
d. James Madison
d. James Madison
57. What position did the Federalists
have in regards to the Constitution?
a. They were very upset that the Constitution did not
have a section in it to protect the rights of all citizens
b. They did not like the idea that the Constitution
provided one man such as the President so much
power
c. They felt that the U.S. Court System should have
a lot more power than provided for in the
Constitution
d. They believed that the U.S. Constitution was an
excellent plan of government for the United States
d. They believed that the U.S.
Constitution was an excellent
plan of government for the
United States
58. All of the following were
Federalist EXCEPT
a. George Washington
b. Richard Henry Lee
c. Benjamin Franklin
d. John Jay
b. Richard Henry Lee
59. Which of the following states ratified
the Constitution in June of 1788 meaning
that the Constitution was now the law of
the land?
a. New Hampshire
b. Rhode Island
c. Vermont
d. Georgia
a. New Hampshire
60. Who was the last and final state that
ratified the Constitution in May of 1790?
a. Kentucky
c. Rhode Island
b. Maine
d. Ohio
c. Rhode Island
61. Even though the Constitution already
had enough states to ratify it, the country
knew they needed which of the following
to ratify it because of their power?
a. Massachusetts and Maryland
c. New York and Virginia
b. New Hampshire and Rhode Island
d. Connecticut and North Carolina
c. New York and Virginia
62. What was an official change to the
United States Constitution known as?
a. An amendment
b. A proposal
c. A law
d. A warrant
a. An amendment
63. What fraction of both houses of the
legislature or of the state legislatures
must vote to propose a change to the
Constitution before it can move forward?
a. one-third
b. two-thirds
c. one-half
d. three-fourths
b. two-thirds
64. What fraction of both houses of the
legislature or of the state legislatures must
vote to approve a change to the Constitution
before it can passed and added?
a. one-third
b. two-thirds
c. one-half
d. three-fourths
d. three-fourths
65. How many amendments were approved
and became part of the United States
Constitution and became the Bill of Rights?
a. eight
b. twelve
c. ten
d. fifteen
c. ten
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