Chapter 7

Question 1

executive

Answer 1

person in government who carries out laws

Question 2

constitution

Answer 2

rules under which a government will operate

Question 3

ratify

Answer 3

to approve a document

Question 4

compromise

Answer 4

agreement in which each side gives up some demands

Question 5

judicial branch

Answer 5

system of courts

Question 6

The chief argument used by Anti-federalists was that the Constitution had no Preamble.

Answer 6

False

Question 7

Amendments 5 through 8 protect people accused of crimes and brought to trial.

Answer 7

True

Question 8

The Tenth Amendment guarantees rights such as freedom of religion, freedom of speech, and freedom of the press.

Answer 8

False

Question 9

The Constitution can be changed by a majority vote in the Senate.

Answer 9

False

Question 10

What resolved the conflict between the two plans of government?

Answer 10

the Great Compromise

Question 11

Which of these could appear under the New Jersey Plan?

Answer 11

one vote per state

Question 12

As part of the Great Compromise, what fraction of the enslaved people in a state were included when determining representation in Congress?

Answer 12

three-fifths

Question 13

How did the Bill of Rights become part of the Constitution?

Answer 13

It was added through the amendment process.

Question 14

Besides representation, what other major issue required delegates to compromise during the Constitutional Convention?

Answer 14

continuing the slave trade

Question 15

Smaller states opposed the Virginia Plan because they

Answer 15

feared they would not have enough power in the new Congress

Question 16

How did Shays’ Rebellion encourage people to push for a plan to revise the Articles of Confederation?

Answer 16

It made people worry about how a weak central government might respond to future rebellions.

Question 17

What could be considered a responsibility of citizens?

Answer 17

to vote in elections

Question 18

The First Amendment would protect people who want to

Answer 18

out up a Web site criticizing a local government official

Question 19

The opening phrase of the Constitution, “We the people,” means that the Constitution gets its authority from the

Answer 19

citizens

Question 20

Shays’ Rebellion helped to persuade

Answer 20

government leaders to revise the Articles of Confederation

Question 21

What did most State Constitutions have that the original United States Constitution did not have?

Answer 21

Bill of Rights

Question 22

Why did some people oppose ratification of the Constitution?

Answer 22

It did not include protection of individual rights.

Question 23

One obstacle to approving the Articles of Confederation was that

Answer 23

some states did not want to give up their claims to land west of the Appalachian Mountains

Question 24

Under the Bill of Rights, what is NOT protected?

Answer 24

freedom of the military

Question 25

The passage of the Land Ordinance of 1785 meant that

Answer 25

settlers and investors could buy formerly public lands

Question 26

What is one reason many people called for changes to the Articles of Confederation?

Answer 26

They believed that a weak central government was ineffective.