Chapter 7 Review

Question 1

What is a constitution?

Answer 1

A constitution is a document stating the rules under which a government will operate

Question 2

Directions: After being given the description, name the person that best suits it.

A former Revolutionary War captain that led an uprising of about 1,000 farmers in Massachusetts in 1786.

Answer 2

Daniel Shays

Question 3

Why did many state constitutions limit the power of the state governments?

Answer 3

The colonists were unhappy with how it worked with Britain. They hated when the state governors had all the power.

Question 4

Directions: Fill in the blanks to the best of your ability.

To prevent potential __________ and protect individual ___________, the state constitutions wanted to keep the power with the _____________, to keep them content and protect their ___________________.

Answer 4

1. Abuses
2. Rights
3. People
4. Liberties

Question 5

What is an executive?

Answer 5

An executive is the person who runs the government and sees that laws are carried out

Question 6

How did the Articles of Confederation make sure that power remained in the states?

Answer 6

They granted limited powers to the central government. Congress couldn’t regulate trade, levy armies, or collect taxes. They had to ask for money from the states. They could make laws, but had no authority to carry them out.

Question 7

What did Shay’s Rebellion demonstrate about the strength of the national government under the Articles of Confederation?

Answer 7

It demonstrated that the strength of the national government was weak under the Articles of Confederation. It showed the national government’s inability to quickly raise a militia and its inability to address domestic unrest effectively.

Question 8

What is an economic depression?

Answer 8

A period where business activity slows, prices and wages drop, and unemployment rises

Question 9

What did the states do to protect individual rights?

Answer 9

They added bill of rights. These bills protected the rights of citizens.

Question 10

List five rights protected by the states.

Answer 10

1. Freedom of speech
2. Freedom of religion
3. The right to trial by jury
4. The banning of cruel and unusual punishments
5. Freedom of the press

Question 11

Under the Articles of Confederation, the national government had no ____________ or _____________ branch of government.

Answer 11

1. Executive
2. Judicial

Question 12

Under the Articles of Confederation, the national government had one legislative branch called _________________, with each state having ______ vote.

Answer 12

1. Congress
2. One

Question 13

How many of the 13 states had to approve laws under the Articles of Confederation?

Answer 13

Nine

Question 14

List five powers that Congress had under the Articles of Confederation.

Answer 14

1. Congress had the power to deal with foreign nations and Native Americans outside the 13 states
2. They had the power to make laws (had to be approved)
3. They had the power to declare war
4. They had the power to coin (make) or borrow money
5. They had the power to operate a postal system

Question 15

Why did the Articles of Confederation work so well during the American Revolution?

Answer 15

The Articles worked well because all the states were united towards a same cause. The central government’s limited powers were suitable for coordinating efforts without imposing unneccessary authority.

Question 16

List a few strengths that the national government had under the Articles of Confederation.

Answer 16

1. They won independence from Britain and negotiated peace treaties
2. They established the Land Ordinance of 1785 and the Northwest Ordinance of 1787, which provided rules for settling on new lands and creating new states

Question 17

List three weaknesses of the national government under the Articles of Confederation.

Answer 17

1. They had no authority figure to regulate trade or collect taxes
2. The national government could not protect land from foreign occupation (mainly Britain)
3. They could not stop public unrest as show in Shay’s Rebellion

Question 18

Directions: After being provided the definition, name the person who best fits it.

Delegate from Pennsylvania at the Constitutional Convention who warned against shutting the people of the states out of the process of electing the legislature.

Answer 18

James Wilson

Question 19

Who was the principal author of the Virginia Plan?

Answer 19

James Madison

Question 20

What is a judicial branch of government?

Answer 20

A system of courts to interpret laws

Question 21

What is a compromise?

Answer 21

An agreement in which each side gives up a part of what it wants

Question 22

A delegate from Connecticut at the Constitutional Convention created the Great Compromise. What was his name?

Answer 22

Roger Sherman

Question 23

True or False? If false, correct the statement.

Gouverneur Morris was a delegate from Pennsylvania who was largely responsible for writing the Preamble of the Constitution.

Answer 23

True

Question 24

Who were the three men that authored the Federalist papers?

Answer 24

1. John Jay
2. Alexander Hamilton
3. James Madison

Question 25

If someone is to approve something, what are they doing?

Answer 25

They are ratifying something.

Question 26

Who was a leading Antifederalist from Virginia with Patrick Henry?

Answer 26

George Mason