Ch. 10 Test

1.

1 point

The number of representatives in the House of Representatives depended on each states population.

True

False

2.

1 point

Who is responsible for the Executive Branch?

Congress

President

Supreme Court

3.

1 point

Daniel Shays led armed groups of farmers in attacks on courthouses in the hope of __________

collecting money to buy tools and seeds for planting

stopping the courts from seizing any more of the farmers' property

passing land ordinancs to divide their land fairly

allowing the states to form their own militias

4.

1 point

Who was elected president of the Philadelphia Convention?

Benjamin Franklin

George Washington

Thomas Jefferson

5.

1 point

The 1st state to vote on the Constitution was?

Delaware

Kansas

New York

Florida

6.

1 point

Congress could not build a _______ to stop Shays' Rebellion?

navy

army

arsenal

house

7.

1 point

The township system used to divide land in the Northwest Territory is still in use today.

EXTRA CREDIT

True

False

8.

1 point

"The supreme law of the land," established by the delegates at the Philadelphia Convention, was called the Declaration of Independence

True

False

9.

1 point

A territory is a land that belongs to a national government but is not a state and is not represented in Congress.

True

False

10.

1 point

Under the Articles of Confederation, Congress COULD NOT ___________

make treaties

borrow money

tax the people

declare war

11.

1 point

In a federal system of government, states can't raise an army, make their own money, or make treaties with foreign countries.

True

False

12.

1 point

When each side in a conflict gives up something it wants in order to come to an agreement, the result is called a compromise.

True

False

13.

1 point

The lawmaking branch of the governement is known as ________

legislative branch

congressional branch

judicial branch

executive branch

14.

1 point

The Senate and House of Representatives make up the Judicial Branch

True

False

15.

1 point

George Washington was the 2nd President of the United States.

True

False

16.

1 point

A form of government in which people elect representatives is called _________

a confederation

a congress

an ordinance

a republic

17.

1 point

A Supreme Court justices serves a __________ term.

life

5 year

10 year

25 year

18.

1 point

The first 10 Amendments to the Constitution are called __________.

Constitution

Bill of Rights

Declaration of Independence

Magna Carta

19.

1 point

In a system of checks and balances what CANNOT happen?

EXTRA CREDIT

the executive branch vetoing a bill from the legislative branch

One branch being stronger than the other 2

One branch taking total control

the judicial branch saying that a law is unconstitutional

20.

1 point

Roger Sherman wrote the _________ Compromise to help solve the arguments over representation

Three-Fifths

Great

New Jersey

Virgina