Chapter 9 Quiz

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  How to balance the interests of large and small states

B  Whether or not slavery should be abolished

C  Whether or not presidential powers should be increased

D  How the government should regulate trade

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  Patrick Henry

B  Alexander Hamilton

C  George Washington

D  James Madison

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  George Mason and Patrick Henry.

B  George Clinton and Richard Henry Lee.

C  Alexander Hamilton and James Madison.

D  Thomas Jefferson and George Washington.

A  Congress and an executive

B  Congress, a court system, and an executive

C  Congress

D  Congress and a courtysystem

A  was aimed at the Vermont government which had very strict policies regarding debtors

B  had the support of George Washington

C  was a response to the Whiskey tax implemented to raise revenue to pay war debt

D  demonstrated the weakness of the national government under the Articles of Confederation

A  was a thinly disguised attempt to institute a monarchy in America

B  was favored by smaller, less populated states because it proposed equal representation

C  provided for gradual emancipation of slaves

D  replaced the Articles of Confederation

A  Businesses could not meet creditors’ terms.

B  Samuel Adams incited a riot in Boston.

C  Massachusetts farmers resented increasing taxes.

D  Pennsylvania farmers could not pay their debt.

A  gave the white south more power in national affairs because they could count their slaves in the general population for the purpose of determining representation in the House of Representatives

B  expired in the year 1808 because of a key sectional compromise made at the Constitutional Convention

C  declared that slaves were not human and did not have legal rights

D  required that all revenue bills have a 3/5 approval vote in the House of Representatives

A  did not attend the Philadelphia Convention

B  fought in the American Revolution

C  is known as the “father” of the US Constitution

D  urged an expansion of the public library system

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  Each state had two delegates who served one-year terms

B  Nine states had to vote to amend the articles.

C  All thirteen states had to approve routine decisions.

D  Five states had to approve war-making decisions.

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  abolished the lower house.

B  reduced the powers of the governor.

C  augmented the powers of the upper house.

D  gave veto power to the governor.

A  Antifederalist leaders came out in support of the Constitution.

B  They promised federal tax relief for poor famers and laborers.

C  They exposed antifederalists as corrupt politicians.

D  They promised a bill of rights would be included

A  were mainly lawyers and merchants.

B  were mainly from southern states.

C  disliked that the Constitutional Convention was held in secret

D  were loyalists who chose to remain in the states.

A  George Washington

B  James Madison

C  George Mason

D  Thomas Jefferson