Chapter 9 Quiz

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

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  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  Patrick Henry

B  James Madison

C  Alexander Hamilton

D  George Washington

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  George Mason and Patrick Henry.

B  Thomas Jefferson and George Washington.

C  George Clinton and Richard Henry Lee.

D  Alexander Hamilton and James Madison.

A  Congress

B  Congress and a courtysystem

C  Congress, a court system, and an executive

D  Congress and an executive

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

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

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

D  had the support of George Washington

A  replaced the Articles of Confederation

B  provided for gradual emancipation of slaves

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

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

A  Samuel Adams incited a riot in Boston.

B  Pennsylvania farmers could not pay their debt.

C  Businesses could not meet creditors’ terms.

D  Massachusetts farmers resented increasing taxes.

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

B  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

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  urged an expansion of the public library system

B  did not attend the Philadelphia Convention

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

D  fought in the American Revolution

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  Five states had to approve war-making decisions.

B  Nine states had to vote to amend the articles.

C  All thirteen states had to approve routine decisions.

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

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  abolished the lower house.

B  augmented the powers of the upper house.

C  reduced the powers of the governor.

D  gave veto power to the governor.

A  They exposed antifederalists as corrupt politicians.

B  They promised a bill of rights would be included

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

D  Antifederalist leaders came out in support of the Constitution.

A  were mainly lawyers and merchants.

B  disliked that the Constitutional Convention was held in secret

C  were mainly from southern states.

D  were loyalists who chose to remain in the states.

A  James Madison

B  George Washington

C  Thomas Jefferson

D  George Mason