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Expansion and Conventions Practice Test

Question 1 of 22

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Which items were included in the Land Ordinance of 1785? Select ALL THAT APPLY (3)

Select one or more of the following:

  • The land would be surveyed and divided into townships

  • Basic rights were guaranteed to all settlers

  • Each township would be divided into 36 individual square mile sections to be sold at $640 per plot

  • Outlawed slavery

  • Each township would set aside one plot for a public school

  • Allowed for the territory to be divided into separate territories

  • Once a territory reached 60,000 settlers, they could apply for statehood

Explanation

Question 2 of 22

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Which items were included in the Northwest Ordinance? Select ALL THAT APPLY (4)

Select one or more of the following:

  • The land would be surveyed and divided into townships

  • Basic rights were guaranteed to all settlers

  • Each township would be divided into 36 individual square mile sections to be sold at $640 per plot

  • Outlawed slavery

  • Each township would set aside one plot for a public school

  • Allowed for the territory to be divided into separate territories

  • Once a territory reached 60,000 settlers, they could apply for statehood

Explanation

Question 3 of 22

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Who wrote the Virginia Plan?

Select one of the following:

  • Thomas Jefferson

  • Alexander Hamilton

  • John Jay

  • James Madison

Explanation

Question 4 of 22

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One reason the meetings for the new government were kept a secret is because they didn't want any outside pressure.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 5 of 22

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Another reason the meetings for the government were kept a secret is because they were afraid that if the information leaked they would receive death threats.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 6 of 22

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Who wrote the New Jersey Plan?

Select one of the following:

  • Thomas Jefferson

  • Alexander Hamilton

  • James Madison

  • William Patterson

Explanation

Question 7 of 22

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What does ratify mean?

Select one of the following:

  • To approve

  • To disapprove

  • To argue

  • To give up

Explanation

Question 8 of 22

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How many houses did the New Jersey Plan call for?

Select one of the following:

  • 1

  • 2

  • 32

  • 4

Explanation

Question 9 of 22

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How many houses did the Virginia Plan call for?

Select one of the following:

  • 1

  • 2

  • 32

  • 4

Explanation

Question 10 of 22

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How did the Virginia Plan want representatives counted?

Select one of the following:

  • By population

  • Each state would get 1 vote regardless of population

  • Each state would get to choose how many votes it would get

  • Each state would get 2 senators

Explanation

Question 11 of 22

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How many votes would the states receive under the New Jersey plan?

Select one of the following:

  • 1

  • 2

  • It would depend on population

  • 3

Explanation

Question 12 of 22

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What was the name of the plan that settled the representation argument in Congress?

Select one of the following:

  • The Virginia Plan

  • The New Jersey Plan

  • The Great Compromise

  • The Three-Fifths Compromise

Explanation

Question 13 of 22

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Who wrote the Great Compromise?

Select one of the following:

  • James Madison

  • William Patterson

  • Roger Sherman

  • Daniel Shays

Explanation

Question 14 of 22

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What was the name of the plan that settled the dispute over slavery?

Select one of the following:

  • The Virginia Plan

  • Shay's Rebellion

  • The Great Compromise

  • The Three-Fifths Compromise

Explanation

Question 15 of 22

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Fill the blank spaces to complete the text.

It was agreed that slaves in any state would be counted and that every out of slaves would be added to the population.

Explanation

Question 16 of 22

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What were the TWO conditions of the Three-Fifths Compromise? CHOOSE 2.

Select one or more of the following:

  • Congress could not ban slavery for 20 years

  • Northern states could not hide runaway slaves

  • Slaves could never be set free

  • Slavery could never be banned

Explanation

Question 17 of 22

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What was Shay's Rebellion?

Select one of the following:

  • A fight between the Federalists and the Anti-Federalists

  • When a group of former militiamen began burning down banks and courthouses in protest

  • Another name for the Revolutionary War

  • A dispute over slavery

Explanation

Question 18 of 22

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Why did Daniel Shay and the group of militiamen destroy banks and courthouses?

Select one of the following:

  • To prevent farms from being seized (taken)

  • To protest slavery

  • To protest rising taxes

  • To protest the new Constitution

Explanation

Question 19 of 22

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How did Shay's Rebellion end?

Select one of the following:

  • Another militia was called in to stop it

  • A treaty was signed

  • Shay and his militiamen claimed victory

Explanation

Question 20 of 22

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What were the arguments the FEDERALISTS had for APPROVING the Constitution? Check ALL THAT APPLY (3)

Select one or more of the following:

  • They thought the Articles made for a weak government.

  • The Constitution protected the rights of the people.

  • The Constitution protected the rights of the states.

  • They thought the Constitution made the states too weak.

  • They believed it gave the president too much power.

  • It did not include a Bill of Rights.

Explanation

Question 21 of 22

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What were the arguments that the ANTI-FEDERALISTS had AGAINST the Constitution? Check ALL THAT APPLY (3).

Select one or more of the following:

  • They thought the Articles made for a very weak government.

  • The Constitution protected the rights of the people.

  • The Constitution protected the rights of the states.

  • They thought the Constitution made the states too weak.

  • They believed it gave the president too much power.

  • It did not include the Bill of Rights.

Explanation

Question 22 of 22

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Which of the following did NOT help write the Federalist Papers?

Select one of the following:

  • James Madison

  • Thomas Jefferson

  • John Jay

  • Alexander Hamilton

Explanation