Chapter 7 Quiz Study Guide Review

Question 1 Having two separate lawmaking chambers

Answer Bicameral

Question 2 A government in which citizens rule through elected representatives

Answer Republic

Question 3 A law or regulation

Answer Ordinance

Question 4 To fall in value

Answer Depreciate

Question 5 A period when economic activity slows and unemployment increases

Answer Depression

Question 6 The freeing of individuals enslaved persons

Answer Manumission

Question 7 Having the proper size in relation to other objects or items

Answer Proportional

Question 8 A settlement of a dispute by each party giving up some demands

Answer Compromise

Question 9 A meeting

Answer Convention

Question 10 To change or revise

Answer Amend

Question 11 Who was the President of the Constitutional Convention?

Answer George Washington

Question 12 What single territory was created out of the lands north of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi River?

Answer Northwest Territory

Question 13 What compromise broke the deadlock between large and small states?

Answer Great Compromise

Question 14 Shays’ Rebellion forced courts to close so judges could not take away what?

Answer Farmer’s land

Question 15 What were the strengths of the Articles of Confederation?

Answer The Treaty of Paris was signed The Northwest Ordinance was passed Congress had the power to declare war and peace, borrow and print money, make treaties, and settle state disputes

Question 16 Constitutional Convention delegates voted to work toward a new national government based on which plan?

Answer Virginia Plan

Question 17 The states adopted constitutions that limited the power which government official?

Answer Governor

Question 18 The American Revolution did not resolve problems for everyone. While many gained their liberty, what issue was still not resolved?

Answer Slavery

Question 19 What financial problems developed because of the Articles of Confederation?

Answer Money had depreciated, or fallen in value, and Congress could not easily raise money

Question 20 Some delegates refused to sign the Constitution because it did not include what?