1. Chapter 7 Quiz Study Guide Review

2. Question 1
Having two separate lawmaking chambers

3. Answer
Bicameral

4. Question 2 A government in which citizens rule through elected
representatives

5. Answer
Republic

6. Question 3
A law or regulation

7. Answer
Ordinance

8. Question 4
To fall in value

9. Answer
Depreciate

10. Question 5
A period when economic activity slows and unemployment increases

11. Answer
Depression

12. Question 6
The freeing of individuals enslaved persons

13. Answer
Manumission

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

15. Answer
Proportional

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

17. Answer
Compromise

18. Question 9
A meeting

19. Answer
Convention

20. Question 10
To change or revise

21. Answer
Amend

22. Question 11
Who was the President of the Constitutional Convention?

23. Answer
George Washington

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

25. Answer
Northwest Territory

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

27. Answer
Great Compromise

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

29. Answer
Farmer’s land

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

31. 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

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

33. Answer
Virginia Plan

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

35. Answer
Governor

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

37. Answer
Slavery

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

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

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