quiz chapter 4

Question 1

what is the forerunner of the written constitution in America

Answer 1

Mayflower Compact

Question 2

what emphasized the relationship between the king and the colonies

Answer 2

charters

Question 3

America’s first national constitution

Answer 3

Articles of Confederation

Question 4

the central government is subordinate to state governments and has only the powers which they grant it

Answer 4

confederacy

Question 5

what provided for the surveying of western lands in the Northwest Territory and the orderly sale of the land to settlers

Answer 5

Land Ordinance of 1785

Question 6

what provided a plan of government for the territory

Answer 6

Northwest Ordinance of 1787

Question 7

what met with such success that Virginia invited all the states to send representatives to a convention the next year at Annapolis, Maryland, to discuss common problems of commerce and navigation

Answer 7

Mount Vernon Conference

Question 8

what is called “the most distinguished assembly that the world has ever seen”

Answer 8

Constitutional Convention

Question 9

who were the two most famous Americans to attend the Constitutional Convention

Answer 9

Washing and Franklin

Question 10

who is the “Father of the Constitution”

Answer 10

James Madison

Question 11

who was the youngest delegate to attend the Constitutional Convention

Answer 11

Jonathan Dayton

Question 12

when did the Constitutional Convention begin

Answer 12

1787

Question 13

where did the delegates of the Constitutional Convention gather

Answer 13

Independence Hall

Question 14

what word means “two-house”

Answer 14

bicameral

Question 15

which plan would have given the more populous states an advantage in representation

Answer 15

Virginia Plan

Question 16

what means “one-house”

Answer 16

unicameral

Question 17

which plan would have given all states equal representation

Answer 17

New Jersey Plan

Question 18

what is the upper house

Answer 18

Senate

Question 19

what is the lower house

Answer 19

House of Representatives

Question 20

what agreed that three fifths of a state’s slave population would be counted in determining both taxation and representation

Answer 20

Three-Fifths Compromise

Question 21

what agreed that Congress could regulate interstate and foreign commerce and the trade with the Indians but could not levy export taxes

Answer 21

Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise

Question 22

those who who favored the new Constitution

Answer 22

Federalists

Question 23

those who opposed the adoption of the new Constitution

Answer 23

Anti-Federalists

Question 24

what were “the best commentary on the principles of government which ever was written”

Answer 24

Federalist Papers

Question 25

where was the first temporary capital of the United States

Answer 25

New York City

Question 26

when was George Washington inaugurated

Answer 26

spring of 1789