SOL Review Quiz #3 (Constitution-Early Republic)

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1. All were weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation except:
a. no national army
b. no power to tax
c. no national legislative
d. no national currency
2. What creation of James Madison was implemented to ensure the separation of powers in our new government?
a. The social contract
b. The system of checks & balances
c. Ex post facto
d. The Bill of Rights
3. The 3/5s Compromise said _____________.
a. Only northern states slaves would be counted as 3/5s a person
b. Only southern states slaves would be counted as 3/5s a person
c. Only slaves on plantations would be counted as 3/5s a person
d. All slaves in a state would be counted as 3/5s a person
4. _______________ ended the established church in the Commonwealth of Virginia and was written by
________________?
a. The Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom, T. Jefferson
b. The Bill of Rights, J. Madison
c. The VA Rights of Man, G. Washington
d. The Virginia Declaration of Rights, G. Mason
5. Who was the President of the Constiutitonal Convention?
a. James Madison
b. William Patterson
c. George Washington
d. Thomas Jefferson
6. ____________ is known as the Father of the Constitution because he wrote the _______ Plan.
a. George Washington, Virginia
b. James Madison, New Jersey
c. William Sherman, New Jersey
d. James Madison, Virginia
7. What group supported ratification (passage) of the Constitution?
a. Republican
b. Democratic
c. Anti-Federalists

d. Federalists

8. The ________________ was added to the Constitution to made the ________________ support the
Constitution.
a. 3/5 Compromise, Anti-Federalists
b. 3/5 Compromise, Federalists
c. Bill of Rights, Anti-Federalists
d. Bill of Rights, Federalists
9. The ________________, written by __________________, listed the basic rights of Virginian citizens that could
not be violated.
a. VA Statute of Religious Freedom, Thomas Jefferson
b. VA Declaration of Rights, George Mason
c. Bill of Rights, Thomas Jefferson
d. VA Declaration of Rights, James Madison
10. Why did the Articles of Confederation want a weak central government?
a. Because Southern states wanted to control the country
b. People feared creating another king
c. Northern states wanted to control trade
d. States feared a strong government couldnt control a country so large
11. What is the power of the Supreme Court to declare legislation unconstitutional called?

a. habeas corpus

b. bill of attainder

c. ex post facto

d. judicial review

12. What precedent was established by the US Supreme Court Case Marbury v. Madison?
a. interposition
b. judicial review
c. ex post facto
d. habeas corpus
13. What Supreme Court ruling said the power to tax is the power to destroy?
a. McCulloch vs. Maryland
b. Marbury vs. Madison
c. Smith vs. Wesson
d. Johnson vs. Bird
14.Who was the leader of the Federalist Party?
a. Alexander Hamilton
b. George Washington

c. John Jay

d. Thomas Jefferson

15. Who was the leader of the Democratic-Republican Party?

a. Alexander Hamilton
b. George Washington

c. John Jay

d. Thomas Jefferson

16. What closed the Western Hemisphere to further colonization?

a. War of 1812
b. American System
c. Washington Doctrine

d. Monroe Doctrine

17. What was so important about the election of 1800?

a. Thomas Jefferson became President and Federalists laws were repealed
b. Power was transferred peacefully between different political parties
c. It led to the end of the two party system in America
d. Federalists attacked Jefferson and his supporters.
18. Which is Not true about the Louisiana Purchase?
a. Jefferson wanted to find rivers that would lead to the Pacific Ocean
b. U.S. acquires land from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains
c. Explored by Lewis and Clark
d. Bought from the French for $10 million dollars
19. Federalists would most likely of heald which following positions?
a. A Bill of Rights must be in the Constituion
b. A strong national government was neccesary
c. State governments should remain superior
d. The Articles of Confederation should not be changed
20. Which document ended the established church in the Commonwealth of Virginia?
a. The Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom
b. The Bill of Rights
c. The VA Rights of Man
d. The Virginia Declaration of Rights