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A New Nation PRE Test

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Read each question carefully, as some questions require more than one answer. Good luck!
Question 1
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Question 2
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What prompted the call to rewrite the Articles of Confederation? (7.4a.)

Question 3
3.

Why did the Great Compromise establish a two-house legislature? (7.4c.)

Question 4
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Which statement reflects the ideas from the Magna Carta that influenced the writing of the U.S. Constitution? (7.4a.)

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Question 5
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Which of the following statements BEST summarizes the information relayed by this chart? Hint: There are TWO answers. (7.4c.)

Question 6
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6. How did the Federalist Papers generate support for ratifying the Constitution? (7.4c.)

Question 7
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How does the Constitution reflect the principle of popular sovereignty? (7.4c.)

Question 8
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Why is James Madison considered to be the "Father of the Constitution"? (7.4b)

Question 9
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What does it mean to amend something? (7.4b.)

Question 10
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How many states are needed to amend the Constitution? (7.4c.)

Question 11
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Public schools are the responsibility of the ______________. (7.4a.)

Question 12
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What is NOT one of the ideas from Baron de Montesquieu that influenced American government? (7.4a.)

Question 13
13.

What does it mean to ratify something?

Question 14
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How many States had to ratify the Constitution for it to go into effect?

Question 15
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Which of the following is NOT part of the ratification process?

Question 16
16.

The complex system for electing the president is called ____________________.

Question 17
17.

Voters vote directly for the president.

Question 18
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Voters vote for electors that are pledged to a certain candidate.

Question 19
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The number of electors is the total number of Senators and House of Representatives a state has.

Question 20
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Why did many of the northern states object to including enslaved people in population counts? Explain the Three-Fifths Compromise. (7.4c)

Question 21
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Summarize the Virginia and New Jersey Plans and the compromise that resulted from them. (7.4b.)

What were the purposes of the Northwest Ordinance? There are FOUR true statements. (7.4a.)
It set up a government for the Northwest Territory.
It guaranteed basic rights to settlers.
It created new money for each state.
It outlawed slavery there.
It established that new territories should be admitted as new states, rather than part of an existing state.
It elected Alexander Hamilton to be in charge.
A. The Antifederalists wanted a strong central government.
B. The Federalists wanted a Bill of Rights added to the Constitution.
C. The Antifederalists wanted a Bill of Rights as a measure of protection of those rights.
D. The Federalists supported a strong Constitution and a system to balance the government powers.