How many members serve in the New Jersey State Senate?
Correct answer(s):
- 40
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New Jersey Facts
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How many members serve in the New Jersey General Assembly?
Correct answer(s):
- 80
Which branch of New Jersey government interprets state law?
Correct answer(s):
- Judiciary
How do counties and municipalities relate in New Jersey?
Correct answer(s):
- They are different levels of local government
What does a municipality’s population count generally cover?
Correct answer(s):
- Residents inside that municipality's boundaries
Why can a township have more residents than a legally designated city in New Jersey?
Correct answer(s):
- Townships and cities are different municipal classifications
Which states ratified the U.S. Constitution before New Jersey?
Correct answer(s):
- Delaware and Pennsylvania
What infrastructure helped expand New Jersey industries in the nineteenth century?
Correct answer(s):
- Canals and railroads
Where did New Jersey delegates meet to approve the proposed U.S. Constitution in 1787?
Correct answer(s):
- Trenton
How did industrial employment affect New Jersey settlements?
Correct answer(s):
- It attracted workers to growing towns and cities
Who presented the New Jersey Plan at the Constitutional Convention?
Correct answer(s):
- William Paterson
What kind of legislative representation did the New Jersey Plan defend?
Correct answer(s):
- Equal representation for states
How does the U.S. Congress balance state equality and population today?
Correct answer(s):
- Equal Senate seats and population-based House seats
Which groups could sometimes vote under New Jersey’s early property-based election rules?
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- Some property-owning women and free Black residents
What change did New Jersey’s 1807 voting law make?
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- It narrowed voting to qualified free white male citizens
How did New Jersey’s 1804 law address slavery?
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- It provided for gradual abolition
Which statement describes the limits of the 1804 gradual abolition law?
Correct answer(s):
- It did not immediately free everyone already enslaved
Which constitutional amendment eventually prohibited slavery throughout the United States?
Correct answer(s):
- Thirteenth Amendment
Which early American leader supported manufacturing at Paterson’s Great Falls?
Correct answer(s):
- Alexander Hamilton
When was the Society for Establishing Useful Manufactures founded?
Correct answer(s):
- 1791