New Jersey History

What major disagreement divided large and small states in the 1787 Convention?

• Whether to abolish all state capitals
• Which ocean bordered New Jersey
• How states should be represented in Congress
• How to name every river

Which protected site commemorates Washington’s winter encampments in New Jersey?

• Mesa Verde National Park
• Morristown National Historical Park
• Acadia National Park
• Yellowstone National Park

Which National Park Service site links New Jersey’s waterfalls with early manufacturing?

• Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park
• Grand Canyon National Park
• Everglades National Park
• Haleakala National Park

Which groups held different loyalties during New Jersey’s Revolutionary War years?

• Only nineteenth-century Union soldiers
• Only people from the Pacific Islands
• Only identical supporters of independence
• Loyalists, Patriots, British troops, and civilians

How did New Jersey’s 1776 state constitution differ from its 1787 federal ratification?

• They were the same document adopted on the same day
• Neither involved written constitutions
• They were distinct legal and political events
• Both abolished the state government