Constitution Review

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What issues do the Virginia and New Jersey Plans show concerning how the people should be represented?

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Virginia wanted representation based on population because they were one of the most populated states, while New Jersey was smaller and wanted equal representation for all states.

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Which right best completes the diagram? Options: The right to bear arms, Freedom to speak without fear of punishment, Protection from cruel and unusual punishment, Freedom of the press to report on court proceedings.

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Protection from cruel and unusual punishment

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Which excerpt from the US Constitution best illustrate the principle of popular sovereignty? Options: “Each House shall be the Judge of the Elections, Returns and Qualifications of its own Members...”, “The House of Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen every second Year by the People of the several States...”, “The Senate shall choose their other Officers, and also a President pro tempore...”, “The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof.”

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“The House of Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen every second Year by the People of the several States...”

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Which of the following was not considered a weakness of the Articles of Confederation?
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There was no way to resolve disputes between the states.
Enforcing and implementing acts passed by Congress
There was no predicable national income
Congress was able to declare war and sign treaties

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Congress was able to declare war and sign treaties

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Why did some of the founders of the American Republic consider the lack of a national executive and judiciary under the Articles of Confederation as one of the document’s great strengths?

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They feared a strong central government.

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The three-fifths Compromise illustrated above represents the different opinion held by the North and South over what issue?

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Counting of enslaved persons for purposes of taxation and representation

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What was the purpose of the Federalist Papers and the Anti-Federalist Papers?

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The Federalist Papers supported the Constitution while the Anti-Federalist Papers expressed the need for a Bill of Rights.

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One accomplishment of the national government under the Articles of Confederation was the passage of the North West ordinance establishing –

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The procedures for admitting new states in an orderly fashion and equally into the Union

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Which idea best completes this diagram? Options: Representation by presidential appointment, Representation based on a state’s date of admission, Representation based on a state’s population, Representation with term limits

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Representation based on a state’s population

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Which of these would best complete the diagram? Alien and Sedition Acts, U.S. Constitution, Magna Carta, Declaration of Independence

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U.S. Constitution