Creating a Constitution

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The Articles of Confederation

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formed a weak national government.

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The Articles of Confederation failed because the new national government

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couldn't deal with an economic crisis.

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Which was not a part of the Articles of Confederation? Options: a bill of rights, each state had one vote, an executive branch, a judicial branch

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a bill of rights

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The Great Compromise was an agreement on which of the following?
the way slaves in the south would be counted in Congress,
the number of state representatives in Congress,
the separation of powers into three branches of government,
the order of the Bill of Rights

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the number of state representatives in Congress

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What is one thing the writers of the Constitution did not have to compromise on? Options: the rules a territory would have to follow to become a state, the way slaves in the south would be counted, the number of legislative representatives for each state, the addition of the bill of rights

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the rules a territory would have to follow to become a state

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What idea did the writers of the Constitution borrow from the Romans?

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(republican) self government

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The idea of an American Bill of Rights has historic roots in

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the Magna Carta

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From what source did the writers of the Constitution get the idea of natural human rights?

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the Enlightenment

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Anti-federalists objected to the Constitution on the grounds that it gave too much power to the national government.

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gave too much power to the national government.

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Which was the key issue in the process of ratifying the Constitution?

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the Bill of Rights