Unit #3 Creating a New Government

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What is the name of the plan that combined the New Jersey Plan and the Virginia Plan?

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The Great Compromise

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Which fraction was decided on how to count slaves for population?

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What was one weakness of the Articles of Confederation? Options: Congress could tax, Central Government had all the power, There was no President, Had a strong military

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There was no President

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What event showed that the Articles of Confederation was a failed government?

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Shays' Rebellion

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Following the American Revolution, what did Congress fear about a strong central government?

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rights for which people fought would be lost

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One weakness of the Articles of Confederation was that Congress could not

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impose taxes.

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Which of these was the greatest challenge for the delegates at the Constitutional Convention? A. how to respond to the interests of foreign countries, B. how to address the concerns of farmers and ranchers, C. how to balance the interests of large and small states, D. how to get agreement between the eastern and western states

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how to balance the interests of large and small states

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What did the Great Compromise decide? A. representation in Congress, B. the names of political parties, C. the system of checks and balances, D. process of selecting the president

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representation in Congress

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What was the greatest concern of the opponents to the Constitution?

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giving up state power to form a stronger Union

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Which of these describes a federal system of government? A. Government is run by one political party. B. A single leader makes all of the government decisions. C. Individual states have power over the national government. D. Power is shared by the national and state governments.

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Power is shared by the national and state governments.