STAAR review 8th grade US History

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With which of the following arguments would the authors of "The Federalist Papers" most likely have agreed? A bill of rights should be included in the Constitution before it is ratified., Having a stronger central government will make the country more stable and prosperous., The Three-Fifths Compromise will result in fair and equal representation., Universal suffrage should be constitutionally guaranteed.

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Having a stronger central government will make the country more stable and prosperous.

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The Three-Fifths Compromise

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determined how many representatives a state would have in the Congress by counting three-fifths of the state’s slave population.

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Under the Virginia Plan, the structure of the national government would have been changed by the creation of a/an

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bicameral legislature in which the number of delegates per state would be based on a state’s population.

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Which of these was a weakness in the Articles of Confederation exposed by Shays’s Rebellion? Options: the imbalance of power between the three branches of government, the dominance of an overly powerful executive branch, the problem of states having more power than the federal government, the abuse of force by the national army against the nation’s citizens

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the problem of states having more power than the federal government

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The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 established which procedure? Options: election of state governors by the people, admission of a new state into the Union, drafting of male citizens into state militias, collection of property taxes from state residents

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admission of a new state into the Union

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As drafted by the Second Continental Congress the Articles of Confederation established the

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first national government of the United States.

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According to Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, what was a serious flaw in Alexander Hamilton’s plan for a national bank?

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The federal government lacked the authority to create a national bank, making it unconstitutional.

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Alexander Hamilton believed in a flexible interpretation of the Constitution while Thomas Jefferson believed in a

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strict construction.

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Which excerpt from the U. S. Constitution best illustrates 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 chuse 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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The Supreme Court case of Gibbons v. Ogden established

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federal power to regulate interstate commerce.