Constitution Review

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What is the name of the first written plan of government for the newly independent USA?

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Articles of Confederation

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The Articles of Confederation created a ________ national government.

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weak

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Which of the following is an example of a weakness in the Articles of Confederation? Congress couldn't collect taxes, Weak national government, Provided no common currency/money for all 13 states, All of the  above

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All of the above

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Why was this first U.S. government so weak?

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Americans were afraid to give their new government too much power

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What were two proposals to decide how each state should be represented in the Constitution? Options: Georgia and New Hampshire Plan, Virginia and New Jersey Plan, New York and Boston Plan, Florida and Alabama Plan

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Virginia and New Jersey Plan

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Which plan called for equal representation of the states regardless of population?

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New Jersey Plan

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Which plan called for representation based on the states' population, benefiting the big states?

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Virginia Plan

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The founding fathers combined the ideas of the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan to come up with -

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Great Compromise

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What was the Constitution's solution to the issue of "can enslaved people be counted in the population?"

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The 3/5ths Compromise

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The writers of the Constitution designed a system of checks and balances to

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keep any one branch of government from becoming too powerful.