8.22 Constitution

Multiple Choice

Why did the founders of our country want to limit the federal government?

• They had just escaped an oppressive king.

• They believed in anarchy

• They wanted to reunite with the British.

• They believed power should be with Parliament.

Multiple Choice

Shay's Rebellion took place in what state?

• New Jersey

• Massachusetts

• Rhode Island

• Pennsylvania

Multiple Choice

Based on the primary source below and your knowledge, which statement best summarizes the significance of Shays’ Rebellion?

"if three years ago any person had told me that at this day, I should see such a formidable rebellion against the laws & constitutions of our own making as now appears I should have thought him a bedlamite - a fit subject for a mad house." He wrote that if the government "shrinks, or is unable to enforce its laws . . . anarchy & confusion must prevail." – George Washington to Henry Knox on Shays’ Rebellion 

• Shays’ Rebellion showed that the government was too strong  

• Shays’ Rebellion caused the president to lose power  

• Shays’ Rebellion led to a weakening of the military

• Shays’ Rebellion contributed to the need for a new Constitution 

Multiple Choice

Who was the presiding officer at the Constitutional Convention?

• John Adams

• George Washington

• Benjamin Franklin

• Thomas Jefferson

Multiple Choice

Which statement best describes the role George Washington played at the Constitutional Convention?

• He argued in favor of a weak central government and greater authority for the states.

• He proposed a bicameral legislature to appease small and large states.

• He presided over the meeting and inspired delegates to create a strong chief executive.

• He proposed a system for counting slaves for voting representation.

Multiple Choice

Which type of legislatures did most states establish?

• monarchy

• bicameral

• multi-house

• single-house

Multiple Choice

Who suggested the Great Compromise?

• John Locke

• John Adams

• Roger Sherman

• James Madison

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was a weakness of the Articles of Confederation?

• It was only approved by half the states.

• There was no Congress.

• There was no chief executive.

• All of the above

Multiple Choice

The strongest criticism of the Constitution was that is _____________.

• lacked a bill of rights to protect individual freedoms

• gave people little control over their local government

• placed too much power in the hands of the common people

• favored state governments over the national government

Multiple Choice

Government where the people control through elected representatives is _______________________.

• Oligarchy

• Monarchy

• Republicanism

• Liberatarianism

Multiple Choice

What was America's first constitution called?

• Articles of Confederation

• Republic Plan

• Bill of Rights

• American Constitution