Constitution Day

Multiple Select

In which ways did the Article of Confederation make the national government ineffective?

Select all that apply.

• could not require states to send money to the federal government

• could not create a post office

• could not compel states to provide troops for national defense

• did not give states sovereignty to govern themselves

Match

Match the solution of the weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation with the action the Framers took in the writing of the Constitution.

• created an office to carry out the laws created by Congress

• created a system that establishes how the states are represented

• created a court system to settle disputes between states or with the federal government

• gained the support of Anti-federalists for the Constitution

executive branch

Great Compromise

judicial branch

Bill of Rights

• executive branch

• Great Compromise

• judicial branch

• Bill of Rights

Multiple Choice

The Constitutional Convention primarily emerged as a response to:

• The Revolutionary War

• Shay's Rebellion

• British taxation

• Foreign diplomatic pressures

Multiple Choice

The Three-Fifths Compromise revealed:

• Equal representation for all citizens

• Complete abolition of slavery

• A commitment to immediate racial equality

• Deep social and economic divisions regarding slavery

Multiple Choice

The Bill of Rights was primarily designed to:

• Expand federal government powers

• Eliminate state governments

• Limit government power and protect individual rights

• Create additional taxation mechanisms