The New Nation

What is it called when people make laws for themselves?

• Socialism
• Federalism
• Self-Government
• Federalist

Under the Articles of Confederation, the national government was very weak and the state government was very strong.

• True
• False

Congress could declare war, borrow money, and make peace treaties.

• True
• False

Congress could force the states to obey its laws. 

• True
• False

Delegates met to discuss the ________________________ at the Constitutional Convention.

• The Constitution
• The Bill of Rights
• The Articles of Confederation
• The Revolutionary War

The Constitution was held in _______________________. 

• Virginia
• Georgia
• Boston
• Philadelphia

What plan was made for the big states and based its amount of representatives off of population?

• The New Jersey Plan
• The Virginia Plan
• The Great Compromise
• Congress

What is the name of the plan for the small states that determined the amount of representatives by giving each state one vote?

• The Great Compromise
• The Philadelphia Plan
• The New Jersey Plan
• The Virginia Plan

What was the name of the man that suggested the Great Compromise?

• George Washington
• Roger Sherman
• James Madison
• Benjamin Franklin

What was the Great Compromise?

• A plan that allowed the small states to have more control.
• A plan that split Congress into two parts called the Senate and the House of Representatives.
• A plan that allowed the large states to have more power in the national government.