Government Chapter 2 Practice

Which of the following is NOT one of the major compromises made during the Constitutional Convention?

• the Connecticut Compromise
• the Three-Fifths Compromise
• the Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise
• the Bundle Compromise

What was the main point of disagreement between supporters of the Virginia and New Jersey plans?

• whether or not they should keep the Articles of Confederation
• how the States should be represented in Congress
• whether or not there should be an executive branch
• how they would present the completed Constitution to the States

What three types of government developed in the colonies?

• ordered, representative, and limited
• unicameral, bicameral, and self-governing
• royal, proprietary, and charter
• religious, commercial, and free

The idea that government can exist and function only with the consent of the governed is called

• ordered government.
• civil liberties.
• popular sovereignty.
• a delegate.

The idea that government is not all-powerful is called ________ government.

• ordered
• limited
• representative
• proprietary

What is ratification?

• a refusal to buy certain goods
• formal approval
• meeting to protest against a government
• disagreement

Anti-Federalist initially opposed ratification of the Constitution because they 

• wanted a Bill of Rights.
• supported a strong central government.
• feared losing their representatives in Congress.
• wanted the States to dissolve their confederation.

What resulted from the weakness of the Articles of Confederation?

• a strengthening of relations between the States
• widespread violent rebellions against national government
• many revisions of the Articles to strengthen the national government
• fighting among the States and economic chaos

What made American colonists angry and resentful toward England?

• harsh taxes and trade restrictions
• a lack of military protection
• an English boycott of American goods
• British attempts to destroy their governments

Which of the following was NOT a weakness of the Articles of Confederation?

• Congress's lack of power to tax
• Congress's lack of power to regulate trade
• an inability to make the States obey national laws
• a central government that was too powerful