Review Chapter Five

One weakness of the Articles of Confederation was that the Confederation Congress could not 

• Enforce its laws.
• Make Laws
• Coin Money
• Borrow money

This rebellion convinced many national leaders that the Articles of Confederation were too weak to govern the

• Revolutionary War
• Shay's
• The Civil War
• Nat Turner

His ideas about the separation of powers inspired the Framers when they crafted the three branch structure of the federal government under the Constitution

• Voltaire
• Montesquieu
• Jefferson
• Locke

The powers that are kept for the states are known as:

• Separation of Powers
• Checks and Balances
• Enumerated Powers
• Reserved Powers

Which plan, proposed by Edmund Randolph will favor the large states with representation based upon population?

• New Jersey Plan
• Virginia Plan
• Separation of Powers
• Checks and Balances

This plan, proposed by William Patterson will continue with equal representation based equally. 

• Virginia Plan
• New Jersey Plan
• The Great Compromise
• The Washington Protocol

At the Constitutional Convention, delegates from Southern states wanted enslaved persons counted in a state’s population to increase their power in the new House of Representatives.

• True
• False

At the Constitutional Convention, delegates from the Northern states agreed with those from Southern states that the new Congress should have no power over foreign trade

• True
• False

Why did the delegates to the Constitutional Convention decide to replace the Articles of Confederation?

• State legislatures demanded it
• The government they created was too weak.
•  They were supposed to be replaced every few years
• The delegates had never favored them.

 Article III of the Constitution provided for the creation of one Supreme Court and what additional courts?

• Supreme courts for each state
• Such lower courts as Congress thought necessary
• Federal district courts to be located in every state
• Municipal courts organized by local government officials