Creating a Constitution

The Articles of Confederation

• formed a weak national government.

• created strong federal courts.

• planned for an executive branch.

• included many state laws.

The Articles of Confederation failed because the new national government

• spent all its time resolving disputes between the states.

• had too much power.

• couldn't deal with an economic crisis.

• outlawed slavery in the Northwest territories.

Which was not a part of the Articles of Confederation?

• a bill of rights

• each state had one vote

• an executive branch

• a judicial branch

The Great Compromise was an agreement on which of the following?

• the way slaves in the south would be counted in Congress

• the number of state representatives in Congress

• the separation of powers into three branches of government

• the order of the Bill of Rights

What is one thing the writers of the Constitution did not have to compromise on?

• the rules a territory would have to follow to become a state

• the way slaves in the south would be counted

• the number of legislative representatives for each state

• the addition of the bill of rights

What idea did the writers of the Constitution borrow from the Romans?

• the division of power

• declaration of citizens' rights

• limitations of a ruler's power

• (republican) self government

The idea of an American Bill of Rights has historic roots in

• the British parliament

• the Revolutionary war era

• Roman law

• the Magna Carta

From what source did the writers of the Constitution get the idea of natural human rights?

• the Roman tradition

• the American experience

• the Enlightenment

• the English tradition

Anti-federalists objected to the Constitution on the grounds that it

• failed to provide smaller states with equal representation.

• did not abolish slavery in the United States.

• gave the president too little power.

• gave too much power to the national government.

Which was the key issue in the process of ratifying the Constitution?

• statehood for new territories

• the Bill of Rights

• the number of legislative representatives for each state

• fear of a dictatorship