American Government Review

The Articles of Confederation were structured the way they were because the former colonies feared...

• a strong government
• poverty
• free press

Which group wanted a strong national government?

• Federalists
• Anti-Federalists

Which group did not want to approve the new Constitution?

• Federalists
• Anti-Federalists

The 3/5 Compromise settled the argument of--

• Representation in the Senate
• How slaves would be counted towards representation
• How states would be represented
• Borders of states

The Articles of Confederation created a _________________ type of government.

• strong
• average
• weak
• federal

Two-house legislatures that divide the work of government are known as...

• bicameral
• republic
• federalism
• due process

federalism means...

• two house-legislatures that divide the work of government
• a government in which citizens rule through elected representatives
• sharing power between the federal and state governments
• a disease that workers in the FBI can get

What would I be if I were something added to a document?

• an amendment
• an adjournment 
• an apothecary
• an anthropist

This was one of the major concessions needed in order for some states to sign the Constitution...amendments that protected the individual freedoms of citizens

• unanimous voting clause
• Bill of Rights
• popular sovereignty
• preamble

The constitution set up this kind of system to maintain a balance of power among the three branches of government

• confederation
• separation of powers
• federalism
• checks and balances