Unit 4 Quiz 2 review

The Virginia Plan, which was presented at the Constitutional Convention, stated that:

• individual states would have to raise and fund their own armies
• each state's total number of representatives would be decided based on the state population
• each state would have an equal voice in the federal government (regarding representation)
• each state would have a say in nominating judges to a Supreme Court 

What is the idea that our government must share powers between the federal government, and the state governments called?

• federalism
• dictatorship
• bureaucracy
• diplomacy

Why would the Founding Fathers create a system of checks and balances?

• diplomacy
• to ensure that one branch of government never abused it's power
• to ensure that the executive branch kept all the power
• to ensure that the people directly influenced (changed) our government

Women, African Americans, and Native Americans did not take part in the Constitutional Convention because they:

• did not have rights of citizens
• opposed expanding the central government
• were protesting against the new constitution
• could not find a delegate to represent them

What did the Three-Fifths Compromise accomplish?

• freed three-fifths of slaves in southern states
• granted three-fifths of freed slaves the right to vote
• determined the number of representatives from a state using the slave population (of that state)
• decided to give extra delegates to each state that had banned the slave trade

The Federalist Papers tried to reassure Americans about the new federal government created under the Constitution by stating that it would:

• be more like Great Britain's (England's)
• not overpower the states
• one day abolish slavery in the nation
• grant the states political independence

What problem did Anti-federalists have with the Constitution?

• they felt that the central government had been given too much power
• they felt that too many rights were guaranteed to individual citizens
• they felt that merchants were not provided with enough protection
• they felt that the nation should ratify the Constitution as quick as possible

One reason the Constitution is over 220 years old and still working (as our governing document) is that our government can formally change the document.  What is this formal change called?

• an article
• a law
• a bill
• an amendment

The first 10 amendments of our Constitution are called the:

• Magna Carta
• Bills of Congress
• Articles of Confederation
• Bill of Rights

Alexander Hamilton was one of the main Federalists.  Who was the main Anti-Federalist?

• George Washington
• Ben Franklin
• John Jay
• George Mason