Articles of Confederation and Constitution Basics

The Great Compromise accomplished which of the following? 

• Created a one house legislature
• Postponed the conversation about slavery
• Added the Bill of Rights 
• Created a two house legislature

What document replaced the Articles of Confederation and established a new national government? 

• The Declaration of Independence 
• The Constitution 
• The Magna Carta 
• The English Bill of Rights 

Americans were afraid that a __?__ would lead to tyranny, or oppressive rule.

• strong state government
• weak government
• strong central government
• legslature

The issue of enslaved people for the purpose of representation was the main issue of -

• Great Compromise
• One-Third Compromise
• Three-Fifths Compromise
• Slave Compromise

Why were the Articles of Confederation replaced?

• it created an executive branch
• government was took weak to manage state relations
• it created a powerful army
• it created a judicial branch

When creating the legislative branch there were two proposed plans.  Which plan wanted states to have more votes based on population? 

• Connecticut Plan 
• New Jersey Plan
• Virginia Plan
• 3/5th's Plan 

Representation should be equal giving each state the same number of representatives was part of the 

• New Jersey plan
• Virginia plan
• Conneticut plan
• Commerce Compromise

Great Compromise

• the process of approving an official document
• ensured the slave trade would continue for 20 years, but allowed Congress to tax imported slaves
• a process that ensures that both the general population and each state gets to determine the outcome of presidential elections
• established a two-house legislative branch - one based on equal representation, and the other based on state population

What was the purpose of the Constitutional Convention?

• To add to the Articles of Confederation
• To establish a stronger federal (central, national) Government
• To create a militia 
• To write the Declaration of Independence

What ensured that one branch of government did not become more powerful than the others?

• Three-Fifths Compromise

• Great Compromise

• Checks and Balances