Unit 1- Quiz #3: Articles of Confederation and Constitution

Which BEST describes the Three-Fifths Compromise?

• Three-fifths of Southern states were permitted to count enslaved people as part of their population.

• Three-fifths of the members of the House of Representatives were from states that allowed slavery.

• Enslaved persons were entitled to only three-fifths of a vote in national elections.

• When determining a state’s population, an enslaved person counted as three-fifths of a free person.

What did the framers want to establish at the Constitutional Convention?

• a government with a king to lead the executive branch

• a government with stronger local control by cities and counties

• a government with strong state governments

• a government with a stronger central government

What agreement determined that each state would have two senators, but that representation in the House would be based on each state's population?

• the Virginia Plan

• the Executive Compromise

• the Great Compromise

• the Three-Fifths Compromise

According to the Articles of Confederation, only the central government had the power to do which of the following?

• appoint representatives to Congress

• hold trials

• declare war

• spend money

Under the Articles of Confederation, the central government consisted of which of the following?

• a single branch, which was Congress

• two branches, which were the legislative and executive branches

• three branches, which were the legislative, executive, and judicial branches

• two branches, which were the Senate and the House of Representatives

What was a MAJOR difference between the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution?

• The powers of the federal government were increased under the Constitution.

• More freedoms were given to women, blacks, and Native Americans under the Constitution.

• The powers of the federal government were increased under the Articles of Confederation.

• The power of individual states was greater under the Constitution.

What was a fundamental weakness of the Articles of Confederation?

• Congress did not have the power to raise money through taxes.

• The document gave too much power to the executive branch.

• The government kept changing as the Articles were repeatedly amended.

• The document was never approved by all of the states.

Under the Constitution, the central government consisted of which of the following?

• a single branch, which was Congress

• two branches, which were the legislative and executive branches

• three branches, which were the legislative, executive, and judicial branches

• two branches, which were the Senate and the House of Representatives

Look at the diagram. Which of the following belongs in the empty box?

• Treasury

• Department of Defense

• Department of State

• Congress

What was one key WEAKNESS of the Articles of Confederation?

• it was too structured for the states to follow

• it was not ratified by every state

• it gave too much power to the states

• it gave too much power to the federal government