APUSH - Period 3 (B)

Directly following the conclusion of the Revolutionary War, which of the following acted as the body of law for the newly developed United States of America?

• The Declaration of Independence
• The Articles of Confederation
• The Constitution
• The Bill of Rights

When developing compromises for the new  Constitution, this State's plan favored a legislature with equal representation for all states, which benefited states with small populations. 

• Virginia
• New Jersey
• Delaware
• North Carolina

When developing compromises for the new Constitution, this highly populated State's plan favored a bicameral legislature, which was based on the population of a state.

• New Jersey
• Rhode Island
• Connecticut
• Virginia

The "Federalist Papers" were written to defend the necessity of the U.S. Constitution, and published in magazines, fliers and newspapers throughout the United States. Who wrote them? (Those of you who know the MUSICAL Hamilton, channel the song "Non-Stop"....for the rest of you, you will see this question again, so I would look up the song on YouTube AND memorize the answer below.)

• John Adams, George Washington, Alexander Hamilton
• Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Adams
• James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay
• John Jay, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams

Today, the American Congress is made up of two houses - the House of Representatives (which is based on State Population) AND the Senate (each State has two representatives, regardless of population). This is due to:

• The Virginia Plan
• The New Jersey Plan
• 3/5 Compromise
• The Great Compromise

Which of the following statements sounds like something an Anti-Federalist would say?

• The Constitution failed to provide for a Supreme Court.
• The President's powers were too limited.
• States' rights were strong enough to limit the strength of the Federal government.
• The Constitution lacked a Bill of Rights to provide protections for individual's rights.

To persuade the states to ratify the Constitution in 1788, the Federalists promised to adopt:

• The Virginia Plan
• The Declaration of the Rights of Men
• The Bill of Rights
• The Pinckney Treaty

Which of the following situations was NOT a compromise when it came to developing and passing the Constitution?

• numbers of Representatives in the House and Senate
• the judicial branch being separate from the executive branch
• counting a slave as 3/5 of a person
• Congress' power to tax imports but not exports

In the newly adopted government of the United States, it was the job of the Executive Branch of the government to do what with laws?

• Pass laws
• Interpret laws and decide if they're constitutional
• Enforce laws
• None of the above are accurate

President Washington demonstrated the strength and power of the new Federal government when he:

• Sent 15,000 federal militia to put down a rebellion that resulted from farmers who were unwilling to pay a federal tax that had been placed on whiskey.
• Levied a tax on whiskey at 25%, angering many farmers.
• Developed the rally cry: "Liberty, No Excise."
• Worked alongside Thomas Jefferson and James Madison to pass the Bill of Rights.