Module 5 Review: Origins and Purposes of Government

What did the Articles of Confederation do?

• serve as the first plan of the government for the U.S.

• Form a loose union of states

• give congress power to make war and peace

• all of these

Which event dealt with figuring out how to balance the interests of large and small states?

• The Constitutional Convention

• Shay's Rebellion

• Writing of the Declaration of Independence

• The Revolutionary War

What were the two groups of people regarding the new constitution?

• Federalists & Anti-Federalists

• Federalists & Southern States

• Anti-Federalists & Nothern States

• Federalists & Constitutionalists

How did the Federalists feel about the new U.S. Constitution?

• Supported it

• Against it

How did the Anti- Federalists feel about the new U.S. Constitution?

• Supported it

• Against it

What was a problem of the AoC that the U.S. Constitution solved?

• How to farm

• Allowed the government to collect taxes

• How to divide land

• Allowed the government to be a monarchy

The Great Compromise solves which problem?

• representation in government

• how land is divided

• how slaves are counted

• Shay's Rebellion

What is the term for a two-house legislature?

• bicameral

• unicameral

• popular sovereignty

• federalism

Which branch favors smaller states?

• Senate

• House of Representatives

• Executive

• Judicial

Which branch favors larger states?

• Senate

• House of Representatives

• Executive

• Judicial