Unit 3 Constitution Test

This was another name for the Connecticut Plan

• Articles of Confederation

• The Great Compromise

• Virginia Plan

• The Great Negotiation

This was the name of the United States first Constitution.

• The Constitution

• Bill of Rights

• Articles of Confederation

• the Preamble

Which of the following was a weakness of the United States' first Constitution.

• National government was too weak

• National Government was too strong

• the states did not have enough power

• States had no say so in National policies

This was the name of the 1787 Convention where delegates met to discuss changes to the Constitution.

• Articles of Confederation

• Constitutional Convention

• Convention of States

• Confederal Alliance Convention

This person was president of the Convention

• James Madison

• Alexander Hamilton

• Sam Adams

• George Washington

This was the only state that did not send a representative to the Convention.

• Rhode Island

• Pennsylvania

• Virginia

• Connecticut

This is the name of a governmental system designed to ensure no branch of government receives to much power.

• Articles of Confederation

• Checks and Balances

• Democracy

• Liberalism

Which of the following are the three branches of government in the US?

• Executive

• Supreme Court

• Judicial

• Legislative

• Federalism

This plan called on the number of representatives to be based on the population of the state.

• Virginia Plan

• New Jersey Plan

• Connecticut Plan

• Pennsylvania Plan

This plan called for the equal representation for all states, regardless of population.

• Virginia Plan

• Connecticut Plan

• New Jersey Plan

• Pennsylvania Plan