Unit 3

What was America's first constitution called?

• American Constitution

• Articles of Confederation

• Bill of Rights

• Republic Plan

The Americans formed a republic, a government in which citizens rule through

• Appointed representatives

• elected representatives

• kingships

• monarchies

One major weakness of the Confederation was that it could not deal with

• drawing maps

• Native Americans

• new states

• the nation’s finances

One of the Confederation’s accomplishments was an arrangement for.

• currency to be created.

• foreign troops

• new states in the West.

• the military

Article V

"For the more convenient management of the general interests of the United States, delegates shall be annually appointed in such manner as the legislature of each State shall direct, to meet in Congress on the first Monday in November, in every year, with a power reserved to each State to recall its delegates, or any of them, at any time within the year, and to send others in their stead, for the remainder of the year."

Based on the quote, which of the following was a power of state legislatures under the Articles of Confederation?

• To call meetings of Congress

• To make laws for the nation

• To remove leaders of the new federal government

• To send and recall delegates to Congress

Based on the map, which body of water formed the southern border of the Northwest Territory?

• Lake Erie

• Lake Superior

• Mississippi River

• Ohio River

Convention delegates broke the deadlock between large and small states when they approved

• The Great Compromise

• the Three-Fifths Compromise

• the Two-Thirds Compromise

• the Washington Compromise

What were supporters of the new Constitution called?

• Anti-Federalists

• Federalists

• Jeffersonian

• Nationalists

Those who opposed the Constitution feared the national government would

• limit the number of new states.

• limit trade

• require religion to be practiced

• take rights away from the people.

The series of essays published to explain and support the Constitution was called

• The Antifederalist

• Common Sense

• The Federalist Papers

• The Spirit of Law