Creating a Government Quiz Review

When creating the legislative branch there were two proposed plans.  Which plan wanted states to have more votes based on population? 

• Connecticut Plan 
• New Jersey Plan
• Virginia Plan
• 3/5th's Plan 

The Great Compromise accomplished which of the following? 

• Created a one house legislature
• Postponed the conversation about slavery
• Added the Bill of Rights 
• Created a two house legislature

In what house of Congress does each state have equal representation?

• Senate

• House of Representatives

• General Assembly

• House of Commons

What document replaced the Articles of Confederation and established a new national government?

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Constitution

• The Magna Carta

• The English Bill of Rights

What does ratification mean?

• To deny
• to ask for
• to demand
• to approve

The original purpose of the Constitutional Convention was to...

• write the Treaty of Paris.

• get all the signers of the Declaration together to celebrate.

• decide who would fight Daniel Shay.

• improve the Articles of Confederation.

This group feared a strong central government. They believed a bill of rights needed to be added to the Constitution and they opposed the adoption of the Constitution.

• democrats

• anti-federalists

• federalists

• small states

The Constitutional Convention took place in this year.

• 1781

• 1787

• 776

• 1783

The issue of counting enslaved people for the purpose of votes in the House of Representatives was the main issue of the....

• Great Compromise

• One-Third Compromise

• Three-Fifths Compromise

• Slave Compromise

This group supported the Constitution. They favored the adoption of a stronger central government because a stronger central government was good for business.

• Federalists

• Anti-Federalists

• demigods

• Senate