AOC-Constitution

The map above depicts the United States territorial sovereignty immediately following

• the French and Indian War

• the purchase of the Louisiana territory

• the American Revolution

• King Phillip's War

The Land Ordinance of 1785 and the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 are considered achievements under the Articles of Confederation because they

• established processes for settling and governing the western territories

• settled boundary disputes with Great Britain and Spain

• provided the basic methods for collecting taxes and coining money

• created a system of state and federal courts

Weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation, along with conflicts such as Daniel Shays' Rebellion, led to what?

• A call for a stronger central government

• George Washington declaring martial law

• Multiple new amendments being added to the Articles

• The need for a Bill of Rights to be added to the Constitution

"To what expedient then, shall we finally resort, for maintaining in practice the necessary partition of power among the several departments, as laid down in the Constitution?

The only answer that can be given is ... the defect must be supplied, by so contriving the interior structure of the government as that its several constituent parts may, by their mutual relations, be the means of keeping each other in their proper places."

-- James Madison, Federalist Paper #51

Which of the ideas incorporated in the U.S. Constitution is expressed in the statement above?

• Judicial Review

• Direct Democracy

• Checks and Balances

• Representative Government

The Federalists gained support for the ratification of the Constitution by promising to amend the Constitution through the adoption of what?

• Suffrage for all males

• An executive committee

• A Bill of Rights

• Limited taxes

• the fear of a powerful executive
• the limitation of states' rights
• the failure to include a Bill of Rights

The concerns expressed above were characteristic of which faction of the Constitutional Convention in the late 1780s?

• Democratic-Republicans

• Federalists

• Anti-Federalists

• Loyalists

Which of the following belongs in the empty box above?

• The Missouri Compromise

• The Great Compromise

• The Federalist Papers

• The Articles of Confederation

Based on the visual above, what concern did the framers address when they drafted the Constitution?

• The concentration of power in the hands of one person or group

• Common people were too ignorant to vote in elections

• The concern that dividing power too much would lead to an inefficient government

• The rise of tyrannical government would create order after the Revolution

Which Enlightenment thinker is credited with the creation of the system of separation of powers?

• John Locke

• Montesquieu

• Rene Descartes

• Roger Williams

Which heading best completes the partial outline above?

• Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation

• Strengths of the Continental Congress

• Provisions of the U.S. Constitution

• Influence of Treaties with European Governments