A New Nation VUS.5 VA SOLs

Under the Articles of Confederation, the national government -

• could tax states to pay for internal improvements.

• could not establish a national currency.

• could disband state legislatures.

• could not raise an army.

Under the Constitution, the national government -

• holds less power than the state governments.

• shares and divides powers with the state governments.

• gives power to the state governments as needed.

• only deals with foreign powers.

Who presided over the Constitutional Convention?

• James Madison

• Thomas Jefferson

• Benjamin Franklin

• George Washington

Who is frequently called the “Father of the Constitution”?

• James Madison

• George Washington

• Alexander Hamilton

• John Adams

The Three-Fifths Compromise helped to settle what issue?

• balance power between states with large populations and those with smaller populations

• provide a means of deciding disputed Presidential elections

• allow Congress to override a Presidential veto of an act passed by both Houses

• the fear of loss of representation by southern states with large slave populations

Which event occurred in Massachusetts in 1786?

• the Constitutional Convention

• the signing of the Declaration of Independence

• Shay's Rebellion in Massachusetts

• the start of the American Revolution

Who is called "The Father of the Constitution"?

• George Washington

• James Madison

• John Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

Under the Constitution, the national government -

• holds less power than the state governments.

• shares and divides powers with the state governments.

• gives power to the state governments as needed.

• only deals with foreign powers.

In the Articles of Confederation, the states have to give money to the national government if it's requested.

• True

• False

George Washington was the president of the Constitutional Convention.

• True

• False