VUS SOL 5

What was our first form of government made by leaders that feared a powerful government like England's?

• Articles of Confederation

• The Constitution

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Bill of Rights

What form of government was weak nationally & gave congress no power to tax & had no common currency

• The Declaration of Independence

• Articles of Confederation

• The Constitution

• The Bill of Rights

Which form of government provided for no executive or judicial branch?

• The Bill of Rights

• The Constitution

• Articles of Confederation

• The Declaration of Independence

What form of government made national government supreme law of the land, but gave states considerable power

• Articles of Confederation

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Bill of Rights

• The Constitution

What form of government balanced power between large and small states with the Senate and House of Representatives?

• The Bill of Rights

• The Constitution

• Articles of Confederation

• The Declaration of Independence

What was the agreement to placate the southern states on the topics of slavery/population?

• The Bill of Rights

• 3/5 Compromise

• Great Compromise

• The Constitution

Who was president of the Constitutional Convention but seldom participated in debates?

• Ben Franklin

• John Hancock

• George Washington

• James Madison

Who is the Father of the Constitution and also wrote the Virginia Plan and the Bill of Rights?

• George Washington

• James Monroe

• John Adams

• James Madison

The Virginia Declaration of Rights and the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom influenced what other document?

• The Bill of Rights

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Treaty of Versailles

• Strive for Five

Who wrote the Virginia Declaration of Rights?

• John Marshall

• George Mason

• Thomas Jefferson

• James Madison