US1-Midterm Review of Unit 3

What were the Articles of Confederation?

• Colonist attempt at solving the issue of territorial expansion and population growth

• A strong national government with limits on the overall power of the government

• Confirmed American independence and set the boundaries of the new nation

• Established States Rights, established the post office, and created the Northwest Ordinance

How did the Great Compromise solve the issue of state representation in the new federal government?

• It exposed the fundamental weaknesses in government under the Articles of Confederation.

• It reduced the fear of loss of representation by Southern States with large slave populations.

• It used the Virginia Plan to base representation on population and the New Jersey Plan to base representation on equality (2 representative per state).

• It reconfigure the structure of the Supreme Court and Judicial Branch

What was the purpose of the Constitution?

• Colonist attempt at solving the issue of territorial expansion and population growth

• To develop a strong national government with limits on the overall power of the government

• Confirmed American independence and set the boundaries of the new nation

• Established States Rights, established the post office, and created the Northwest Ordinance

Which of the following best defines the word ratification?

• To end slavery

• To accept (the Constitution)

• To cancel, void

• Rule by the people, when the population is allowed to vote on a political issue

How did Daniel Shay’s Rebellion impact the Articles of Confederation?

• It exposed the fundamental weaknesses in government under the Articles of Confederation.

• It removed restrictions on voting base on race, color, or ever have been a slave

• It proved the strength of a government based on State’s Rights.

• It showed that John Locke’s Social Contract Theory was incorrect

Which of the following were famous Federalist and helped write the Federalist Papers?

• Thomas Jefferson and Patrick Henry

• Alexander Hamilton and John Jay

• George Washington and Fredrick Douglas

• Henry Clay and James Polk

What was the purpose of the Federalist Papers?

• To encourage colonist and anti-federalist to ratify the Constitution

• To discourage colonist and anti-federalist from ratifying the Constitution

• Increase the population in the west and led to the removal of the Plains Indians

• Secret plan to develop and test the Atomic bomb in Los Alamos, New Mexico

What was the significance of the Land Ordinance of 1785

• It set up a system where settlers could purchase farmland in the undeveloped Northwest.

• It forced American Indians to move to reservations west of the Mississippi

• It exposed the fundamental weaknesses in government under the Articles of Confederation.

• It showed Americans were willing to spread democracy to territories like Guam, the Philippines and Puerto Rico

Which of the following limits the power of the federal government in the Constitution?

• Separation of powers, checks and balances and Federalism

• Reaganomics, Containment, and Marshall Plan

• New Deal, the Great Society and the American System

• Habeas Corpus, Sedition Act, and Espionage Act

What were the political believes of the Anti-Federalist?

• They wanted to stop the spread of Communism in Europe

• They want a Constitution that limits the power of the federal government

• Journalist who brought attention to the social and political problems of the early 1800’s

• They want a Constitution with a weak federal government and a Bill of Rights to protect the people