Unit 3: Constitution Review

Use the information below to answer the question.

________?________

• Lacked power to levy taxes

• Lacked power to enforce laws

• Lacked power to regulate trade

Which title best labels the information?

• Criticisms of the Constitution by the Anti-Federalists

• Difficulties of State Governments During the American Revolution

• Grievances Against King George III in the Declaration of Independence

• Weaknesses of the U.S. Government Under the Articles of Confederation

Which action did the first Congress take to satisfy anti-Federalist concerns regarding constitutional reform?

• revising the Articles of Confederation

• approving the Connecticut Compromise

• ratifying the Virginia Plan

• adding the Bill of Rights

Which document was adopted to address these problems?

Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation

• Unable to collect taxes

• Failed to raise an army

• Unable to regulate trade

• Northwest Ordinance

• Olive Branch Petition

• United States Constitution

• Albany Plan of Union

What is the name of the first written plan of government in America?

• Constitution
• Treaty of Paris
• Declaration of Independence
• Articles of Confederation

Who is known as the "father" of the Constitution because of his drafting of the Virginia Plan, Federalists Papers and Bill of Rights?

• George Washington

• George Mason

• John Adams

• James Madison

What is federalism?

• The people vote for their leaders who then represent them. 
• The people have individual rights. 
• There are three branches of government. 
• The state and national government share power. 

Powers of Congress that are stated in the Constitution

• expressed
• reserved
• implied
• concurrent

States that no law can conflict with the US Constitution.

• Necessary and Proper Clause

• Supremacy Clause

• Federalism

• Popular Soverignty

The three-fifths compromise was an agreement that established which practice?

• Immigrants that were not citizens would be counted for population.

• Slaves in the South would be counted as ⅗ for population and taxation.

• Slaves in the the U.S. would be counted as a whole person for taxation.

• The practice of ending slavery throughout the American South.

Which statement describes the result of the Great Compromise/Connecticut Plan?

• Reserved powers were implemented to form different levels of government.

• Executive authority was given to the office of the president.

• Representation in a bicameral legislature was established.

• The judicial branch was formed to create a system of checks and balances.