11 US Chapter 5 and 6 Costitution

The first ten Amendments are called the

• Constitution Day
• Senators 
• Bill of Rights

How many colonies/states were there when the United States became an independent country?

• 13
• 19
• 43

What is the significance of the year 1787?

• Declaration of Independence
• U.S. Constitution
• Jamestown
• Mayflower Compact

The Great Compromise settled the dispute over 

• The Presidential veto power
• The issue of slavery
• Representation in Congress
• Judicial Review

What event caused colonists to want a stronger government?

• The Intolerable Acts
• Shay's Rebellion
• The Northwest Ordinance
• The Townshend Acts

What did Federalists want?

• A Bill of Rights
• More power to be given to the states
• More protection of individual rights
• A strong, central government

What did Anti-Federalists want?

• A strong, central government
• A Bill of Rights
• Less power for the states
• To keep the Articles of Confederation

What was the main weakness of the Articles of Confederation?

• the federal government was too weak

• It had no legislative branch

• The judicial was too powerful

• The executive was too powerful

One major problem with the Articles of Confederation is that Congress could not ______ the citizens to raise money.

• tax
• ask
• demand
• force

Who had more power under the Articles of Confederation?

• Federal Government
• State Governments
• Individual people
• States with larger populations