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