Unit 2 Review Pt 1

A major weakness of government under the Articles of Confederation was that

• the large states received more votes in Congress than the small states did

• the national government could not enforce its laws

• too much power was given to the president

• state governments could not coin money

During the Constitutional Convention of 1787, the Great Compromise resolved a conflict over

• presidential power

• the issue of nullification

• representation in Congress

• taxes on imports

The United States Constitution requires that a national census be taken every ten years to

• provide the government with information about voter registration

• establish a standard for setting income tax rates

• determine the number of members each state has in the House of Representatives

• decide who can vote in presidential elections

According to the United States Constitution, the president has the power to

• nominate federal judges

• declare war

• grant titles of nobility

• reverse Supreme Court decisions

Which heading best completes the partial outline below?

I. __________________________

A. Magna Carta

B. House of Burgesses

C. Town meetings

D. John Locke

• Ideas of Social Darwinism

• Basis of British Mercantilism

• Contributions to American Literature

• Influences on United States Constitutional Government

Which two groups debated the ratification of the new Constitution?

• loyalists and revolutionaries

• Federalists and Antifederalists

• Democratic Party and Whig Party

• executive branch and judicial branch

We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare,

and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

— Preamble to the United States Constitution

In this passage, the authors are stating that

• both men and women should have equal voting rights

• state governments created the United States government

• sovereignty belongs to the people of the nation

• people obtain their rights from their monarch

The amendment process was included in the Constitution to

• allow for change over time

• expand the powers of the president

• increase citizen participation in government

• limit the authority of the United States Supreme Court

The Great Compromise reached at the Constitutional Convention resulted in the

• formation of the Supreme Court

• creation of a bicameral legislature

• development of a two-party system

• ban on the importation of enslaved Africans

Building support for the ratification of the United States Constitution was the purpose of the

• Farewell Address of George Washington

• Albany Plan of Union

• Mayflower Compact

• Federalist Papers