Unit 2 Test (Development of Govt.)

Under the Articles of Confederation, most of the power was where?

• Legislative branch

• the president

• the states

• national government

Anti-Federalists preferred a strong ____________ government.

• National
• State
• Central
• Republican

What was the position of the group known as the Federalists?

• they supported a new Constitution
• they questioned the justice of slavery
• the feared the power of the national government
• the believed that states should have equal representation

Under the Articles of Confederation Congress could only pass a law if ____________ out 13 states agreed. 

• 13
• 8
• 9
• 10

In what house of our national legislature, called Congress, does each state have equal representation? 

• Senate 
• House of Representatives 
• General Assembly 
• House of Commons 

What document replaced the Articles of Confederation and established a new national government? 

• The Declaration of Independence 
• The Constitution 
• The Magna Carta 
• The English Bill of Rights 

The Constitutional Convention was planned to...

• write the Treaty of Paris.

• get all the signers of the Declaration together to celebrate.

• decide who would fight Daniel Shay.

• improve the Articles of Confederation.

Why do anti-federalist want a Bill of Rights added to the Constitution?

• to protect rights of the citizens
• to strengthen the power of the federal government
• to give each state an equal amount of power

Who chooses the President after citizens vote?

• Commerce compromise

• Great Compromise

• Three-fifths Compromise

• Electoral College

What system did the framers of the Constitution use to make sure that no one branch of government would become too strong?

• Checks and Balances
• Judicial Branch
• National and Local
• Executive Branch