Constitution (Unit 3)

Which TWO are weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation? (pg. 52)

• Established the Northwest Ordinance to settle new western lands

• Declare war and create an army/navy

• Make treaties

• All 13 States had to agree to changes.

• Cannot levy (collect) taxes from the states

Which TWO are strengths of the Articles of Confederation? (pg. 52)

• No executive branch (leader of the nation)

• Declare war and create an army/navy

• Make treaties (establish peace/alliances between nations)

• All 13 States had to agree to changes.

• States coined (made) their own currency ($$).

Farmers in Massachusetts protested over the taxes following the Revolution. This period of rebellion was known as - (pg. 54)

• Mr. Williams' Rebellion

• Whiskey Rebellion

• Massachusetts Rebellion

• Shays' Rebellion

Which state plan argued for representation in Congress to be based on state population? (pg. 56)

• Massachusetts Plan

• New Jersey Plan

• Virginia Plan

• Georgia Plan

Which state plan argued for representation in Congress to be based on equality among the states? (pg. 56)

• Massachusetts Plan

• New Jersey Plan

• Virginia Plan

• Georgia Plan

The Great Compromise — (pg. 56)

• added Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state

• solved the issue of counting the enslaved population towards population/taxes

• solved the issue over protection of individual rights

• solved the issue between large and small states (representation in Congress)

The Three-Fifths Compromise - (pg. 56)

• created a government based on separating power between 3 branches

• settled the argument over the issue of counting the enslaved population for representation and taxes

• settled the argument over the issue of taxing farmers in Massachusetts

• created a government with a bicameral legislature

VOCABULARY: Ratify means - (pg. 50)

• an agreement between opposing sides

• to approve of a document or policy

• to reject or not approve of a decision made by the legislature (law-makers)

• to declare that a law/action is not following the Constitution

Which group would have supported this statement? (pg. 60-61)
"Power should remain with the states, the federal government has been given too much power."

• Patriots

• Loyalists

• Federalists

• Anti-Federalists

Which "Papers", primarily written by Alexander Hamilton, supported the ratification (approval) of the Constitution? (pg. 61)

• Common Sense

• Federalist Papers

• Anti-Federalist Papers

• Hamilton Papers