Chapter 3 McGraw Hill

Why did each state have to write a new constitution early in the American Revolution?

• New Hampshire’s example of doing so spurred the others to act.

• People wanted to remove all mention of the king from the old constitution.

• The English Bill of Rights was newly discovered.

• With independence, the old colonial charters would no longer apply.

The Northwest Territory was bounded by

• the Appalachian and Rocky Mountains.

• the Great Lakes and Gulf of Mexico.

• the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers.

• the Rocky Mountains and Pacific Ocean.

Why is the first national government of the United States called a confederation?

• States were dependent on each other.

• States were relatively independent.

• States were stronger than local government.

• States were weaker than the national government.

How many states had to approve a change to the Articles of Confederation?

• 7

• 9

• 11

• 13

Why did the Founders decide not to change the Articles of Confederation but to create a new form of government?

• The Articles had created a weak government.

• The Articles were too complex to revise.

• They thought it easier to start from scratch.

• They wanted to eliminate the national government.

The influence of Magna Carta on the leaders who wrote state constitutions is shown in

• having a bicameral legislature.

• having a strong governor.

• the inclusion of a list of rights.

• language limiting the king’s power.

The Virginia Plan contained the main features of the federal government today, including

• a bill of rights.

• government departments.

• income taxes.

• three separate branches.

In addition to compromising on slavery, delegates from Northern and Southern states also compromised on the power of the government to

• coin money.

• control trade.

• spend money.

• tax citizens.

The Great Compromise proposed by the committee headed by Roger Sherman called for

• a two-house Congress.

• backing the New Jersey Plan.

• keeping the Articles government.

• creating the Supreme Court.

A major objection to the Constitution by the Anti-Federalists was

• the central government was too weak.

• the lack of a bill of rights.

• the lack of a president.

• the wording was too general.