Founding Principles

Why did the Articles of Confederation ultimately fail?

• The Articles of Confederation established a strong central government.

• The Articles of Confederation gave too much power to the states.

• The Articles of Confederation did not give enough power to the states.

• The Articles of Confederation gave Congress unlimited powers.

Which weakness of the Articles of Confederation led to Shays’s Rebellion?

• The central government did not have the power to control trade.

• The central government did not have a national court system.

• The central government did not have strong central leadership.

Why was the Constitutional Convention of 1787 convened?

• to replace the Articles of Confederation with a new constitution

• to revise the Articles of Confederation and make them

  stronger

• to bring together government and business leaders

• to respond to new economic threats from the British Crown

The division and sharing of power between the central (federal) and state government is known as

• Federalism

• Americanism

• Socialism

• Communism

Why was the Bill of Rights added to the US Constitution?

• Both Federalists and Anti-Federalists believed in the necessity of adding a bill of rights to

  the Constitution.

• Federalists convinced the Anti-Federalists that the Constitution would be easier to ratify

  with a bill of rights.

• Federalists would not support the US Constitution without a list of rights being added.

• Anti-Federalists would not support the US Constitution without a list of rights being added.

The Bill of Rights was added to the United States Constitution to...

• protect individuals' freedoms.

• create a presidential cabinet.

• guarantee voting rights to all citizens.

Checks and balances is...

• system that keeps any one branch of government from gaining too much power

• a system that indirectly elects the president

• the local court system

• identical to states' rights

At the Constitutional Convention, the Virginia Plan appealed most widely to delegates of which kind of states?

• free states

• slave states

• states with large populations

• states with small populations

Which aspect of the new federal government established by the Constitutional Convention best reflected the goals of the supporters of the New Jersey Plan?

• the Senate

• the president

• the Supreme Court

• the House of Representatives

Why did the South support the 3/5th’s Compromise?

• The Southern states were allowed to count 3/5ths of their slave population thus increasing their membership in the House of Representatives.

• The Southern states were allowed to count 3/5ths of their slave population thus decreasing their membership in the House of Representatives.

• The Southern states were allowed to count 3/5ths of their slave population thus increasing their membership in the Senate.

• The Southern states were allowed to count 3/5ths of their slave population thus decreasing their membership in the Senate.