Unit 3 Test Review

Branch of government which makes the laws

• legislative

• executive

• judicial

• president

The Articles of Confederation gave the states

• no power

• equal power to the national government

• more power than the national government

• less power than the national government

Under the Articles of Confederation, there was only one branch of government, which one was it?

• executive

• legislative

• judicial

• all of the above

Under the Articles of Confederation, what could Congress do?

• regulate (control) trade

• have a standing national army

• collect taxes

• declare war

In a federal system of government

• the national government has the most power

• citizens have the most power

• the states have more power than the citizens and national governments

• the states, citizens, and national government have equal power

Which of the following was not a weakness of the Articles of Confederation?

• there was no common currency, this caused inflation

• Congress couldn't collect taxes

• Congress could sign treaties with other nations

• there was no judicial branch unify the nations laws

What was the cause of Shay's Rebellion?

• the national government had not yet paid back the soldiers from the Revolutionary War

• Parliament collecting taxes without the consent of the governed

• mistreatment by the executive branch

• The Aristocracy had bought all land in the Coastal Plain areas

In what state did Shay's Rebellion take place

• Virginia

• Massachusetts

• Pennsylvania

• New York

At first, what was the purpose of the Constitutional Convention?

• to start a whole new set of American laws

• to revise the Articles

• to gain citizen support against Shay's Rebellion

• to declare independence from England

Which of the following is true about the Virginia Plan?

• proposed 3 people would serve as executives

• wanted to have a unicameral house in Congress

• wanted to expand the powers of Congress

• wanted the legislative branch to have equal representation