Constitution Review

1. Why did the delegates of the Constitutional Convention agree to the Articles of Confederation?

• To organize and support the colonies in war against Britain

• To abolish slavery

• To establish a powerful central government

2. When the Continental Congress ratified the Articles of Confederation, who had the power to levy taxes?

• National government

• State governments

• Both governments

3. When the Articles of Confederation established a central government, which branch did it include?

• Executive (President)

• Judicial (Supreme Court)

• Legislative (Congress)

4. The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 provided the framework for adding new states in the Northwest territories. Which of the following was another provision?

• Slavery was prohibited in the territories.

• The territories were eligible for two representatives in the Continental Congress.

• Each territory would elect a governor.

5. What was an important outcome of Shay’s Rebellion?

• The rebels defeated the state militia.

• Daniel Shays became governor of Massachusetts.

• Congressional delegates realized they needed a strong central government.

1. Which one of these people participated in the 1787 Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia?

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Adams

3. Which group was represented by delegates at the Convention?

• Slaves

• Wealthy merchants from the northern States

• Poor Southern Farmers

4. When discussing the framework for the Constitution, why did smaller states support the New Jersey plan?

• It proposed two houses of Congress instead of one.

• It based the number of representatives in Congress on population.

• It gave an equal number of representatives in Congress to every state.

7. Why did delegates from Georgia want slaves to count in the state’s population?

• They wanted slaves to have the same rights.

• They wanted to appease their slave population.

• They wanted to increase their representation in Congress.

8. What was the solution in the Three-Fifths Compromise?

• Each slave’s vote counted as three-fifths of a vote.

• Each slave counted as three-fifths of a person in a state’s population.

• Each delegate from a slave state would have three-fifths of a vote.