TCI Lesson 8 - Creating the Constitution

How did Southern states want slaves to be counted as?

• Property to be taxed
• as three-fifths of a person
• the same as any other person
• the same as cattle and horses

What was the position of the group known as Federalists?

• They supported the new Constitution.
• They questioned the justice of slavery.
• They feared a strong national government.
• They believed the states should have equal representation.

What is the federal system of government?

• Government run by one political party.
• A single leader makes all decisions.
• Individual states have more power than the national government.
• Power is shared by the national and state governments.

Which group officially elects the president?

• Congress
• Electoral College
• House of Reprentatives
• Senate

What was the greatest concern/fear of the opponents to the Constitution?

• taxation would be eliminated
• selection of George Washington as President
• Replacement of the Articles of Confederation
• giving up state power to form a stronger Union

The number of members of which of these is affected by state population?

• Senate
• Supreme Court
• president's cabinet
• House of Representatives

What did the Great Compromise decide?

• representation in Congress
• the names of political parties
• the system of checks and balances
• process of selecting the president

Which of these did both the Virginia and New Jersey Plans include?

• an end to slavery
• an elected president
• two houses of Congress
• three branches of government

What is a republic?

• a country led by a president
• a government led by a powerful few
• a parliamentary form of government
• a country led by elected representatives

Which was the greatest challenge at the Constitutional Convention?

• how to get agreement between eastern and western states
• how to balance the interests of large and small states
• how to address the concerns of farmers and ranchers
• how to respond to the interests of foreign countries