Unit 3 Review

"...proscribing any citizen as unworthy the public confidence...unless he profess (declare) or renounce this or that religious opinion, is depriving him injuriously of those privileges and advantages to which, in common with his fellow citizens, he has a natural right..."

Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, 1786

Which Constitutional principle is based on this belief?

• Right to due process

• Separation of church and state

• Independence of the judicial branch

• Establish of an executive branch

Which document was written to serve as the supreme law of the United States?

• The Virginia Plan

• The Constitution

• The Federalist Papers

• The Declaration of Independence

"The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people."

• Amendment 9, US Constitution

"The powers delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."

• Amendment 10, US Constitution

Why did the anti-federalists support the 9th and 10th Amendments?

• The amendments denied individuals the right to challenge state governments.

• The amendments created a system of checks and balances over federal authority.

• The amendments established limits on federal powers over people and states.

• The amendments listed legislative powers granted to local governments.

"The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State governments are numerous and indefinite. The former will be exercised principally on external objects, as war, peace, negotiation, and foreign commerce...The powers reserved to the several states will extend to all the objects which, in the ordinary course of affairs, concern the lives, liberties, and properties of people, and the internal order, improvement and prosperity of the State."

• James Madison, The Federalist Papers, No. 45, Jan. 1788

James Madison would MOST likely agree with which statement?

• The Constitution takes away too much power from the state governments.

• The Constitution gives most of the power over foreign policy to the states.

• The Constitution leaves the powers of the federal and state governments unclear.

• The constitution divides power fairly between the federal and state governments.

The United States Constitution was written in 1787. What was the reason for writing the Constitution?

• to argue for the abolition of slavery.

• to describe the organization of the government

• to explain the reasons for separating from Britain

• to list specific rights guaranteed to citizens

Why was it difficult for the U.S government to respond to Shays' Rebellion?

• The national government had no standing army

• The state governor supported the actions of the rebels

• U.S. citizens had a right to armed protest protected by the Bill of Rights

• The U.S. court system denied the government any authority in the western territories

The “Great Compromise” includes what to satisfy the larger states?

• The Senate

• The House of Representatives

• The Chief Executive

• The Supreme Court

Which of the following plans reflected the Articles of Confederations states representation in Congress?

• The New Jersey Plan

• The Virginia Plan

• The Roanoke Plan

• The Constitutional Convention

Shays' Rebellion

• During the economic depression that followed the American Revolution, farmers in rural Massachusetts were upset that the state was placing debtors in prison and seizing their land.

• The state was forced to suppress the revolt on its own, since there was no national army.

• Daniel Shays and others led an armed revolt. They forcibly closed Massachusetts courts and attacked a federal arsenal.

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Which of these BEST completes the graphic?

• Government leaders began arguing for changes to the Articles of Confederation.

• Citizens began demanding the removal of property qualifications for voting in Massachusetts.

• Abolitionists began arguing for the removal of slavery from northern states.

• Business leaders began demanding protection by Massachusetts militia.

Which compromise satisfied Southerners by counting slaves for both population and tax purposes?

• The 3/5 Compromise

• The Slave Act

• The Emancipation Compromise

• The Great Compromise