AOC Review 2024

How did the U.S. Constitution solve a problem created by the Articles of Confederation?

• It avoided the issue of states’ rights

• It allowed the states to elect representatives

• It prevented the amendment of federal laws

• It enabled the federal government to collect taxes

What was the main weakness of the Articles of Confederation?

• the federal government was too weak

• It had no legislative branch

• The judicial was too powerful

• The executive was too powerful

"For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:"

"For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:"

"For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury:"

The quotes above come from the Declaration of Independence and represent...?

• complaints Parliament had about King George III

• grievances American colonists had with King George III

• complaints Parliament had with the royal governors of the colonies.

• grievances American colonists had with their own colonial legislatures

Who are the Federalists?

• People who supported the Constitution

• People who were against the Constitution

• People who wanted to add the Bill of Rights to the Constitution

• People who supported the Articles of Confederation

Federalists wanted....

• a weak central (national) government

• a strong central (national) government

• a Bill of Rights

• strong state government

The Antifederalists wanted

• a strong central (national) government

• weak state government

• weak central (national) government

• to deny the Bill of Rights

How did the Federalists and Anti-Federalists "compromise" to ratify (approve) the U.S Constitution?

• The added the Bill of Rights (First 10 Amendments)

• They outlawed cruel and unusual punishment.

• Ensured due process of the law.

• The Federalists threatened the Anti-Federalists to war.

The stamp below is from the front page of a 1765 newspaper.

What was the significance of the stamp on the newspaper?

• It demonstrated that Parliament ignored the colonists’ right to freedom of speech.

• It demonstrated that Parliament controlled the colonists’ freedom of speech.

• It represented the colonists’ opposition to English tax policies.

• It represented the colonists’ fulfillment of English tax policie

What is the relationship between these two documents?

• Both are responses from England against the colonies

• Both are responses to British policies

• Responses of the French to England

• Responses of the Native Americans against the British

• The colonial theory of government

• The colonial theory of government

• Grievances of the colonists against Britain

• False rumors spread by colonial newspapers