Confederation and Constitution Test Review

Which of these assurances was given to the Anti-federalists in exchange for supporting ratification of the Constitution?

• The amendment process would allow state governments to nullify federal law.

• Making the federal government superior to state governments would ensure greater stability.

• The rights of citizens would be better protected by having both federal and state levels of government

• Giving greater power to the federal government would allow it to assist states in times of crisis.

The ability to declare war, make treaties, and operate post offices were powers given to the government by which of the following documents

• The Mayflower Compact

• The Articles of Confederation

• The Virginia Declaration of Rights

• The Declaration of Independence

Who was Daniel Shays?

• Massachusetts farmer who led a rebellion that resulted in the Constitutional Convention

• First person killed during the American Revolution

• Leader of the Federalists during the fight over ratification of the Constitution

• Leader of the Anti-federalists during the fight over ratification of the Constitution.

Which of these established a system for creating new states for the land between the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers?

• Great Compromise

• Northwest Ordinance

• Treaty of Paris

• Three-fifths Compromise

Why did the Anti-federalists demand a Bill of Rights be added to the Constitution?

• They felt like it was necessary to add additional protections for rights of the citizens.

• There was not enough power given to the individual states.

• The judicial branch wouldn't provide enough protection for individual rights

• There wasn't any need for a Bill of Rights.

Federalism is

• the idea that the people give government the authority to rule

• the sharing of powers between the state and the national government

• the ability of any one branch to control the other branches

• the election of people to represent us in the federal government.

It took elements of the New Jersey and Virginia plans to create a two house legislature with representation in one house based on population and representation in the other based on equal votes per state

• Great Compromise

• 3/5ths Compromise

• Commerce Clause

• Missouri Compromise

When Congress overrides a veto by the president it is an example of which of the following

• Checks and Balances

• Individual Rights

• Limited government

• Popular sovereignty

The Virginia and New Jersey Plans were combined in the

• Three-Fifths Compromise
• Slave Trade Compromise
• Southern Compromise
• Great Compromise

The Three-Fifths Compromise solved disagreements over 

• repayment of Revolutionary War debt
• large and small state representation
• representation and taxation of slave states
• continuing the Transatlantic Slave Trade