Chapter 8: Constitutional Convention

The Articles of Confederation did all of the following except:

• serve as the first plan of government for the United States

• form a loose union of the states with a weak national government

• divide power among three branches of government

• create a system by which new territories could apply to be states

Under the Articles of Confederation:

• The President was elected every two years

• The President served for his lifetime

• The President served for 10 years

• There was no President

Under the Articles of Confederation:

• each state used its own currency; the national currency used during the war was useless

• each state agreed to use New York's currency

• each state used the Continental (national) currency

• there was no currency; everyone traded for goods

According to the textbook, Shays’ Rebellion is remembered today because it:

• threatened the law and order in Massachusetts

• dramatized the money problems faced by poor farmers

• shocked Congress into calling for a Constitutional Convention

• showed how well the Articles of Confederation worked

At the Constitutional Convention, the small states almost walked out because…

• the big states were all against slavery, and the small states were all pro-slavery

• they were afraid the big states would have too much power if representation was based upon the population of the states

• they liked the Virginia Plan

• the big states wanted to count their slaves

An important challenge facing the Constitutional Convention was how to balance the:

• needs of eastern and western states

• interests of small and large states

• rights of slaves and slaveholders

• demands of farmers and workers

The Great Compromise was primarily related to:

• representation in Congress

• election of the president

• selection of Supreme Court justices

• an end to the slave trade

The Constitutional Convention gave the job of choosing the chief executive directly to...

• major political parties

• electors chosen by the states

• to all free citizens with voting rights

• members of congress

Supporters of the new constitution were called...

• Republicans

• Patriots

• Anti-Federalists

• Federalists

The Articles of Confederation government couldn't raise taxes. What major problem did this create?

• State laws were taken more seriously than national laws

• Each state had it’s own army

• No one was in charge of carrying out the laws

• They could not pay the country’s debts