Unit 7 Civics Review: The Constitution

Which event best completes the diagram?

• Declaration of Independence

• Articles of Confederation

• The Boston Massacre

• Women's Suffrage Movement

Which weakness means that no one was able to regulate commerce?

• Enforce: There was no enforcement of the laws (no executive).

• Money: Congress could NOT collect taxes.

• Money: Congress could NOT regulate trade.

• Weak: There was a very weak national government.

Which weakness means there was no branch of government to settle disputes between the states?

• Money: Congress could NOT collect taxes

• Approve: All 13 states had to approve any change to the government.

• Enforce: There was not an executive to enforce laws.

• Judge: There was no judicial branch or system.

Which weakness of the Articles of Confederation led to Shays' Rebellion?

• There was no judicial system.

• Congress could not regulate trade.

• There was not a president.

• Congress could not collect taxes.

Which term means money owed?

• debt

• debit

• confederation

• ratification

Which term below decribes the event when 2000 Massachusetts farmers rebelled against land foreclosures and debt from the Revolutionary War?

Note: This event showed us we needed a new, stronger government (The Constitution).

• Constitutional Convention

• Shays' Rebellion

• Signing the Declaration

• The Magna Carta

Which of the following is NOT a weakness of the Articles of Confederation?

• There was not a judicial system.

• The national government was too weak.

• There was not a legislative branch.

• All 13 states had to approve any changes made to the government.

Which of the following was the major complaint of the Anti-Federalists?

• The Constitution did not give anyone the power to create an army.

• The Constitution did not make a federal court system.

• The Constitution did not give anyone the ability to make laws.

• The Constitution did not list the rights of the people.

Which group of people felt the national government had too much power under the Constitution?

• Federalists

• Anti-Federalists

Which group of people believed that a bill of rights was NOT needed?

• Federalists

• Anti-Federalists