The Creation of the Constitution

Many farmers lost their homes and land because they couldn't pay taxes. Soon there was a rebellion that would be called:

• Massachusetts Rebellion

• Taxation Rebellion

• Shay's Rebellion

Shay's Rebellion took place one year before which of the following events?

• Writing of the Declaration on Independence
• Adoption of the Articles of Confederation
• The start of the Revolutionary War
• The Constitutional Convention

The Great Compromise dealt with the creation of which of the following?

• Congress
• The executive branch
• Slave trade ban
• Electoral College

The plan favored by the small states because it called for a Congress based on "one state one vote" was called

• Virginia Plan
• Connecticut Plan
• New Jersey Plan
• British Plan

The compromise created at the convention about the slave trade is that it would be allowed to last for how many years?

• 5
• 10
• 15
• 20

All of the following are true of the Articles of Confederation except:

• The national government could not tax
• The states were more powerful than the national government
• There was a strong national executive
• All states had to agree in order to amend it

Which of the following describes a legislature divided into two houses?

• Bicameral
• Unicameral
• Double Cameral

Under the Articles of Confederation, which level of government held most of the power?

• National

• State

The Constitution created a system where power is shared equally by the national and state governments. This system is known as which of the following?

• unitary

• federalism

• confederacy

What document was written during the Revolutionary War that worked as a plan for government?

• Common Sense

• The Olive Branch Petition

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Articles of Confederation