AOC to Constitution

What was one weakness of the Articles of Confederation?

• Create a postal service
•  no ability to collect taxes
• control western land
• admit new states into the Union

Many of the original framers of the Articles of Confederation left out a Chief Executive (President) and a National Court System (judiciary) because...?

• They feared a strong central (national) government
• they feared another war with France
• they were willing to risk tyranny for an effective government
• They wanted a monarchy

The concept of Federalism divided power between...?

• the National and State governments
• The judicial, executive and legislative branches
• The state and local government
• The national and global branches

Why did the Constitution create three branches of the government?

• To insure that the legislative branch was bicameral
• to make sure all laws are approved by the Supreme Court
• to make sure the President has the most power
• to keep any one branch from having too much power

What is the purpose of checks and balances in the U.S. Constitution?

• to create a House of Representatives  and a Senate
• to divide power between the federal and state governments
• to prevent any one branch from becoming too powerful
• to divide the government

What event led to the Constitutional Convention in 1787

• Bacon's Rebellion

• Shay's Rebellion

• The Annapolis Convention

• The British refusal to leave the forts on the western frontier

During the Constitutional Convention, two opposing groups emerged they were

• The Federalists and Anti-Federalists

• The Democrats and the Republicans

• The Whigs and the Democrats

• The Statists and the Federalists

Which group supported the constitution ONLY with an addition of a Bill of Rights?

• Federalists

• Anti-Federalists

• Farmers

• Whigs

Why was it so difficult to pass laws under the Articles of confederation?

• There was a 6 month waiting period after the vote
• All 13 states had to agree
• 9 of the 13 states had to agree
• There wasn't a legislative branch

What was the Anti-Federalists biggest problem with the new Constitution?

• No representation for small states
• No Judicial Branch
• No Executive Branch
• No Bill of Rights