Unit 3: Founding Documents Study Guide

What are unalienable rights?

• Rights that are given by the government.

• Rights that we are born with and can not be taken away.

• Life, Liberty and Chocolate Ice Cream

• Rights that only certain people are granted.

What are the four sections of the Declaration of Independence in the correct order?

• Preamble, Theory, Grievances, and Declaration of War

• Preamble, Grievances, Theory, and Declaration of War

• Declaration of War, Theory, Grievances, and Preamble

• Preamble, Declaration of War, Grievances, and Theory

What were the Articles of Confederation?

• A letter to King George III explaining the plan for how the U.S. Government would work.

• The first constitution of the United States.

• A legal document that promised not to tax the citizens of the U.S. any longer.

• A document that contains the natural rights of U.S. citizens.

Which compromise attempted to solve the dispute over representation between small and large states?

• Montana Compromise

• The BEST Compromise

• The GREAT Compromise

• The New Jersey Plan

Which compromise attempted to solve the dispute over how to count slaves in the population for congressional representation and taxation?

• New Jersey Plan

• Virginia Plan

• The Great Compromise

• The 3/5s Compromise

Identify three weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation.

• No power to levy taxes.

• No power to coin money.

• No national court system.

• No legislative branch.

Identify how one of the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation lead to its failure.

• Congress could not regulate trade; states refused to pay for goods they purchased abroad.

• Congress could coin their own money, but so could states. This created a confusing currency system.

• Congress could tax the states, but the states refused to pay.

• There was no national court system, but states did a great job of getting along with each other.