A New Nation Quiz Review

The Second Continental Congress created a plan for our government called __________ . This was later changed, and the U.S. Constitution was formed.

• Articles of Freedom

• Articles of Confederation

• Articles of Constitution

• Articles of Independence

The Articles of Confederation made the national government weak because it had less power than the state's government.

• true

• false

Which of the following was NOT a reason the Articles of Confederation could not make the states work together?

• states were printing their own money and deciding their own rules for trade

• congress could not pay back its debt from the way for independence because they could not tax

• congress asked the states for money, but they would not pay

• they were able to have universal laws among the states

A delegate is someone that was chosen to speak for others. Delegates were usually wealthy, business people, land owners, and lawyers.

• true

• false

The Articles of Confederation gave more power to the _______ .

• states and congress

• congress

• states

• no one had power

James Madison created The _________ Plan. He thought government should be split into three parts (or branches)

• Georgia

• New Jersey

• Rhode Island

• Virginia

The Virginia Plan said that states should have representatives based on _______ .

• how old they were

• their population

• their location

• their religion

The New Jersey planned accepted all of the Virginia Plan, except one part. They felt the amount of state representatives should be ________ .

• based of their age

• equal for all states

• more for smaller states

• less for smaller states

The Virginia Plan and The New Jersey Plan combined to form what is known as __________ .

• The Great Solution

• The Great Confederate

• The Great Compromise

• The Great Agreement

Which of the following was NOT a delegate at the Constitutional Convention?

• James Madison

• Ben Franklin

• George Washington

• King George