Chapter 5 Review

What event made national leaders fear that the Articles of Confederation were too weak?

• Boston Tea Party
• Constitutional Convention
• Shays' Rebellion
• Treaty of Paris

What did Anti-Federalists demand be added to the Constitution?

• The Articles of Confederation

• A more efficient plan of government

• A children's menu

• A Bill of Rights

Which house in Congress gives each state have equal representation? 

• Senate 
• House of Representatives 
• General Assembly 
• House of Commons 

What document replaced the Articles of Confederation and established a new national government? 

• The Declaration of Independence 
• The Constitution 
• The Magna Carta 
• The English Bill of Rights 

The Constitutional Convention was ORIGINALLY convened to...

• write the Treaty of Paris.
• get all the signers of the Declaration together to celebrate.
• decide who would fight Daniel Shay.
• improve the Articles of Confederation.

The idea that Representation should be based on a states' population was the 

• New Jersey plan
• Virginia plan
• Connecticut plan
• Commerce Compromise

The president would be elected through an indirect vote called the

• Commerce compromise
• Great Compromise
• Three-fifths Compromise
• Electoral College

One major problem with the Articles is that Congress could not ______ the citizens to raise money

• tax
• ask
• demand
• force

Small states favored the plan by William Patterson called the

• New Jersey Plan
• Three-Fifths Compromise
• Virginia Plan
• Georgia Plan

Americans were afraid that a ______ would lead to tyranny.

• strong state government
• weak government
• strong central government
• legslature