Unit Exam 2

A problem that the Founding Fathers faced when deciding how to form a new government was that there was no real sense of Nationalism yet

• True

• False

The individual States of the early nation had a fear of giving the new Federal government too much centralized power

• True

• False

The citizens of the Northern states tended to be more individualistic as compared to citizens in the South

• True

• False

John Locke and his "Blank Slate" philosophy gave the Founders ideas that led to their belief in a government based on a "Social Contract"

• True

• False

Under the Articles of Confederation, the Federal Legislature could impose taxes

• True

• False

The Articles of Confederation were considered to have created a "weak" Federal government

• True

• False

Shays Rebellion occurred because poor Massachusetts's farmers could not pay their debts

• True

• False

Gold and Silver would be considered examples of "hard" money

• True

• False

The "Great Compromise" was all about how the citizens of the U.S. were going to be represented in the newly formed Legislative branch of government

• True

• False

Federalists were those people who were strongly against passing the newly proposed U.S. Constitution into law

• True

• False