Constitution Unit 4

Which of the following correctly describes the Three-Fifths Compromise?

• A portion of the slave population was counted for legislative representation

• A census bureau was established to help apportion representation

• A federal law returning fugitive slaves was passed

• The election of senators was delegated to state legislatures

Anti-federalists refused to ratify the Constitution without the inclusion of __________.

• an agreement allowing the use of slave labor in the Northwest

• a separation of powers between church and state

• checks and balances between the judicial and executive branches

• a Bill of Rights setting out protections for citizens

Which of the following groups would have favored the Articles of Confederation?

• Loyalists

• Libertarians

• Anti-federalists

• Federalists

The purpose of the Federalist Papers was to ________.

• advocate for the ratification of the Constitution

• expose the turmoil within the political parties

• rally southern support for the National Bank

• persuade the north of the benefits of slavery

Anti-Federalists would have supported which of the following?

• National trade agency

• Expanded states’ rights

• Strong central government

• Creation of a national army

What basic element of Montesquieu’s tripartite system appealed to the Founding Fathers?

• By dividing power between four areas, no one person or group could have complete control.

• By dividing power between two areas, no one person or group could have complete control.

• By dividing power between three areas, no one person or group could have complete control.

• By dividing power between five areas, no one person or group could have complete control.

What marked the beginning of self-government in colonial America by creating a direct democracy?

• The First Continental Congress

• The Mayflower Compact

• The House of Burgesses

• The Boston Tea Party

The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution were written by the founding fathers to _________.

• limit the powers of state governments

• establish a system of checks and balances

• describe the powers of the three branches of government

• guarantee the rights and liberties of individuals

What one item did delegates unanimously agree upon at the start of the Constitutional Convention in 1787?

• The Articles of Confederation should be discarded and a whole new constitution written.

• The national government did not have enough power under the Articles of Confederation.

• The Articles of Confederation should be revised to include a statute of religious freedom.

• The national government had too much power under the Articles of Confederation.

Republicanism is the concept of government in which _____.

• the Supreme Court elects leaders

• leaders elect their replacements

• citizens elect their leaders

• the president elects leaders