Founding Principles (2.2 Test Review)

What voting system was created during the Constitutional Convention to prevent uninformed citizens from influencing presidential elections?

• The New Jersey Plan

• Electoral College

• The Virginia Plan

• None of the answers are correct.

Why did the cartoonist use pillars to represent states in this political cartoon?

• To highlight the need for checks and balances within the new federal government

• To illustrate the weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation within the states

• To illustrate the the Articles of Confederation could have work with some minor changes.

• To show that all states needed to cooperate and unite to make the Constitution (new government) work well.

What is the main difference between the New Jersey and Virginia Plans?

• The Virginia Plan called for proportional representation in both houses of Congress.

• The Virginia Plan did not include a court system while the New Jersey plan did.

• One called for two branches of government and one for three.

• None of the answers are correct.

Which was the primary purpose of the Constitutional Convention?

• One called for two branches of government and one for three.

• To discuss the weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation and draft a new plan (U.S. Constitution) for the government.

• To establish the Supreme Court and the power of judicial review

• None of these answers are correct.

Based on the image and events surrounding Shays' Rebellion, which conclusion could be drawn?

• American citizens will use violence to make the American people obey new laws.

• Americans would interfere with state constitutions even if using violence was necessary.

• People would rebel if the Articles of Confederation were not changed.

• None of these answers are correct.

Here are a list of laws: Congress has no authority to raise money by imposing taxes; Congress may not force people to join the army; Congress could not control foreign trade; Congress can not force states to enforce its laws. These weaknesses are apart of which document?

• U.S. Constitution

• Articles of Confederation

• Declaration of Independence

• None of these answers are correct.

Under the Articles of Confederation, states were asked to create their own constitutions. Why did most states limit the power of their governors and divide the legislature into two bodies?

• It was apart of the Virginia Plan and New Jersey Plan.

• Leaders wanted to keep one branch from dominating the other.

• States wanted to pattern their governments after the national government.

• British rule made them wary of giving one group too much power to one group. Americans had a bad experience under Parliament.

What was the purpose of the Northwest Ordinance?

• to discourage settlement on Native American lands north of the Ohio River

• to organize settlement in the West and allow for the addition of new states

• to organize settlement in the East and allow for the addition of new states

• None of these answers are correct

Why was a system of checks and balances was built into the Constitution?

• to keep one branch from dominating any other branch

• to limit the power of the president and vice president

• to limit the power of the House of Representatives

• to limit the power of the Senate

A state’s population determined how many seats the state would have in Congress. How was the question of counting enslaved people in each state resolved?

• Three-Fifths Compromise

• Bill of Rights

• Great Compromise

• Article of Confederation