American Constitution Check Point #1

This was America's first form of federal government/constitution?

• King George's Rules

• U.S. Constitution

• Treaty of Paris

• Articles of Confederation

Under the Articles of Confederation, who had the power to tax & regulate trade, thus had the power and ability to make money?

• State Governments

• Federal Governments

• National Governments

• Individual Businesses

Under the Articles of Confederation, how many states had to agree on an issue in order to change the government?

• 9

• 13

• 5

• 11

When the delegates were to meet in Philadelphia the following summer of 1787, which two things were the biggest concerns?

• Providing funds to government & making war

• Treating citizen fairly & sending ambassadors to countries

• Creating a Unicameral congress & electing a president

• Adding a Bill of Rights section & addressing the issue of slavery

This major event proved that the Articles of Confederation was a weak form of Federal Government & didn't truly protect its citizens equally or fairly?

• Northwest Ordinance

• Shays' Rebellion

• American Revolution

• Bacon's Rebellion

This man was considered to be the "Father of the Constitution" as he wrote most of it and created the Virginia Plan?

• George Washington

• Alexander Hamilton

• James Madison

• Roger Sherman

This event and man aided in creating the government by talking parts of both plans and meshing them together so everyone was happy with the U.S. Congress?

• Great Compromise - William Paterson

• American Compromise - Roger Sherman

• Great Compromise - Roger Sherman

• Congressional Compromise - George Mason

This new compromise was created to address the issue of slavery in the United States in regards to counting population?

• 2/3rd Compromise

• 3/4th Compromise

• Great Compromise

• 3/5th Compromise

In order to avoid a powerful central government, they created how many branches of government with each having checks and balances over each other?

• 2

• 3

• 5

• 13

The ultimate beauty of our U.S. Constitution is the Founding Fathers made it a living document that can be changed. In order for amendments to be added, how many members of U.S. Congress and how many states must agree for it to change?

• 2/3 & 3/5

• 1/3 & 3/5

• 1/2 & 3/4

• 2/3 & 3/4