Creating the Constitution Quiz Review

Which of the following was a major topic of debate at the Constitutional Convention?

• Federal income taxes

• Policies toward the British

• Representation of small and large states

• Balancing the budget

Why were many Americans hesitant of a strong central (national) government?

• The colonies never had a strong government.

• Colonial legislatures were weak and ineffective.

• The colonies were eager to form a confederation of states.

• People remembered how the King of England ruled the colonies.

What was America's first plan of government that included a weak national government?

• Articles of Confederation

• U.S. Constitution

• Bill of Rights

• Great Compromise

Which congressional power was NOT a power of Congress under the Articles of Confederation?

• The power to declare war

• The power to borrow money

• The power to repel invasions

• The power to collect taxes

What major compromise was a combination of the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan?

• Great Compromise

• Commerce Compromise

• Three-Fifths Compromise

• Slave Trade Compromise

Which of the following best describes the Great Compromise?

• Only three-fifths of slaves in the southern states would be counted in the population used to assign the number of representatives in Congress.

• Congress would hold the power to levy taxes, but the individual states would determine how the taxes would be collected and paid to the federal government.

• The president would be indirectly elected by a super-majority (three-fifths) of the state legislatures.

• The states' representation in the lower house of the legislature would be divided according to population, and all states would be represented equally in the upper house.

How did the New Jersey Plan influence the current formation of American constitutional government?

• It proposed that all slaves would be counted in a state's population.

• It proposed representation based on state population.

• It proposed a bicameral (two houses) legislature.

• It proposed an equal number of senators per state.

Which Compromise stated that only three-fifths of slaves in the southern states would be counted in the population used to assign the number of representatives in Congress?

• The Great Compromise

• The Fugitive Compromise

• The Connecticut Compromise

• The Three-fifths Compromise

Three branches of government

• A weakness of the Articles of Confederation

• A Strength of the Constitution

Strong state governments/power with the states

• A weakness of the Articles of Confederation

• A Strength of the Constitution