Topic 2 Constitution Quizizz Review Game

Why did the Articles of Confederation set up a Congress?

• To collect taxes to pay for government expenditures

• To provide social services for those in need

• To help the states get along through regulating trade

• To allow the states to collectively work together to fight Britain and to formalize relations with other nations

Which of the following describes a provision of the Northwest Ordinance passed under the Articles of Confederation?

• Settlers in the Northwest Territory could petition for statehood if the population reached 60,000

• Personal freedoms were not protected by the Northwest Ordinance in settled territory

• Slavery was allowed in the territories set up by the Ordinance

• The Ordinance created the possibility of establishing only one new state from the Northwest Territory

Shay's rebellion reflected the discontent of which of the following groups?

• Merchants who resented the Massachusetts state government

• Farmers towards the taxes levied by the government of Massachusetts

• Massachusetts state legislatures towards rural citizens

• National leaders towards Britain

Shay's Rebellion of 1786 resulted in the increased support for which of the following?

• Creating a Bill of Rights for the Articles of Confederation

• Revising the Articles of Confederation

• Writing the Declaration of Independence

• Passing the Northwest Ordinance in the Confederate Congress

Which of the following was the first constitution of the United States?

• The Mayflower Compact

• Declaration of Independence

• Articles of Confederation

• The Bill of Rights

When the delegates meant at the Philadelphia or Constitution Convention they had differing opinions about how to govern the United States which resulted in several compromises. What problem was resolved by the Great Compromise?

• How to include the slave population for state representation

• How the Constitution would guarantee that individual rights could be protected by a bill of rights

• How the new Constitution would be ratified by the states

• How the states could be fairly and equally represented in the new Constitution

How did the Three-Fifths Compromise address the concerns of Northern and Southern states?

• It guaranteed smaller populated states with have equal representation with large populated states

• It guaranteed larger populated states would be proportional proportionally represented in the new Constitution

• It limited pro-slavery representation in the Congress under the new Constitution

• It set up a system to limit government power through the sharing power between the state and national governments

Which of the following delegates is considered the Father or Architect of the Constitution?

• George Washington

• Edmund Randolph

• James Wilson

• James Madison

Which of the following delegates was responsible for writing the final draft of the Constitution at the conclusion of the Philadelphia (Constitutional) Convention?

• Gouverneur Morris

• George Washington

• James Madison

• Alexander Hamilton

Under the Constitution the delegates set up a federalist system of government which means...?

• The national government has all the powers of government

• The powers of government are divided between the national and states governments

• State governments have more power than federal or national government

• The power of government is broken in to three branches: legislative, executive, and judicial