Articles of Confederation/ U.S. Constitution

What government existed before the Constitution? 

• British Monarchy
• state constitutions 
• Articles of Confederation
• Confederate States of America 

What part of the Constitution keeps the national government from becoming too powerful? 

• separation of powers
• bicameral legislature
• elastic clause
• executive branch

The president signs bills into law.  What is this an example of? 

• concurrent powers
• elastic clause 
• legislative branch 
• checks and balances

How did the Anti-federalists want to increase protection against the national government? 

• checks and balances
• elastic clause 
• Bill of Rights
• federalism 

This allows for local self-government to exist in the United States: 

• federalism
• enumerated powers 
• elastic clause
• legislative branch

This was too weak and only had a one branch government with no executive or judicial powers: 

• U.S. Constitution 
• all of the state constitutions
• British government 
• Articles of Confederation

This event in 1786-87 showed how weak the central government was in responding to a crisis: 

• Whiskey Rebellion
• Bacon's Rebellion 
• Shays' Rebellion 
• Pontiac's Rebellion 

The Philadelphia Convention created which type of government?

• A federal one

• States' Rights

• Confederacy

Who had the power to tax under the Articles of Confederation?

• National Government Only

• State Governments Only

• Both the National and State Governments

The idea that the government was created by the people of America was--

• Popular Sovereignty
• Republicansim
• Federalism
• Self-government