US History Unit 4 Quiz

How is the Constitution different from the Articles of Confederation?

• The Constitution created 2 new branches of government and a much stronger federal government than the Articles of Confederation

• The Constitution made Congress much weaker than it had been under the Articles of Confederation

• The Articles of Confederation had 3 branches of government, the Constitution got rid of 2 and only kept the legislative branch

• The Articles of Confederation gave more power to the federal government and the Constitution gave more power to the state governments

What was George Washington’s role during the Constitutional Convention?

• President of the Convention

• Father of the Constitution

• Wrote the Preamble

• Wrote the Declaration of Independence

How did James Madison come to be known as the Father of the Constitution?

• Madison wrote a good deal of the document and was influential in convincing states to ratify it

• Madison served as the President of the Convention while the document was being written

• Madison wrote the Preamble, setting the tone of the goal of the document

• Madison refused to sign the Constitution until a Bill of Rights was added

What kind of legislative branch did the Great Compromise create?

• It combined the New Jersey Plan and the Virginia Plan to make a 2 part legislative branch; one part would have equal representation from all states and the other would have representation based on each state's population

• It created a single house legislative branch with each state having equal representation

• It combined the New York Plan and Virginia Plan, giving each state representation based on their population, including their slave population

• It created a 3 branch government with representatives from each state making up the legislative branch

How did the 3/5ths Compromise affect a state's representation in Congress?

• States were to only count three-fifths of their slaves when counting their population for representation in Congress

• States could choose not to count their slaves as a part of their population, but they were forced to pay 3/5ths more in taxes

• States were forced to count their slave populations accurately for tax purposes, and but were not allowed to count slaves as a part of their population for representation in Congress

• States were to only count their slaves as a part of their population 3 out of every 5 years when determining state populations for representation in Congress

What were the two main reasons the Anti-Federalists were against the ratification of the Constitution?

• They believed it gave the federal government too much power; there was no Bill of Rights

• There was no Bill of Rights; they did not believe a federal government should have a president

• They believed each state should be able to have its own army; they wanted state governments to remain more powerful than the federal government

• They believed that the Constitution made the federal government too weak; they disagreed with the Bill of Rights

What was the goal of the Federalist Papers?

• To convince people to support and ratify the new Constitution

• To convince people to fight for a Bill of Rights to be added to the Constitution

• To explain the weaknesses of the new Constitution

• To convince people that we needed to write a new Constitution

Match the role or power with the correct branch of government.

The power to pass laws

• Legislative Branch/Congress

• Executive Branch/President

• Judicial Branch/Supreme Court

Match the role or power with the correct branch of government.

Commander of the Military

• Legislative Branch/Congress

• Executive Branch/President

• Judicial Branch/Supreme Court

Match the role or power with the correct branch of government.

Make treaties with other countries

• Executive Branch/President

• Legislative Branch/Congress

• Judicial Branch/Supreme Court