Quiz Review

What was the first Constitution of the United States?

• Articles of Confederation

• Bill of Rights

• The Constitution

• Federalist Papers

Under the Articles of Confederation, who held most of the power, the states or the federal government?

• The States

• The Federal Government

List one weakness and one strength that the Articles of Confederation had...

_____ Rebellion showed how weak the federal government was under the Articles.

At the Constitutional Convention, which plan was favored by larger states?

• The New Jersey Plan

• The Virginia Plan

• The Pennsylvania Plan

• The Norristown Plan

Under the Virginia Plan. representation would be based off of what?

• Land

• Money

• Population

• Size of the state

Smaller states tended to favor what plan?

• The Virginia Plan

• The New Jersey Plan

• The Delaware Plan

• The Upper Merion Plan

True or false? Under the New Jersey Plan, each state would have equal representation.

• True

• False

What was the name of the compromise between the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan?

• The Elite Compromise

• The Decent Compromise

• The Amazing Compromise

• The Great Compromise

What was the compromise over the counting over enslaved people?

• The 3/5's Compromise

• The 1/2 Compromise

• The Full Person Compromise

• The Southern Compromise