Government Assessment One

Please list the weaknesses to the Articles of Confederation that we discussed throughout class. (3 possible answers)

The ________ served as the first constitution of the United States; officially establishing the first government of the united 13 states.

• US Constitution

• Declaration of Independence

• Articles of Confederation

• Bill of Rights

What was the Articles of Confederation replaced with?

Under the Articles of Confederation each state received one vote in Congress regardless of its size/population.

• True

• False

Meeting of delegates in 1787 to revise the Articles of Confederation, which produced the new U.S. Constitution

• First Continental Congress

• Second Continental Congress

• Constitutional Convention

• Democratic Convention

The Articles of Confederation were replaced by the U.S. Constitution to form a weaker national government.

• True

• False

The _____________ gave states equal representation in the Senate and representation based on population in the House of Representatives.

Opponents of a strong central government who campaigned against the ratification of the Constitution.

• Anti-Federalist

• Federalist

This group supported the ratification of the Constitution and of a strong central government

• Anti-Federalist

• Federalist

____________ is a system in which power is divided between the national and state governments.

• Federalism

• Democracy

• Monarchy

• Socialism