Final exam study guide

What do the Mayflower Compact and the House of Burgess collectively represent?

• expansion of the Anglican Church into the New World

• the tradition of self government in the colonies

• the guarantee of total religious freedom in the 13 colonies

• England's reluctance to allow any colonial independence

What was the main reason the Articles of Confederation were replaced?

• They did not establish a Congress to pass federal laws.

• States were not allowed to collect taxes under the Articles.

• They did not protect the fundamental rights of citizens.

• They failed to give the national government enough power.

What was one way the Constitution differed from the Articles of Confederation?

• The Constitution gave more power to the state governments.

• The Constitution forbid the government from taxing the people.

• The Constitution set up three branches of government.

• The Constitution was more difficult to amend.

Why did the Founding Fathers abandon attempts to revise the Articles of Confederation and decide to write a whole new constitution?

• They realized that the national government needed to be stronger.

• They felt the individual state governments should be strengthened.

• They did not believe that the national government should be limited.

• They wanted to create a government that was more like a monarchy.

What impact did Shays' Rebellion have on the new nation?

• It proved the army could adequately defend the country.

• It sparked additional revolts across the country.

• It emphasized the need to decrease taxes on farmers.

• It demonstrated the weakness of the national government.

Which individual most benefited from the addition of the Three-Fifths Compromise to the Constitution?

• a fisherman in Rhode Island

• a small farmer in Pennsylvania

• a plantation owner in South Carolina

• a politician in Massachusetts

What change in the structure of government did the United States Constitution create?

• It ensured that state constitutions would be supreme over federal law.

• It set up a strong executive branch that could establish new laws.

• It established a supreme court that could determine the national budget.

• It established a national government with three branches of government.

How did the Great Compromise settle the question of congressional representation?

• It gave all states equal representation in both houses of Congress.

• It created a bicameral Congress with one house represented equally and one house based on population.

• It based representation on the amount of money a state contributed to the national government.

• It used population to determine the number of Senators from each state.

What is the main reason the Bill of Rights was originally not included in the Constitution?

• The founders feared mob rule and did not believe it was wise to give citizens too many rights.

• The founders did not believe it was necessary since all states already had their own bill of rig

• The founders could not agree on what should be included in the bill of rights, so they decided not to write one.

• The founders believed there were already enough protections for citizens included within the Constitution.

Which is most accurate concerning Federalists and Anti-Federalists?

• Anti-Federalists tended to be merchants; Federalists were generally poor southern farmers.

• Anti-Federalists tended to be educated in England; Federalists were usually educated in America.

• Federalists tended to live in the South; Anti-Federalists usually lived in northern urban areas.

• Federalists tended to be wealthy merchants; Anti-Federalists were more likely to be farmers.