Unit 2 American Government

What role did the Great Compromise play in settling the differences about representation between the Virginia Plan and New Jersey Plan?

• Created a unicameral legislature based on proportional representation

• Created a bicameral legislature with one house based on proportional representation and the other house based on equal representation.

• Created a bicameral legislature based on proportional representation.

• Created a unicameral legislature based on equal representation.

Under the Articles of Confederation the government could NOT regulate ______ among the states.

• Commerce ( trade)

• Laws

• Travel

• Military

According to the Three-Fifths Compromise, three-fifths of a state’s slave population would be

• Ignored when determining representation in Congress

• Subtracted from a state’s population to determine representation in Congress

• Counted when determining representation in Congress

• Added to the slave population to determine representation in Congress

Why did large states favor the Virginia Plan?

• It was proposed by James Madison

• Representation in the legislature would be based on population

• It solved the debate over counting enslaved people for representation

• Representation in the legislature would be equal for all states

Any changes or amendments to the Articles of Confederation required the approval of all _______.

• Five states

• Seven states

• Thirteen states

• Eleven states

Under the Articles of Confederation, most governmental power was held by which of the following?

• States

• Local communities

• National government

• Parliament

Under the Articles of Confederation, how many states had to agree to pass legislation?

• Five

• Seven

• Nine

• Eleven

Which of the following was a weakness of the Articles of Confederation?

• Congress Lacked the power to tax

• Congress was not allowed coin money

• Congress was not allowed to conduct foreign policy

• the president had too much power

What did the Framers want to achieve by establishing the principle of federalism in the Constitution?

• Expansion of the National Government

• Distribution of state and national powers

• Supremacy of state governments

• Limitations on the rights of states

The phrase "We the People" relates to which of the following principles of the Constitution?

• Federalism

• Judicial Review

• Popular Sovereignty

• Checks and Balances