Unit 3.2 Quiz

The Articles of Confederation were?

• A contract between the US and Britain

• A pledge to the British King

• The first constitution created by the Continental Congress

• None of these

Shays' Rebellion was made up of which group of people?

• farmers and merchants
• bankers
• government leaders
• basketball players

The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 _____

• allowed slavery in the northwest territory
• established a method for admitting new states to the Union
• made people move to the northwest
• did nothing

Shays's Rebellion ....

• exposed the weakness of the Articles of Confederation in its inability to provide security for the country.

• led the country to repeal the Articles of Confederation and adopt the Constitution of the United States.

• was a minor incident that had very little effect on the early government of America.

• was America's first punk rock band.

A proposal to scrap the Articles of Confederation and create a new national government with the power to raise money through taxes and make laws binding upon the states was called the

• Virginia Plan.

• Connecticut Compromise.

• New Jersey Plan.

• Three-Fifths Compromise.

By determining how the states would be represented in the two houses of Congress, the Connecticut Compromise resolved differences between

• states with large populations and states with small populations.

• the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan.

• Southern states and Northern states.

• supporters of a national government and supporters of state governments.

The Federalist influenced the debate over ratification by

• arguing that the Constitution did not protect basic rights.

• explaining why the Constitution was needed.

• showing that important people supported the Constitution

• offering an alternative to the Constitution.

Federalists secured votes for ratification by promising to add which of the following to the Constitution?

• a bill of rights

• voting regulations

• a new branch of government

• state constitutions

Which of these did both the Virginia and New Jersey Plans include?

• an end to slavery

• an elected president

• two houses of Congress

• three branches of government

What does "Bicameral" mean?

• 1 house

• 2 houses

• 3 houses

• 4 houses