2021 Constitutional Convention

Describe the government under the Articles of Confederation.

• The states had very little power
• It had a strong central government
• Congress had little power and couldn't collect taxes
• The United States had a president

What was a weakness of the Articles of Confederation?

• The government had only one branch
• They had one national currency
• three branches of government
• States had no power

What was the original purpose of the Constitutional Convention?

• To create the Great Compromise
• to write the Constitution
• to elect a president
• revise the Article of Confederation

What caused Shays' Rebellion?

• the government could collect taxes
• low taxes
• Massachusetts needed to pay its debts
• each state had its own money

Under the Great Compromise, each state had the same number of representatives (2)

• on the Supreme Court

• in the House of Representatives

• in the Senate

• in Parliament

What was the final outcome of the Constitutional Convention?

• due process
• the preamble
• The Great Compromise
• The Constitution replaced the Articles of Confederation

What ordinance was passed under the Articles of Confederation and created a system for making new states?

• The Constitutional ordinance
• The Virginia Plan
• The Northwest Ordinance
• The New Jersey Plan

Which ordinance divides territories into townships

• Land Ordinance of 1785

• Northwest Ordinance of 1787

• Southwest Ordinance of 1787

• Northeast Ordinance of 1787

According to the Nortwest Ordinance of 1787, a territory could become a state if its population reached

• 60,000 males
• 60,000 females
• 60,000 free adult males
• 60,000 free adult females

Which of the following WEAKNESS directly led to the Constitutional Convention of 1787?

• Treaty of Paris

• Jays' Rebellion

• Boston Massacre

• Shays' Rebellion