Chapter 3 Test Review

According to the Preamble, it is the states that join together to establish the Constitution.

• True

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Since Shay's Rebellion was over local issues in Massachusetts, it had no effect on the call to the Constitutional Convention

• True

• False

When the Preamble states that a goal of the Constitution is to “establish justice,” it means to hire national police and build prisons

• True

• False

John Locke’s ideas about the separation of powers inspired the Framers when they crafted the three-branch structure of the federal government under the Constitution

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• False

The powers kept by the states are called reserved powers.

• True

• False

One weakness of the Articles of Confederation was that every state had to approve each law the Confederation Congress passed.

• True

• False

Collecting taxes is an example of enumerated powers.

• True

• False

Anti-Federalist wanted a Bill of Rights added to the constitution to ensure individual rights.

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• False

The Virginia Plan gave equal representation to all states in Congress, which favored smaller states. The New Jersey Plan based representation on population, favoring large states

• True

• False

The agreement that both the large states and small states agreed on was called ⅗ Compromise.

• True

• False