Founding Principles

Which title best completes the table below?

• Declaration of Independence

• Articles of Confederation

• Bill of Rights

• Constitution

Under the Articles of Confederation, Congress approved the Northwest Ordinance in 1787

outlining conditions for the territories to become states. Which of the following was one of the

conditions?

• Buying land on credit

• B. Surveying the land to divide into town

• Slavery was outlawed in the territories

• The citizens were unable to vote in elections

How was the question of counting enslaved people as part of the population to determine

representation in the House of Representatives in each state resolved?

• in the Bill of Rights

• by the Virginia Plan

• with the Great Compromise

• with the Three-Fifths Compromise

What was the main difference between the New Jersey and Virginia Plans?

• The Virginia Plan did not include a court system.

• One called for two branches of government and one for three.

• The Virginia Plan called for proportional representation in both houses of Congress.

• The New Jersey Plan gave the federal government more power than it had under the

  Articles of Confederation.

What did the Anti-Federalists want to be added to the Constitution as a compromise to

guarantee protections for individual liberties?

• Bill of Rights

• Tenth Amendment

• The Great Compromise

• Three-Fifths Compromise

What was the purpose of the Federalist Papers?

• to create a new monarchy

• to oppose a strong central government

• to spark a rebellion against the new government

• to explain the reasons to support the Constitution

Which was the primary purpose of the Constitutional Convention?

• To discuss the weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation

• To establish the Supreme Court and the power of judicial review

• To write interstate trade laws and regulate conflict between the states

• To draft the New Jersey plan and outline a new plan for U.S. and state court systems

Based on the image and events surrounding Shays' Rebellion, which conclusion could be

drawn about the government under the Articles of Confederation?

• The government could not maintain control of its citizens.

• The government was prepared to fight off future British attacks.

• Native American threats were becoming a major concern of the government.

• Bankers rebelled against the government over their demand for a common currency.

Using pillars to represent the states, how does the picture above represent the ratification

process for the U.S. Constitution?

• Even if some states disagreed with the plan the others would be fine

• Without the support of the larger states, the new government would not succeed

• To illustrate how poorly some states were doing under the Articles of Confederation

• Without Montesquieu’s separation of powers, not all states would support ratification

How does this quote apply to the structure of government under the Articles of Confederation?

• Each state would have power over the decisions of other states.

• The central government would decide trade policies between the states.

• Each state would be able to retain its sovereignty, freedom and independence.

• The central government would make all decisions, so the states would get along.