Gov. 2.3/4 Review

The Great Compromise was a compromise between--

• Mass. Plan and New Jersey Plan
• Virginia Plan and New Jersey Plan
• Virginia Plan and New York Plan
• Virginia Plan and Delaware Plan

What is the name of the first written plan of government for the newly independent U.S.A.?

• Constitution
• Treaty of Paris
• Declaration of Independence
• Articles of Confederation

The Virginia Plan wanted representation based on--

• population
• equality for every state
• state size
• money

Shays' Rebellion represented...

• a success of the Articles of Confederation

• a failure of the Articles of Confederation

Congress is made up of two houses, which one is based on population?

• House of Burgesses
• Senate
• House of Representatives
• Continental Congress

Why was this first U.S. government so weak?

• King George III  was still in charge of USA
• Americans were afraid to give their new government too much power
• The American army did not win their independence from Great Britain and King George III
• ask; no

Who was the president under the articles?

• George Washington

• Each governor voted on a president

• The most senior Senator

• There wasn't one

The Great Compromise and the 3/5 Compromise were both resolved by the Delegates of the--

• House of Burgesses
• Continental Congress
• Parliament
• Constitutional Convention

The 3/5 Compromise settled the argument of--

• Representation in the Senate
• How slaves should be counted for representation
• How states should be represented
• Borders of states

Under the Articles of Confederation, which government had the MOST power?

• Legislative branch
• the president
• the state governments
• national government