Quarter Four Major Test Two Social Studies

The debate and compromise about each enslaved African American being counted as three-fifths of a person was because of ________________. 

• Taxation purposes

• Representation purposes 

• Constitution purposes

• Voting Purposes

The Continental Congress gave each state the authority to ________________.

• Regulate trade and taxes on imports and exports

• Regulate production of goods and services

• Regulate the price of newspapers

• Regulate the settlement of Florida

Delegates who wanted a strong central government were called ___________, and delegates who wanted more power to be given to the states were called____________.

• Anti-Federalists; Federalists

• Democrats; Republicans

• Federalists; Anti-Federalists

• Loyalists; Patriots

The delegates at the Continental Congress were most fearful of a government _______________. 

• Centered on one person

• Represented by the people

• With a strong central government

• With strong state governments

What was the document that created the first government after the colonies declared independence? 

• Articles of Confederation

• Bill of Rights

• Constitution

• Declaration of Independence

The __________________________ met to determine the rules for governing the new nation.

• Continental Congress

• Loyalists

• Patriots

• Sons of Liberty

The new government felt that rights that should never be taken away included _______________. 

• Free education

• Freedom of speech

• Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness

• Right to earn income and own land

Thomas Jefferson was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence. He felt that all _____________________. 

• Men and women are equal

• Men are created equal

• Men and women have rights

• People are born with certain rights that should never be taken away

Dividing the power among the states created _____________________.

• Confusion and Conflict

• Cooperation among the states

• Equal representation

• Independence 

Which of these documents did Benjamin Franklin sign?

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Constitution

• Neither of them 

• Both of them