Constitution Test Review 22-23

What was the name of the United States’ first constitution?

• Articles of Confederation

• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

• Virginia House of Burgesses

• Declaration of Independence

What document allowed each state to make its own money and had no executive branch? 

• Articles of Confederation

• Declaration of Independence

• Virginia House of Burgesses

• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

3. What was the only successful law passed under the United States’ first constitution? Why is it important?

• The Northwest Ordinance of 1787– it provided the guidelines for admitting new states to the Union. 

• The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut - Established the first government in the US

• The Virginia House of Burgesses - established the first legislative body

• The Declaration of Independence- A list of grievances about KGIII

4. At the 1787 Constitutional Convention, one major disagreement concerning representation in the new national legislature. The large States wanted the population to determine representation. Small states wanted all states represented equally. What was the result of the disagreement? 

• The Virginia Plan

• The New Jersey Plan

• The Great Compromise

• The Constitution

The Articles of Confederation had these characteristics. What’s missing? No chief executive? No national courts, Congress has the power to declare

   war, Congress has the power to make

   treaties, and ____________________________?

• All states needed to approve Laws and Amendments

• Only 3/4ths of states needed to approve new laws and amendments

• Only half of all states needed to approve laws and amendments

• Only 1/4th of states needed to approve the laws and amendments

6. George Mason refused to sign the Constitution and opposed its ratification because he believed that it—

• did not adequately protect individuals from potential government abuse

• did not adequately state the rights of individuals

• did not adequately allow people to participate in government

• did not adequately allow people to have liberties like owning property

The Three-Fifths Compromise at the Constitutional Convention concerned what issues?

• States in the North and South couldn't agree on how slaves would be counted - decided every five slaves would count as three people for taxation and representation purposes

• States in the North and South couldn't agree on how slaves would be counted - decided slaves would not count at all for representation

• States in the North and South couldn't agree on how slaves would be counted - decided slaves counted as regular people for representation

• None of these

8. What event caused many Americans to realize that the Articles of Confederation were too weak?

• Shays' Rebellion

• Boston Tea Party

• Boston Massacre

• American Revolution

Match the following terms to their definitions.

• Small states wanted this; equal representation

• New Jersey Plan

• first 10 amendments to the constitution

• Virginia Plan

• House of Representatives based on population; Senate has equal representation

• Bill of Rights

• The compromise that said every 5 slaves counts as 3 people for taxation and representation purposes

• 3/5ths Compromise

• Large states wanted this; representation based on population

• Great Compromise

How was the quartering grievance from the Declaration addressed in the bill of rights? 

• Eventually became the third amendment

• Eventually became the tenth amendment

• Eventually became the fifth amenedment

• Eventually became the first amendment