GGovernment #2 Constitution, Convention

The Articles of Confederation was the first national ____________ in America.

• Letter to the king

• System of government

• Declaration of war

• Collection of banks

What legislative body created the Articles of Confederation?

• The Senate

• The House of Representatives

• The First Continental Congress

• The Second Continental Congress

Which government had power under the Articles of Confederation?

• states

• British

• national

• France

What kind of national (central) government did the Articles of Confederation create?

• Weak

• Powerful

• Non-existent

• Confusing

Congress could tax the states and citizens under the Articles of Confederation - true or false?

• True

• False

What title did the Articles of Confederation give the nation's chief executive leader?

• President

• Prime Minister

• King

• It didn't have a chief executive

What document would later be created to replace the Articles of Confederation?

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Gettysburg Address

• The Constitution

• The Bill of Rights

Under the Articles of Confederation, each state got __________ vote. 

• 3 

• 2

• 1

• 5

The founding fathers combined the ideas of the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan to come up with -

• Compromise of 1820

• Three-fifths compromise

• Great Compromise

• Constitutional Convention

Northern and Southern delegates vehemently argued on how slaves should be counted as population for representation purposes, the result of this debate was the -

• Three-fifths compromise

• Great Compromise

• Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions

• Missouri Compromise