Week 2 Quiz: Developing a Government

True or False?  The Articles of Confederation had a strong central government.

• True
• False

In the Articles of Confederation, where was most of the government power placed?

• The States
• The National Government
• The Continental Congress
• The Legislative Branch

The main cause for many of the rules in the Articles of Confederation was that the delegates at the Continental Congress...

• did not want to give the states too much power because they'd proven they were willing to rebel against a government.

• wanted to create a government that was identical to England's government.

• were concerned about giving the central government too much power because the King had used his power unfairly.

• wanted to unify the states together, which included creating one army and one type of currency.

One major problem with the Articles of Confederation is that Congress could not ______ the citizens to raise money.

• tax
• ask
• demand
• force

Ultimately, the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation lead to the creation of -

• the Treaty of Paris

• the Affordable Care Act

• the U.S. Constitution

• the Declaration of Independence

What is the name of the first written plan of government in America?

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

What was the 3/5 Compromise?

• It combined the NJ and Virginia Plan.

• It allowed for some slaves to be counted to appease the South.

• It allowed for some slaves to be counted to appease the North.

• It stopped the Transatlantic Slave Trade.

Anti-Federalists support having a central government.

• False

• True

Federalists did not support the Constitution because they felt the government was given too much power.

• False

• True

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