SCS AH - Unit 1

Which of these authors did NOT contribute to writing the Federalist Papers?

• Hamilton

• Jay

• Madison

• Jefferson

Guarantees freedom from testifying against yourself

• 1st Amendment
• 3rd Amendment
• 5th Amendment
• 7th Amendment

What Colony and River did George Washington plan a surprise attack on Christmas Night?

• New York and Hudson River

• North Carolina and Mississippi River

• New Jersey and Delaware River

• Virginia and Delaware River

This picture shows which weakness of the Articles?

• no common currency
• no executive branch
• no power to tax
• one vote for each state

Which phrase completes the diagram?

• regulate trade between states

• borrow money

• equip a navy

• declare war

Who was the president under the articles?

• George Washington

• Each governor voted on a president

• The most senior Senator

• There wasn't one

Which of the following was an example of a strength in the Articles of Confederation?

• Congress couldn't collect taxes

• Provided no common currency amongst the 13th states

• Weak national government

• Provided a sense of unity and nationhood

Use the table to answer the question.

Weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation

Weakness

No power to enforce laws

No executive branch

No judicial branch

How did these weaknesses impact the writing of the Constitution?

• The Founding Fathers gave Congress the power to legislate.

• The Founding Fathers created a government with three branches.

• The Founding Fathers gave the states the power to interpret national laws?

• The Founding Fathers created the office of president to settle disputes.

this law set up a system for mapping and dividing western lands.

• Land Ordinance of 1785

• Northwest Ordinance of 1787

• The Articles of Confederation

• The Declaration of Independence

All of the following philosophers contributed to new political thinking at the time of the American Revolution except:

• Whitefield

• Voltaire

• Locke

• Montesquieu