Unit 4 Constitution Era Quiz

This concept was added to the Constitution, where each branch has the ability to limit or review another branch, preventing one branch from becoming too powerful.

• Checks and balances
• Federalism
• Judicial review
• Separation of powers

Which document protected civil liberties and outlawed slavery?

• Declaration of Independence
• Northwest Ordinance

• Magna Carta
• New Jersey Plan

Which individual influenced the separation of powers of the U.S. government into THREE branches that would check and balance each other?

• John Locke

• Charles de Montesquieu

• George Washington

• Alexander Hamilton

The Federalists wanted what?

• A weak central government

• A strong central government

• A strong state government

• A weak state government

Anti-Federalist believed in.....

• strong central government
• strong state government

• no Bill of Rights should be added

• weak state government

How did states have more power under the Articles of Confederation?

• The central government had strong control over the states.
• Congress needed the approval of 9 out of 13 states to pass laws.

• The central government had unlimited authority.
• The states had no power under the Articles of Confederation.

Which of these is a reason that the Anti-Federalists opposed the Constitution and wanted a Bill of Rights added?

• They felt it took too much power away from state governments and from individual citizens

• They felt it gave too much power to the state governments

• They wanted 13 nations, not one United States

• They feared that the state governments would be too powerful

The Northwest Ordinance established guidelines for the orderly expansion of the United States by instituting a -

• method to purchase territory from foreign powers

• procedure for military takeovers of existing countries

• process through which states could be added to the Union

• expansion of slavery to northern states

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Why did the southern states want to count their slaves as part of their state's population?

• It would give the southern state more representatives in Congress

• It would give the southern states less representatives in Congress

• It would give the southern states more money in taxes

• It would give the southern states more treaties with other states

•Congress has the power to collect taxes

• President has the power to make treaties

• Three branches of government

These additions to the Constitution were added in response to what?

• Three-Fifths Compromise

• The Declaration of Independence.
• The Bill of Rights.
• The Articles of Confederation.