Creating a Nation P2

Federalists SUPPORTED the strong national government created by the Constitution.

• TRUE

• FALES

Which word means to "approve"?

• Convention

• Amend

• Ratify

• Compromise

The "Federalist Papers" were written to persuade people to support the new constitution.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Anti-federalists wanted a Bill of Rights added to the constitution to help protect...

• Individual Rights

• State Rights

• Slavery

• The Articles of Confederation

Which group of people wanted the Constitution to include a Bill of Rights?

• Federalist

• Anti-Federalist

• Democrats

• Northerners

What is one reason people wanted change to the Articles of Confederation?

• They opposed the Land Ordinance of 1785

• They didn't want the government to have only 1 branch

• The central government of weak and ineffective

• The state government was weak and ineffective

The Three-Fifths Compromise help settle the debate over whether to count slaves in the population or not.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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

• 3

• 2

• 1

• 5

What did Shays' rebellion reveal about the Articles of Confederation

• That it was too similar to the British system

• That it was too weak to succeed

• That it was strong and resilient

• That it was a successful model of government

One weakness of the Articles of the Confederation was ____________.

• The ability of Congress to tax

• The inability of Congress to tax

• The ability of Congress to declare war

• The ability of Congress to create courts.