Unit 3 Test: Road to the Convention

The Founders were students of this European intellectual movement, which began in the 1600s and celebrated the ideas of reason.

• a. The Reformation

• b. The Crusades

• c. The Enlightenment

• d. The French Revolution

During which year did the Constitutional Convention occur in Philadelphia?

• a. 1765

• b. 1776

• c. 1781

• d. 1787

Between the Declaration of Independence and the adoption of the U.S. Constitution, Americans were governed by at the national level and the state level.

• a. The English King, British Redcoats

• b. The Articles of Confederation, state constitutions

• c. Their French Allies, French soldiers

• d. The president of the United States, governors

With the U.S. Constitution, the Founding generation sought to establish a new national government that could

• a. Achieve common purposes

• b. Guard against mob violence

• c. Still be restrained enough to protect individual liberty

• d. All of the above

Which of these was a problem that existed under the Articles of Confederation?

• a. There was no ability to raise taxes to pay soldiers.

• b. The national government had no ability to regulate interstate commerce.

• c. The Articles were nearly impossible to amend.

• d. All of the above

What was required to pass an amendment to the Articles of Confederation?

• a. Unanimous consent from the states

• b. A majority of votes from the Confederation Congress

• c. A direct order from the president of the United States

• d. Three-fourths of the states had to ratify it

Why did the founders create a weak central government under the Articles of Confederation?

• a. They distrusted too much power in the central government.

• b. They wanted to preserve the sovereignty of the states.

• c. Both A and B

• d. They secretly hoped the revolution would fail.

Which of these was not true about the Pennsylvania state constitution?

• a. It had a unicameral (one house) legislature.

• b. It had a bicameral (two house) legislature.

• c. It had no single executive.

• d. It began printing money that led to inflation.

What was Shays' Rebellion?

• a. An outbreak of farmers and war veterans in Massachusetts who couldn't pay their debts

• b. A rebellion of loyalists who wanted to return to British rule

• c. The first battle of the Revolutionary War

• d. An anti-slavery uprising

According to Washington's letter to Henry Knox, if the government in Massachusetts was unable to enforce its laws, what would happen?

• a. Peace and prosperity

• b. Anarchy and confusion

• c. Large payments to the soldiers

• d. Nothing of any importance