Constitutional Quiz

What Compromise addressed the taxation and representation of slaves in the US Constitution?

• Missouri Compromise

• Connecticut Compromise

• The Great Compromise

• The 3/5 Compromise

What part of the Articles of Confederation determined how a territory could become a state?

• Proclamation of 1763

• Northwest Ordinance

• 3/5 Compromise

• Great Compromise

Who is known as the "Father of the Constitution"?

• James Madison

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Adams

• Alexander Hamilton

What two powers were included in the Articles of Confederation?

• The Federal Government could sign peace treaties

• The Federal Government could tax the rich

• The Federal Government could elect a president

• The Federal Government could organize a national war effort

What was the name of the Compromise that combined the Virgia Plan and the New Jersey plan in the US Constitution?

• 3/5 Compromise

• Great Compromise

• Missouri Compromise

• Constitutional Convention

Shays' Rebellion demonstrated the weakness of the Articles of Confederation and the need to:

• restructure the federal government

• agree to a 3/5 compromise

• Enact the Virgia Plan

• write the Declaration of Independence

Federalists believed:

• that a Bill of Rights was needed to protect the citizens

• Power should remain with the states

• Too much power in a central government is a bad thing

• A strong central government is needed to maintain order

Why did the Anti-Federalists demand that a bill of rights be added to the Constitution

• To protect individual freedoms from the federal government

• To strengthen the authority of the federal government

• To improve the organization of the judiciary

• To protect individual freedoms from the federal government

Who was the man who influenced the separation of powers in the constitution?

• Charles de Montesquieu

• John Locke

• Thomas Paine

What do the separation of powers prevent?

• Opposing government views

• Unlimited power

• Cooperation