Ch 8 - Confederation to Constitution - Test Review

Our first type of government created in 1776 by the Continental Congress is the type of government where the people choose/vote for representatives to govern them. This type of government is known as a?

• Monarchy

• Aristocracy

• Democracy

• Republic

The first government of the Continental Congress was known as the:

• U.S. Constitution

• Virginia plan

• New Jersey Plan

• Articles of Confederation

One of the major problems with the Articles of Confederation
(first U.S. Government) was that:

• It organized new territory in the West

• It was a very strong/tyrannical government

• In this government each state only had one vote and all laws had to be passed with a unanimous vote (13-0)

• In this government the president was given an unfair veto power

What was the main cause of Shays' Rebellion in Massachusetts in 1787

• The Massachusetts legislature refused to help farmers who were in debt and who petitioned the government for relief

• Ex Revolutionary War soldiers had not been paid by the government for their military service

• Farmers in Massachusetts were losing their farms and being arrested for debt

• All the answers here are reasons for Shays' Rebellion

Fear of more rebellions was one reason why the leaders of the Articles of Confederation government called a special Convention in 1787 in Philadelphia. What was the other major reason?

• They wanted to declare war on Britain

• They wanted to build a huge army to destroy all people who disagreed with them

• They wanted to create national trade laws that would help the economies of all the states

• They wanted to create a Bill of Rights to project themselves against the tyranny of the Articles of Confederation

Which one of these founding fathers did not support removing some powers from the states and giving more powers to the national government as well as did not support a single person (president) to lead the executive branch?

• George Mason

• James Madison

• George Washington

• Alexander Hamilton

This founding father wrote a bunch of essays in support of this new Constitution/Government.  These essays first appeared as letters in New York newspapers.

• Thomas Jefferson

• Alexander Hamilton

• George Mason

• George Washington

At the same time that seven of the states ratified (approved) the Constitution, they asked that it be fixed later on.  They believed more was needed to protect people against the power of a new and stronger national government.  These ten amendments (rules/laws) to the U.S. Constitution became known as the

• Articles of Confederation

• Bill of Rights

• Statutes of Religious Liberty

• The Freedom Policy

What is NOT a reason why some Americans did not approve/support the new Constitution.

• 1. They thought the Constitution took too much power away from the states and did not guarantee rights for the people

• 1. They thought the president might be declared king

• 1. They thought the Senate might turn into a powerful aristocracy

• 1. They thought that too much freedom would lead to chaos.

Is this a Federalist or Anti-Federalist Quote:

“The purpose of the United States Constitution is to limit the power of the federal government NOT the American people” 

• Federalists

• Anti-Federalist