Articles of Confederation and Shays's Rebellion Quiz

What type of government did the Articles of Confederation establish?

• Strong central government

• Weak central government

• No central government

• Dictatorship

What powers did the Congress have under the Articles of Confederation?

• Regulate trade, force citizens to join the army, impose taxes

• Conduct foreign affairs, maintain armed forces, borrow money, issue currency

• Create a chief executive, regulate trade, impose taxes

• None of the above

What event caused people to question the effectiveness of the Confederation government?

• The American Revolution

• The signing of the Articles of Confederation

• Shays's Rebellion

• The Philadelphia Convention

Who led the rebellion of farmers known as Shays's Rebellion?

• George Washington

• James Madison

• Daniel Shays

• Alexander Hamilton

What was the main cause of Shays's Rebellion?

• High taxes

• Lack of representation

• Enslavement of African Americans

• Economic troubles faced by farmers

What did the New Jersey Plan propose?

• A strong national government with proportional representation

• A weak national government with equal representation

• A strong national government with equal representation

• A weak national government with proportional representation

What was the Great Compromise?

• A compromise to count enslaved people as three-fifths of a person

• A compromise to give each state equal representation in the Senate

• A compromise to give each state proportional representation in the House of Representatives

• A compromise to create a two-house legislature with both equal and proportional representation

What was the Three-Fifths Compromise?

• A compromise to count enslaved people as three-fifths of a person for taxation and representation

• A compromise to count enslaved people as three-fifths of a person for taxation only

• A compromise to count enslaved people as three-fifths of a person for representation only

• A compromise to count enslaved people as three-fifths of a person for neither taxation nor representation

Who is often referred to as the 'Father of the Constitution'?

• George Washington

• Benjamin Franklin

• James Madison

• Gouverneur Morris

What was the main purpose of the Philadelphia Convention?

• To discuss trade issues

• To revise the Articles of Confederation

• To create a strong national government

• To abolish slavery