Constitution Unit Review

What were the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?

• No power to tax, no court system, no Legislative

• No power to tax, no court system, no Executive

• No power to tax, no court system, no Judicial

• No power to tax, no court system, no Constitution

What did the Northwest Ordinance establish?

• A method for the orderly admission of new territories

• A method for the orderly admission of new countries

• A method for the orderly admission of new states

• A method for the orderly admission of new cities

Who led the uprising known as Shay's Rebellion?

• Daniel Shays

• Alexander Hamilton

• John Jay

• James Madison

What is the purpose of a Constitutional Convention?

• To propose amendments to the Constitution

• To write a new constitution or revise an existing one

• To establish a court system

• To elect a new Executive

What was the 'Great Compromise' at the Constitutional Convention?

• Proportional representation in both the Senate and the House of Representatives

• Equal representation in the Senate and proportional representation in the House of Representatives

• Equal representation in both the Senate and the House of Representatives

• No representation in the Senate and proportional representation in the House of Representatives

What did the 'Three-fifths compromise' determine?

• How slaves would be counted for representation and taxation

• How slaves would be counted for representation only

• How slaves would be counted for taxation only

• How slaves would be counted for neither representation nor taxation

What is the principle of republicanism?

• Government has unlimited power

• Government is controlled by the military

• People vote

• Government is controlled by a single ruler

What is federalism?

• Powers of government are held by the military

• Powers of government are held only by the national government

• Powers of government are held only by the states

• Powers of government are shared between the states and national government

What is the purpose of checks and balances?

• To prevent one branch of government from becoming too powerful

• To give the Judicial branch more power than the other branches

• To give the Legislative branch more power than the other branches

• To give the Executive branch more power than the other branches

What is popular sovereignty?

• Government is the source of people's power

• The military is the source of government power

• People are the source of government power

• The Supreme Court is the source of government power