11/9/2023 Quiz

What was the first form of Government in America?

• The U.S. Constitution

• The Bill of Rights

• The Articles of Confederation

• The Amendments

• Under the Articles of Confederation, what was the only branch of government?

• Idk

• Executive

• Judicial

• Legislative

• Select all the weakness of the Articles of Confederation:

• The government had no power to pass taxes
  

• There was no executive branch to enforce the laws
  

• The states had more power than the national government

• All states had to approve any amendments, or changes to the government

• How many people had to live in a territory before it could apply to become a state?

• 60,000

• 6,000

• 600

• 650

The Northwest Ordinance....

• created a plan for the removal of states

• created a plan for the orderly addition of states to the Union 

• created a plan for moving Americans to Mars

• created a plan for the Declaration of Independence 

• ________ resulted in many Americans wanting a stronger form of government than the Articles of Confederation

• Shimmers Rebellion

• American Revolution

• Northwest Ordinance

• Shays’ Rebellion

The ____ _____ _____ suggested 3 branches of government and representation in Congress based on the population of each state

• New Jersey Plan

• Declaration of Independence

• The Virginia Plan

• Idk

The ____ ____ ____ recommended that representation from each state be equal

• New Jersey Plan

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Virginia Plan

• Idk

• ____ ____ ____ created a bicameral Congress, with one house based on population, and the other house having 2 representatives from each state for equal representation

• New Jersey Plan

• The Virginia Plan

• The Declaration of Independence

• • The Great Compromise

• What was the name of the agreement that allowed southern states to count 3 out of every 5 slaves towards their total population?

• Three-Fifths Compromise

• The Great Compromise

• The Virginia Plan

• The New Jersey Plan