2.2 Creating The Constitution

Which historical document contained weaknesses such as:

⋅ Congress could force states to carry out its laws

⋅ Congress had no authority to collect taxes

• Constitution

• Bill of Rights

• Articles of Confederation

• Declaration of Independence

One of the conditions of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 was:

• citizens could only buy land on credit

• slavery would be outlawed in the new territories

• only Protestantism would be allowed to be practiced in the new territories

• Jury trials would be outlawed

What was a long term effect of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787

• Slavery was expanded into new United States territories.

• The farmers of Massachusetts rebelled.

• Territories eventually became states

• George Washington was elected president.

The Three Fifths Compromise called for each slave to be counted as 3/5s of a person when determining...

• the amount of taxes slaveholders paid on property.

• the number of enslaved population in each state.

• representation in the House of Representatives.

• representation in each state's legislature.

What did the Great Compromise decide?

• how states would be represented in Congress

• the names of political parties

• the system of checks and balances

• process of selecting the president

What did the Virginia Plan propose?

• one house of Congress with equal representation from each state.

• two houses of Congress with representation based on state population

• an upper house on Congress with equal representation from each state.

• a lower house of Congress with equal representation from each state.

What did the Anti-Federalists want added to the Constitution in exchange for their support?

• The Great Compromise

• Tenth Amendment

• Three-Fifths Compromise

• Bill of Rights

What was the purpose of the Federalist Papers?

• argue for an American monarchy

• explain the reasons for supporting the Constitution

• justify the Declaration of Independence

• convince the Americans to vote in an oligarchy

What was the original purpose of the Constitutional Convention in May 1787

• to write the U.S. Constitution

• to end the conflict in Massachusetts

• to discuss the weaknesses the Articles of Confederation

• to rewrite the Declaration of Independence

Why is Shays Rebellion such an important event in United States history

• It demonstrated how strong the national government was at the time.

• It proved the national army was strong

• It marked the start of a civil war.

• The government could not maintain control of its citizens.