AUSH Chapters 7-8 AOC and Constitution

Which of the following was NOT an accomplishment of the AOC?

• it coordinated the war effort against the British

• it outlawed slavery in territories in the Midwest

• it organized land in the Northwest and created a process for statehood

• it addressed the Native Americans living in the West and how to ensure their rights were not taken

Did the Virginia Plan make large or small states happy?

• large

• small

What kind of legislature did the Virginia Plan call for?

• unicameral, with the one chamber based on population

• bicameral, with one chamber based on population, and the other with equal representation

• bicameral, with both chambers based on population

• unicameral, with each state receiving one vote

Did the New Jersey Plan make large or small states happy?

• large

• small

What kind of legislature did the New Jersey Plan call for?

• unicameral, based on population

• bicameral, with both chambers based on population

• bicameral, with one chamber based on population and the other with equal representation

• unicameral, with each state receiving equal representation

How did the Great Compromise solve the issue of representation in Congress?

• it created a bicameral legislature, with the HR based on population, and the Senate with equal repreentation

• it created a bicameral legislature, with both the HR and Senate based on population

• it called for slaves to count as 3/5 a person for representation

• it called for an Electoral College to elect the President

According to the 3/5 Compromise, 100 slaves would equal __________ people for the purpose of representation in Congress.

• 60

• 100

• 200

• 50

What were the two parts of the Commerce Compromise?

• slave trade would end in 1808

  president would be elected via Electoral College

• Southern agricultural exports would not be taxed

  slave trade would end in 1808

• slaves would count as 3/5 a person

  a bicameral legislature - HR and Senate - would be created

• Southern agricultural exports would not be taxed

  slaves would count as 3/5 a person

What was the main disagreement between Federalists and Anti-Federalists?

• division of power between the three branches of government

• whether or not a bicameral legislature should be created, and whether it should have equal or proportional representation

• whether the slave trade should end

• division of power between federal and state governments

What was the main belief of the Federalists?

• state governments should retain more power

• federal government should be given more power to solve the nation's big problems

• a bill of rights was needed to guarantee rights to all Americans

• the Constitution gave too much power to the legislative branch