Civics - Unit 3 Test (Last Chance)

Why didn't the leaders of the United States opt to simply revise or improve the Articles of Confederation in 1787?

• The citizens of every state signed petitions demanding that their leaders scrap the Articles of Confederation and create a new plan of government.

  The citizens of every state signed petitions demanding that their leaders scrap the Articles of Confederation and create a new plan of government.

• Great Britain had recognized the weakness of the United States under the Articles of Confederation and was planning to attack and conquer the country.

  Great Britain had recognized the weakness of the United States under the Articles of Confederation and was planning to attack and conquer the country.

• They accepted that the country needed a stronger central government than the one created by the Articles of Confederation could provide.

Which compromise reached at the Constitutional Convention established that the population of enslaved people in a state would be only partially represented in that state's official population for representation and taxation purposes?

• the Three-Fifths Compromise

• the One-Half Compromise

• the Two-for-One Compromise

Which description of the Great Compromise, also known as the Connecticut Compromise, was reached at the Constitutional Convention in 1787?

• Every citizen would be allowed to vote in state elections, but only those citizens who owned property would be given the right to vote in national elections.

  Every citizen would be allowed to vote in state elections, but only those citizens who owned property would be given the right to vote in national elections.

• Seventy-five percent of the state legislatures would have to vote for an amendment to the Constitution before it could be ratified.

  Seventy-five percent of the state legislatures would have to vote for an amendment to the Constitution before it could be ratified.

• Congress would be composed of two houses: one in which representation was based on a state's size, and one in which every state was represented equally, regardless of size.

What did the Federalists want after the Constitution was written in 1787?

• the country to continue under the Articles of Confederation

• the Constitution to be ratified as written

• an amendment to the Constitution that outlawed slavery

What did the Antifederalists want after the Constitution was written in 1787?

• state governments to have the power to disband the federal government with a simple majority vote

• the Constitution to do more to protect individual freedoms and limit the power of the national government

• a constitutional guarantee that the federal government would not seek to abolish slavery for at least 20 years

Which statements about how Federalists and Anti-Federalists felt about the Constitution is NOT true?

• The Federalists at first argued that a bill of rights was not needed in the Constitution.

• The Anti-Federalists created a second draft of the Constitution, this time adding a bill of rights, and ratified their version.

• The Anti-Federalists demanded that the Constitution include a bill of rights to guarantee personal freedoms.

What is the purpose of the preamble to the Constitution?

• to guarantee the individual freedoms of American citizens, including the freedom of speech and the right to bear arms

• to establish that the government derives its power from the people and to introduce the six purposes of government in serving the people

• to enumerate the powers given to the federal government and to establish that other powers are reserved for state governments

Why was the necessary and proper clause included in the Constitution?

• to give implied powers to Congress so the federal government could handle issues and problems that the writers of the Constitution could not foresee

• to restrict Congress from passing laws pertaining to issues that would be better handled by state governments

• to establish the process for judicial review and ensure that the Supreme Court only hears cases that are necessary and proper

How does the First Amendment protect religious freedom for American citizens?

• It allows the government to tax religious institutions.

• It lets people practice their faith in their own way.

• It requires the government to establish a national religion.

It requires the government to establish a national religion.

• to bear arms

• against double jeopardy

• against unlawful search and seizure