Midterm Review

What are the Articles of Confederation?

• The Articles of Confederation were a series of laws passed by the British Parliament.
• The Articles of Confederation were a set of guidelines for the formation of state governments in the United States.
• The Articles of Confederation were a treaty signed between the United States and Great Britain.
• The Articles of Confederation were the first constitution of the United States.

Who created the Articles of Confederation?

• Thomas Jefferson
• George Washington
• Benjamin Franklin
• A committee appointed by the Second Continental Congress

What was the purpose of the Articles of Confederation?

• To create a unified military force for the states
• To establish a monarchy in the United States
• To establish a system of government for the United States
• To declare independence from Great Britain

What led to the call to rewrite the Articles of Confederation?

• Foreign invasion threats
• Lack of support from the states
• Weaknesses and limitations of the Articles of Confederation

• Economic instability

What was the goal of the Constitutional Convention?

• To establish a monarchy in the United States.
• To rewrite the Articles of Confederation

• To create a new constitution for each individual state.
• To revise the Articles of Confederation

What was the main topic of debate during the Constitutional Convention?

• Religious freedom for the colonies
• Structure of the legislature

• Methods of taxation for the states

• Types of crops to be grown in the South

Summarize the Virginia Plan.

• The Virginia Plan proposed a unicameral legislature and a weak central government.
• The Virginia Plan proposed a bicameral legislature and a strong central government.

• The Virginia Plan proposed a system of direct democracy with no central government.
• The Virginia Plan proposed a monarchy with absolute power.

Summarize the New Jersey Plan.

• The New Jersey Plan called for a bicameral legislature with equal representation for each state.
• The New Jersey Plan called for a unicameral legislature with equal representation for each state.
• The New Jersey Plan called for a monarchy to be established in the United States.
• The New Jersey Plan called for a unicameral legislature with representation based on population.

What was the Great Compromise?

• The Great Compromise was a treaty signed between the United States and Great Britain.
• The Great Compromise was a military strategy used during the American Revolution.
• The Great Compromise was a trade agreement between the northern and southern states.
• The Great Compromise was an agreement reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 that created a bicameral legislature.

Define “bicameral”.

• A legislative body divided into three separate chambers or houses.
• A legislative body divided into two separate chambers or houses.
• A legislative body divided into one separate chamber or house.
• A legislative body divided into four separate chambers or houses.