Ch.7 & 8 Test- U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights

What is a constitution?

• a formal written request

• a written plan for government

• a meeting of representatives

• a fee paid to the government in return for services

Why did American leaders want to create a national government?

• The states were constantly at war with one another.

• American leaders wanted the United States to be more like Great Britain.

• The states would be stronger if they worked together.

The Articles of Confederation established a _______________ national government.

• 
  capable

• strong

• temporary

• weak

The meeting of state delegates in 1787 was called the ________________.

• Olive Branch Petition

• Constitutional Convention

• First Continental Congress

• Second Continental Congress

What was the purpose of the meeting?

• to celebrate the United States' independence from Great Britain

• to decide who should be president of the United States

• to discuss changing the Articles of Confederation

• to discuss paying back the national debt

True or false? Madison, Washington, and Franklin believed small changes to the Articles of Confederation would fix the government’s many problems.

• True

• False

On which question about representation did delegates not agree?

• How many people in each state should be allowed to vote?

• How many representatives should each state have in Congress?

• Which states should have representatives, and which should not?

Who came up with the Great Compromise?

• James Madison

• George Washington

• Edmund Randolph

• Roger Sherman

What issue did the Great Compromise settle?

• 
  how much power the national government would have

• how states would be represented in Congress

• how citizens would elect the president

• how old a person must be to vote

In the Great Compromise, delegates agreed that Congress should have _______________.

• one house

• three houses

• two houses

• four houses