Unit 3 Challenges of a New Nation and Government

The Articles of Confederation had several areas of weakness. Which of the following is an example of this?

• The Bill of Rights was never added

• A king ruled the state governments.

• Money was the same from state to state.

• There was no army and no court system.

Who wrote a speech to convince all the delegates to sign the Constitution?

• Patrick Henry

• James Madison

• Benjamin Franklin

• George Washington

What was Shay's Rebellion?

• Farmers couldn't grow enough fruits and vegetables, so the people rebelled.

• Daniel Shay rebelled because the state wouldn't buy him all the crops he needed.

• Daniel Shay rebelled because states were making farmers pay taxes for the war debt.

• Farmers couldn't get all the supplies they needed so they rebelled.

Who is known as the "Father of the Constitution" because he worked hard to write and ratify it?

• Patrick Henry

• James Madison

• Benjamin Franklin

• George Washington

After the Constitutional Convention of 1787, who was the first president to be elected under the new Constitution of the United States?

• Patrick Henry

• James Madison

• Benjamin Franklin

• George Washington

The Constitution was drafted (written) in 1787. Since the people could not agree they had to compromise. The Great Compromise...

• decided how the President would be elected

• gave the Supreme Court the power to decide if laws are unconstitutional

• started the cabinet to help the President

• divided Congress into two parts with a Senate and a House of Representatives

The Three-Fifths Compromise said that...

• 3/5 of the delegates did not agree with each other

• white people were 3/5 of the population

• three fifths of enslaved people would count towards the US population

• 3 out of 5 people wanted to end slavery

In 1777, after the Revolutionary War, what united the states with a national government?

• Articles of Confederation

• Constitution of the United States

• Mayflower Compact

• Monroe Doctrine

The weak Articles of Confederation was later replaced by

• the Congress

• the Bill of Rights

• the Constitution of the

  United States

• the Articles of Confederation

Congress had to agree on States' rights. Their solution was to create what is now our federal system of government. What is a federal government?

• The president has all of the power

• The US government has all of the power

• States have all of the power

• Both the states and US Government share equal power