2.2 Founding Principles

What was the name of the agreement between Northern and Southern states over how slaves should be counted?

• Three-Fifths Compromise

• New Jersey Plan

• Virginia Plan

• The Great Compromise

The Northwest Ordinance ____________________

• was a plan for the orderly settlement of the Northwest Territories.

• was a law promoting slavery in the Northwest Territories.

• was a plan to move Native Americans farther west.

• was a plan to buy Texas from the Spanish.

The Federalists managed to make the Anti-Federalists agree to ratify the Constitution by promising

• the President would serve for life

• amendments guaranteeing basic freedoms (Bill of Rights)

• slavery would always exist in the new Republic

• states could veto any presidential decisions

Madison, Hamilton, and Jay wrote

• Common Sense

• The Communist Manifesto

• The Magna Carta

• The Federalist Papers

The Anti-Federalists opposed ratifying the Constitution because:

• it gave power to the wealthy elite

• it gave more power to the federal government that they believed the states should have

• it took away individual liberties

The original purpose of the Constitutional Convention of 1787 was

• to write a Constitution for the United States.

• to rewrite trade agreements with other countries.

• to change the Articles of Confederation.

• to renegotiate the Treaty of Paris of 1783.

Which of the following are true about the government under the Articles of Confederation.?

• Could not impose taxes.

• Could force citizens to join the army.

• Could establish diplomatic relations with other countries.

• Could issue paper currency.

Shay's Rebellion proved a stronger national government was needed because

• courthouses could be easily vandalized.

• farmers needed the right to vote in elections.

• there was no strong national army.

• there was no process for accepting new states into the union.

What is a direct cause for the organization of the Constitutional Convention?

• widespread food shortages.

• a lack of paper currency.

• Shay's Rebellion

• riots in major cities.

Which document is characterized by these attributes?

• Congress could not levy and collect taxes
• Congress could not regulate interstate or foreign trade
• There was no national court system to settle disputes
• The thirteen separate states lacked national unity

• Articles of Confederation

• Northwest Ordinance

• United States Constitution

• Declaration of Independence