Unit 1 Topic 2 Test Prep

What was one result of the colonies winning the war?

• they were free to create their own country

• they started another war

• they tried to take over Great Britain

• Washington became the king of the United States

What difficulties did the United States face when creating their country? Choose 3 answers.

• they needed a new leader and a plan for goverenment

• trying to successfully create a self-government

• trying to set up a limited government

• creating a navy and stronger army

• paying taxes

What is self-government?

• a country that governs or rules itself

• a country with a king and queen

• a country that has other countries ruling it

• a country that cannot rule itself

What is a limited government?

• the government has all the power over the people

• the government does not have complete power

• the president has all the power

• the people of the United States have all the power

What was the Articles of Confederation?

• a plan created by Second Continental Congress to make a central government for the newly independent country

• a plan created by the people to give them all the power in the country

• a plan created by George Washington to become president

• a plan created by Second Continental Congress to fins a new president for the US

What was the problem Congress faced when creating the Articles of Confederation?

• they were creating a government that took away too much power from Congress and did not give the people a voice

• they were creating a government with too little power

• they were creating a government that would give all of its power to the people

• they were creating a government that would force people to obey laws

How was Congress elected under the Articles of Confederation?

• the states elected the representatives that would be part of Congress

• the people elected the representatives that would be part of Congress

• the president elected the representatives that would be part of Congress

• Washington elected the representatives that would be part of Congress

How was the Articles of Confederation DIFFERENT from Representative Democracy?

• In the Articles of Confederation, people had NO SAY in who represented them, but in a Representative Democracy people DID HAVE SAY in who represented them

• In the Articles of Confederation, people DID HAVE SAY in who represented them, but in a Representative Democracy people HAD NO SAY in who represented them

• In the Articles of Confederation, people VOTED FOR who represented them, but in a Representative Democracy people DID NOT VOTE for who represented them

• In the Articles of Confederation, people had DID NOT VOTE for who represented them, but in a Representative Democracy people VOTED FOR who represented them

What was the Constitutional Convention?

• a place where delegates met to do away with the Articles of Confederation and write a new constitution

• a place where Thomas Jefferson met with delegates to write the the Declaration of Independence

• a place where delegated met to do away with the US constitution and write the Articles of Confederation

• a place where delegates met do create the Bill of Rights

What was the Great Compromise?

• an agreement made to join together the New Jersey Plan and Virginia Plan

• an agreement made to only follow the New Jersey plan

• an agreement made to only follow the Virginia plan

• an agreement made to stop the New Jersey Plan and Virginia Plan from joining together