8th Topic 2 Test

What effect did the Three-Fifths Compromise have on the southern states?

• It ended the slave trade.

• It gave farmers three-fifths more land in the West.

• It limited the number of states that allowed slavery.

• It gave Southern states more representation in Congress.

Which English documents influenced the Framers of the Constitution?

• Leviathon and Magna Carta

• Magna Carta and English Bill of Rights

• Magna Carta and Leviathon

• No English documents influenced the Constitution.

What resulted from Shays' Rebellion?

What was the purpose of the Federalist Papers?

• to generate support for ratifying the Constitution

• by showing how the Articles of Confederation would protect states' rights

• by explaining how the national government would weaken the states

• by defining how the Constitution would require a bill of rights

Which of the following are NOT a power of the national government?

• establish a post office

• make driver's licenses

• enforce taxes

• coin money

The 3/5 Compromise resolved the issue of counting enslaved people for what two purposes?

• land

• taxes

• cities

• representation

Match each item with the correct statement below.

• Opposed the ratification of the Constitution
• Antifederalists
• Armed uprising in Massachusetts
• Shays' Rebellion
• Supported the ratification of the Constitution
• Federalists
• Division of governmental powers into branches
• Separation of powers

Match each item to the correct statement below.

• checks the powers of other branches

• judicial branch

• enforces the nation's laws

• all branches

• interprets the nation's laws

• legislative branch

• makes the nation's laws

• checks and balances

• ensures no one branch has too much power

• executive branch

Who is referred to as the Father of the Consitution?

• James Madison

• George Washington

• George Mason

• Thomas Jefferson

What document influenced state constitutions?

• Constitution

• Declaration of Independence

• Magna Carta

• Leviathon