Creating a New Nation/Constitution

Under which of these did the states and the federal government share power?

• Limited government

• Republicanism

• Federalism

• Checks and Balances

What were the framers/Founding Fathers meeting to do to the Articles of Confederation?

• Rewrite it

• Revise it

• Add more to it

• Throw it out and start over

The Great Compromise and the 3/5 Compromise were arguments over how much ___ states had.

• Slavery

• Elections

• Turtles

• Representation in Congress

Under which document did Congress have to request states to pay taxes?

• Articles of Confederation

• Constitution

• Treaty of Paris

• Bill of Rights

Which is NOT true about the Federalist Papers?

• The papers defended the Constitution

• There were 45 essays

• The papers were published in the newspapers

• The authors signed anonymously

Problems raised by the debt from the American Revolution started ___

• Shay's Rebellion

• Whiskey Rebellion

• Great Compromise

• Revolutionary War

Anti-Federalists were people that ___

• Did not think a Bill of Rights was necessary

• Believed the Articles of Confederation didn't need to change

• Believed a Bill of Rights was necessary

• Believed a Constitution wasn't necessary

Which is NOT true about the House and the Senate?

• The House starts all revenue or spending bills

• The House approves treaties of the President

• The Senate approves appointments of the President

• If the President and the VP were to die, the Speaker takes over

A Federal government is one that

• has separation of powers

• has checks and balances

• has state governments with the right to nullify any laws

• authority is divided between the national and state government

Which of the following is NOT an example of checks and balances written in the Constitution?

• The president nominates Supreme Court justices

• Courts can veto presidential acts

• Congress can impeach the president and federal judges

• Supreme Court can declare acts of Congress unconstitutional