Test: America's Constitution

Name

What was the FIRST national government after Independence?

• Articles of Confederation
• Constitutional Congress
• Continental Congress
• Constitution

Why did our founding fathers originally NOT want a strong government?

• They wanted a government similar to that of Britain
• They wanted the states to
• They were anarchists
• They were afraid of creating another king-like government

Who could enforce laws under the Articles of Confederation?

• President
• Congress
• Judges
• No one

Who had the only power to tax under the Articles of Confederation?

• states
• president
• courts
• army

Who had the only power to decide legal/court cases under the Articles of Confederation?

• states
• president
• Benjamin Franklin
• Paul Bunyan

What did Shay’s Rebellion show America about its government under the Articles of Confederation?

• The US Government is too STRONG
• Farmers are violent
• The US Government is too WEAK

This plan favored small states and called for equal representation...

• Virginia Plan
• New Jersey Plan
• Rhode Island Plan
• Texas Plan

This plan (aka the Large State Plan) called for a two-house legislature with representation based on population; drafted by James Madison; benefited

• New Jersey Plan
• California Plan
• Virginia Plan
• Canada Plan

The _____________________ combined both of the plans proposed at the Constitutional Convention, the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan, and created a two house Congress. One with equal representation and one based on population.

• ⅗ Compromise
• The Great Compromise
• The Compromise of 1775
• The Constitutional Compromise