US Constitution Objective 1

Which of the following was a result of Shays's Rebellion?

• It sparked the movement for a federal government strong enough “to ensure domestic tranquility,”

• It led to the formation of new states in the Ohio Valley region.

• It convinced the central government to give more power to the states

• It led to the formation of Canada as a new country.

Which of the following was NOT a problem for the United States Under the Articles of Confederation?

• The general government could not force the states to pay off debts.

• The Navy was inadequate to protect foreign commerce.

• The states did not have any power to make their own decisions and were dominated by the central government.

• Spain refused to allow settlers in the West to ship their products from the port of New Orleans.

Which of the following was not a plan of government?

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Articles of Confederation

• The Mayflower Compact

• The Constitution

What was the first official plan of government for the United States of America?

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Mayflower Compact

• The Articles of Confederation

• The Constitution

Why did most state constitutions give more power to the legislatures (law-makers) than to the governors elected to rule that state?

• They wanted a system in which one man held all the power.

• The legislatures wrote the constitutions and wanted more power.

• The people were weary of giving one man too much power.

• There was a lot of crime in most of the states and they needed more laws.

What document inspired most of the state constitutions to include declarations of rights intended to guarantee individual citizens a list of protections and immunities from the state government.

• The Articles of Confederation

• The Magna Carta

• The Mayflower Compact

• The Constitution of the United States of America

Which document was the first-legally binding form of self-government written by people living in North America?

• The Magna Carta

• The Mayflower Compact

• The Articles of Confederation

• The Constitution

Which statement describes a key weakness of the Articles of Confederation?

• It did not establish a legislative or judicial branch within the new government.

• It did not address how the federal government would coin money.

• It did not give the federal government enough power to enforce its laws.

• It did not gave the federal government the authority to declare war or negotiate treaties.

To address the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation, delegates at the Constitutional Convention agreed to

• increase the powers of the central government

• allow states to set tariff rates

• eliminate the slave trade

• decrease the number of states

Reorder the following in time order

• The US Constitution

• The Articles of Confederation

• The Declaration of Independence