5th grade unit 5 test

What were the Articles of Confederation?

• America's first try at a constitution

• Collection of newspaper articles

• a break up letter

• a group of civil war buffs

Who led farmers in a rebellion against taxes?

• Benjamin Franklin

• George Washington

• Daniel Shays

• Andrew Jackson

What did a farmers' rebellion show about the new government?

• It was too weak

• It was too powerful

• It was too old

• It was too new

The 3/5ths Compromise resolved the problem of

• counting representatives in small states

• counting representatives in large states

• counting all slaves for taxes

• counting some slaves for population

Both the Virginia Plan and New Jersey Plan wanted this:

• Stronger state governments with one branch

• Stronger federal government with three branches

• Weaker federal government with two branches

• weaker federal government with one branch

Smaller states, like Delaware, supported this plan:

• New Jersey Plan

• Virginia Plan

• New York Plan

• Pennsylvania Plan

Which plan for representation did the larger states support?

• New Jersey Plan

• Virginia Plan

• New York Plan

• Pennsylvania Plan

Which part of Congress is determined by population of the states?

• The House of Representatives
• The Senate
• The Legislative
• The Supreme Court

This document in referred to as the Supreme Law of the Land.

• Declaration of Independence

• The United States Constitution

• Magna Carta

• The Articles of Confederation

What War Had The Declaration of independence

• France VS British

• 13 Colonies war

• Revolutionary War

• War of 1812