Constitutional Convention

The Articles of Confederation was considered a failure because...

• Effective system of checks and balances
• Weak central government with limited powers
• High level of cooperation among states
• Strong central government with unlimited powers

Popular sovereignty requires ________.

• rule of law
• separation of powers
• consent of the governed
• federalism

Which is a picture of a bicameral legislative?

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The _________ supported large states as it proposed representation to be determined by population.

• Massachusetts Plan
• Virginia Plan
• Connecticut Plan
• New Jersey Plan

Under the Articles of Confederation, government powers were divided_______ . However, the new constitution's draft divided government powers __________.

• unevenly

  unevenly

• evenly

  evenly

• unevenly

  evenly

• evenly

  unevenly

What was the issue of slavery while drafting the U.S. Constitution?

• Representation of slaves in the population count
• Slavery was fully abolished during the drafting
• Slavery was not a topic of discussion
• Slavery was only mentioned in passing

What was the Great Compromise?

• The Virginia Plan
• The New Jersey Plan
• A combining of the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan
• A destruction of the Virginia & New Jersey plans

What made people concerned about the weakness of the central (federal) government under the Articles of Confederation and caused the revision?

• The Great Compromise

• Constitutional Convention

• The 3/5 Compromise

• Shay's Rebellion

The smaller states wanted - 

• equal representation for all states in Congress
• representation in Congress based on a state's population
• the revision of the Articles of Confederation
• the nation's capitol in New Jersey

What was New Jersey's plan?

• Representation in Congress and taxation is based on population
• All states have equal representation in Congress & taxation
• That we only have 2 branches of government: legislative and executive
• That we keep the Articles of Confederation the same