Civics chapter 2 Review

Which group of people favored the ratification of the Constitution? Please select one answer for the following questions. Each question is worth 2 points for a total of 10 points.

• Patriots

• Federalists

• Anti-Federalists

• The King

The agreement Congress would be bicameral or divided into two houses, one house would have equal representation while the other would be based on population, is known as what?

• The Great Compromise

• The Virginia Plan

• Congress

• 3/5ths Compromise

What stated that slaveholding states were allowed to count all their free population, including free African Americans and 60 percent of their enslaved population?

• The Great Compromise

• The Virginia Plan

• Congress

• 3/5ths Compromise

Letters written by James Madison to convince states to ratify the Constitution are known as what?

• The Federalist Papers

• Madison’s Memoir

• The Anti-Federalist Journal

• Dear Diary

In 1787 55 delegates from all 13 colonies, except for Rhode Island, attended a convention in Philadelphia, this meeting became known as what?

• The Constitution Meeting

• The Constitutional Convention

• The Articles of Confederation Convention

• The Meeting of the Greats

In a ___________ ____________ power is divided between the federal (or national) government and the state governments.

• Federal System

• Unitary System

• Confederate System

• Monarchical System

All powers not expressly given to the national government were intended for the states are known as ______________ ______________.

• reserved powers

• delegated powers

• concurrent powers

• implied powers

According to _______ _______, natural rights had been granted by God and could not be taken away by human beings, even kings, or institutions they created.

• John Locke

• Thomas Hobbes

• Jean-Jacques Rousseau

• Voltaire

A ____________________ is an entity in which independent, self-governing states form a union for the purpose of acting together in areas such as defense.

• Confederation

• Federation

• Monarchy

• Republic

The constitution took approximately _______ years to ratify through all 13 states!

• 3.5

• 2

• 5

• 4