Chapter 5 lesson 2: Governing the New Country

Which of the documents does the following describe?

No court system; Congress cannot collect taxes; federal government cannot enforce laws.

• Preamble to the Constitution

• U.S. Constitution

• Compromise of 1790

• Articles of Confederation

What caused the United States to be in debt after the American Revolution?

• Congress could not collect taxes from citizens.

• The U.S. loaned other countries too much money.

• There was no national currency.

• The U.S. did not have a president.

The Articles of Confederations was going to be revised during the

• American Revolution.

• Proclamation of 1763.

• Compromise of 1790.

• Constitutional Convention in 1787.

To prevent any branch of government from becoming too powerful, what system was created?

• a federal government

• checks and balances

• Articles of Confederation

• Great Compromise

What was the big disagreement between small and larger states?

• slavery issue

• what to call the leader of the country

• how they would be represented in Congress

• where to build the new capital

How are the number of representatives per state in the Senate decided?

• by state population

• equal number from each state

• by the year the state joined the U.S.

• by the number of livestock in that state

How are the number of representatives in each state determined for the House of Representatives?

• by state population

• equal number per state

• by the location of that state

• by the number of livestock in that state

What document was written to determine the number of Congressmen per state?

• Proclamation of 1763

• Articles of Confederation

• U.S. Constitution

• Great Compromise

To approve of a document is to

• abolish.

• ratify.

• compromise

• check and balance

Which of these documents determined how slaves would be counted in the census?

• Compromise of 1790

• Three-Fifths Compromise

• Federalist Papers

• Articles of Confederation