Unit 6 AOC Test Review

When were the Articles of Confederation written?

• During the Civil War

• When Jamestown was settled

• During the American Revolution

• Before the French and Indian War

Which best completes the diagram below?

Cause: The Northwest Ordinance

Effect: ????

• No common currency

• Weak national government

• No power to tax or regulate states

• Prevented new territories from becoming slave states.

The Articles of Confederation is considered to be

• The inspiration for for the Bill of Rights

• The first Constitution of the United States

• The document that declared freedom from Great Britain

• The only founding document that called for a strong central government

Which of the following are weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation? Select all that apply.

• Weak national government

• No executive or judicial branch

• No power to tax or regulate the states

• Included no process for admitting new states

Complete the diagrams below by providing titles to the diagrams below. Write the letter on the line on the diagram it matches.

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Legislative

• . Articles of Confederation

• Declaration of Independence

• VA Declaration of Rights

• Constitution of the United States

Complete the diagrams below by providing titles to the diagrams below. Write the letter on the line on the diagram it matches.

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Executive -Legislative-Judicial

• . Articles of Confederation

• Declaration of Independence

• VA Declaration of Rights

• Constitution of the United States

How was the Constitution different from the Articles of Confederation?

• The Constitution allows each state to have two votes in Congress.

• The Constitution does not allow the states to have votes in Congress.

• The Constitution only allowed the states one vote, no matter the size of the state.

• The Constitution calls for each state to have votes in the Senate and the House of Representatives

What is the significance of New Hampshire ratifying the Constitution?

• New Hampshire had the largest population and therefore the most votes

• New Hampshire added the Bill of Rights to the Constitution which was required for ratification.

• New Hampshire was the capital of the United States and their vote was required to ratify the Constitution.

• . New Hampshire was the ninth state to ratify the Constitution and nine states were required to ratify it before it became law

What was the impact of adding the Bill of Rights to the Constitution?

• Provided a guarantee of individual rights

• Allowed for slavery to continue in new territories

• Created the three separate branches of government

• Guaranteed equal representation in Congress for the states.

Which of the first five presidents was in office when the two-party system emerged?

• John Adams

• James Monroe

• James Madison

• Thomas Jefferson