Unit 5 Quiz Review

Under the Articles of Confederation, what power did the federal government lack that made it difficult to raise money?

• The power to print money

• The power to collect taxes from states and citizens

• The power to create treaties with foreign nations

• The power to draft soldiers for a national army

The Great Compromise -

• helped establish a national court system

• created a system for collecting state taxes

• determined the role of the president

• resolved disagreements over representation in Congress

Why do we call the time from 1783-1789 "The Critical Period"?

• Americans were unsure they would win the Revolution

• Americans did not have a strong navy

• The new nation faced many problems

• Spanish forces attacked the new capital

Federalists argued -

• each state should be represented in Congress based on population

• the federal government should be stronger

• Congress needed to be unicameral

• A Bill of Rights must be added to the Constitution

Why was the Northwest Ordinance considered the chief success of the Articles of Confederation?

• Created the Northwest Territory

• Allowed for new creation of states

• Expanded democratic principles

• Provided a model for territorial expansion

Which of these people was an Anti-Federalist?

• George Mason

• John Jay

• George Washington

• Alexander Hamilton

How did the Three-Fifths Compromise solve the issue of representation of enslaved people?

• Gave enslaved people the right to vote

• Allowed each state to decide whether or not to ban slavery

• Determined that 5 enslaved people would be counted as 3 in population counts

• Allowed Congress to tax imports

Small states, like New Jersey, would have supported -

• representation in Congress being based on a state's population

• expanding the slave trade

• having equal representation in Congress

• going to war with France

How did the Magna Carta influence the U.S. Constitution?

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  It established the right of the government to rule without the consent of the people

• It limited the power of government and protected rights of citizens

• It emphasized the need for a large, powerful military

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  It allowed the king absolute power over the people

The Articles of Confederation was -

• A treaty between the states

• The first national government of the United States

• America's first compromise

• A successful form of government