Government Unit 3 Test

1. The Articles of Confederation did not give Congress the power to _____________.

• declare war
• raise money
• sign treaties with other nations
• take care of financial needs

2. The ______________ called for a one-part legislature and two or more executives.

• Anti-federalists
• Federalists
• New Jersey Plan
• Virginia Plan

3. The Connecticut Compromise stated that ______________.

• all states would be fairly represented
• each slave would be counted as 3/5 of a free man
• Congress would control interstate trade
• Congress could tax imports but not exports

4. The principle of ____________ means that each branch of government can limit the powers of the other two branches.

• popular sovereignty
• limited government
• separation of powers
• checks and balances

5. __________ did not write any of the essays known as the Federalist Papers

• Washington
• Jay
• Madison
• Hamilton

6. The Articles of Confederation gave Congress the power to ________.

• appoint a president of the United States
• set up a legal and judicial system
• agree to treaties with other nations
• raise money by taxing the states

7. In a federal government, the states would all be equal in _____________.

• voting power
• population
• location
• size

8. The number of representatives in one of the two parts of the legislature would be chosen by ___________.

• population
• age
• military rank
• economic status

9. The principle of _________ means that the ruling power of government rests with the citizens.

• popular sovereignty
• limited government
• separation of powers
• checks and balances

10. ___________ was an Anti-Federalist who did not believe in a strong central government.

• Madison
• Henry
• Washington
• Hamilton