U.S. Government Test Review

What was the first government of the U.S. called?

• U.S. Constitution

• Articles of Confederation

• British Empire

• Declaration of Independence

What was the problem with the Articles of Confederation?

• State government was weak

• Central government had too much power

• The King had too much power

• Central government was weak

SUPPORTERS of the U.S. Constitution were....

• Federalists

• Anti-Federalists

• Kings

• Militia

People who OPPOSED the U.S. Constitution were...

• Federalists

• Anti-Federalists

• Militia

• Kings

George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, and Alexander Hamilton were all...

• Federalists

• Anti-Federalists

Thomas Jefferson, Samuel Adams, and Patrick Henry were all...

• Federalists

• Anti-Federalists

Several different plans were brought to the constitutional convention, which one suggested a bicameral (two part) legislature based on population?

***HIGHER POPULATION STATES WOULD WANT THIS***

• New Jersey Plan

• Virginia Plan

Several different plans were brought to the constitutional convention, which one suggested a legislature based on equal representation?

***SMALLER POPULATION STATES WOULD WANT THIS***

• Virginia Plan

• New Jersey Plan

An agreement that Congress should be composed of a Senate, with States represented equally, and a House, with representation based on a State’s population...

• Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise

• Great Compromise

• New Jersey Plan

• Virginia Plan

This agreement determined how slaves would be counted for representation (60% or 3/5 slaves would be counted),

• Missouri Compromise

• Three-Fifths Compromise

• Virginia Plan

• Great Compromise