U3A: Quiz #2

What was the purpose of this compromise?

• To balance power between larger and smaller states

• To give voting rights to enslaved people

• To establish judicial review

• To create a unicameral legislature

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Compromise

Sherman’s proposal most directly led to—

• The creation of a bicameral legislature balancing population and state equality

• The establishment of judicial review

• The direct election of the president by state legislatures

• The Three-Fifths Compromise on slavery and taxation

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Compromise

What does this chart suggest about the national government under the Articles?

• It was intentionally weak to prevent tyranny, but struggled to function effectively

• It created a powerful presidency, balancing the state governments

• It successfully handled all national crises

• It gave the federal government too much power over the states

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AOC

What was the Anti-Federalists’ fear reflected in this excerpt?

• The national government would overpower the states

• The Constitution gave too much power to the states

• States would be able to ignore national laws

• The national government was too weak to act

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Feds/Anti

Which conclusion can be drawn from the chart?

• The main disagreement was about the balance of power between national and state governments

• Both sides wanted a king to rule over the Constitution

• Federalists wanted to dissolve all state governments

• Anti-Federalists supported British colonial rule

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Feds/Anti

What does this provision establish?

• A clear process for territories to become admitted as states

• A requirement for new states to be governed directly by Congress

• That new states must pay a fee to join the Union

• That only eastern states could have voting rights in Congress

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NWO