Confederation to Constitution

The two chambers of Congress (the US Legislative Branch) are....

• House of Representatives and Assembly 
• Senate and Congress 
• House of Representatives and Senate
• House of Lords and House of Commons

Shays' Rebellion in MA started as a protest against

• unfair taxes and farmers' debt
• the death penalty
• the Revolutionary War
• Native Americans

Which Framer is known as the "Father of the Constitution"?

• George Washington
• James Madison
• Thomas Jefferson
• George Mason

What change did George Mason and other Anti-Federalists want made to the Constitution?

• They objected to the Great Compromise
• They wanted more protection of individual rights
• They wanted more representation for slave states
• They wanted more power for the courts

After the Constitutional Convention, Federalists supported a

• strong federal republic
• bill of rights added to the Constitution
• weak president under Congress' control
• greater role for the states in the government

Which of the following was NOT an author of the Federalist Papers?

• Alexander Hamilton
• John Jay
• James Madison
• Patrick Henry

A bicameral legislature has

• two votes per state
• two chambers
• three branches
• nine judges

In what chamber of Congress does each state have equal representation? 

• Senate 
• House of Representatives 
• General Assembly 
• House of Commons 

The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 _____

• allowed slavery in the Northwest Territory
• established a method for admitting new states to the Union
• paid for roads to move west
• created townships to sell land

The Virginia and New Jersey Plans were combined in the

• Three-Fifths Compromise
• Slave Trade Compromise
• Southern Compromise
• Great Compromise