Constitution

What was the first government set up by the Continental Congress?

• Articles of Confederation

• First Continental Congress

• Second Continental Congress

The first government consisted of what?

• A one-house body of delegates, with each state having a single vote

• A two-house body of delegates, with bicameral legislation

• A two-house body of delegates, with a House of Reps and a Senate

• A one-house body of delegates, with states having votes based on their population size

Which of the following could the first government NOT do?

• Declare War

• Conduct Foreign Affairs

• Make Treaties

• Elect a President

What did the Northwest Ordinance do? (Check all that apply)

• It outlawed slavery in the five new states

• It allowed European settlers to move farther west

• Kicked Native Americans off of the land

• Made slavery legal in some states but not all

“Farmers rose up and closed the courts to prevent them from foreclosing upon their debt-encumbered farms” – what is that an example of?

• Shays Rebellion

• Northwest Ordinance

• First Continental Congress

• Second Continental Congress

Large states supported which Plan?

• Virginia Plan

• New Jersey Plan

Which plan did smaller states want?

• Virginia Plan

• New Jersey Plan

What did the Virginia Plan and New Jersey Plan call for? (Click all that apply)

• Virginia Plan - representation based on population

• Virginia Plan - equal representation

• New Jersey Plan - equal representation

• New Jersey Plan - representation based on population

What did the fugitive slave law say?

• Required any runaway slave to be returned to their master

• Required every state to have a certain amount of slaves

• Required only 3/5ths of the slaves to be allowed freedom

The point of the electoral college was

• For "more educated" men to elect the president

• For citizens to elect the president directly

• For 3/5ths of the slave population to count towards the population of each state

• For the Great Compromise to use ideas from both the Virginia and New Jersey Plan