Constitutional Foundations

What was the Articles of Confederation?

• A treaty with Britain during the Revolutionary War.

• A strong constitution that governed America after the Revolutionary War.

• A weak constitution that governed America during the Revolutionary War.

• A plan for the American economy during the Revolutionary War.

What did the 3/5's Compromise allow?

• States to count three fifths of their slaves as part of the population.

• States to count all slaves as part of the population.

• States to count half of their slaves as part of the population.

• States to count no slaves as part of the population.

Which plan favored large states at the constitutional convention?

• Virginia Plan

• Articles of Confederation

• New Jersey Plan

• Great Compromise

Which plan favored small states at the constitutional convention?

• Virginia Plan

• Great Compromise

• Articles of Confederation

• New Jersey Plan

What did the Great Compromise offer?

• No Congress

• A one-house Congress

• A two-house Congress

• A three-house Congress

What is the Preamble?

• A change to the Constitution

• The first ten amendments to the Constitution

• The introduction to the Constitution that states the purpose of government

• A system in which power is divided between the national and state governments

What is the purpose of Checks and Balances?

• To ensure the government has no power

• To eliminate the power of the government

• To keep any one part of a government stronger or more influential than the others

• To make one part of the government stronger than the others

What are the Bill of Rights?

• The introduction to the Constitution

• The first ten amendments to the Constitution

• A plan for economic development

• A system of government

What is Federalism?

• A system in which power is divided between the national and state governments

• A system where power is divided between the executive and legislative branches

• A system where the national government holds all power

• A system where state governments hold all power

Who were the Federalists?

• People who wanted to abolish the Constitution

• People who wanted to rewrite the Constitution

• People who supported ratification of the Constitution

• People who opposed ratification of the Constitution