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WorksheetsTHE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
UNDER THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION, HOW COULD THE NATION ASSEMBLE AN ARMY?
a)
NO, IT COULD NOT TAX WITHOUT THE STATES´PERMISSION.
b)
THE ARTICLES MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE TO ASSEMBLE AN ARMY UNLESS THE STATES GAVE THEIR PERMISSION
c)
NO, IT COULD ASK, BUT IT COULD NOT FORCE THEM.
d)
NO, IT DID NOT HAVE THE POWER TO ENFORCE THE LAWS.
2.
UNDER THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION, COULD THE NATIONAL GOV. FORCE STATES TO SEND SOLDIERS TO BE IN ARMY?
a)
NO, IT COULD NOT TAX WITHOUT THE STATES PERMISSION
b)
THE ARTICLES MADE IT POSSIBLE
c)
NO, IT COULD ASK, BUT IT COULD NOT FORCE THEM
d)
NO, IT DID NOT HAVE THE POWER TO ENFORCE THE LAWS.
3.
UNDER THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION, COULD THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT TAX STATES?
a)
NO, IT COULD NOT TAX WITHOUT THE STATES PERMISSION
b)
THE ARTICLES MADE IT POSSIBLE TO ASSEMBLE AN ARMY UNLESS THE STATES GAVE THEIR PERMISSION.
c)
NO, IT COULD ASK, BUT IT COULD NOT FORCE THEM
d)
NO, IT DID NOT HAVE THE POWER TO ENFORCE THE LAWS.
4.
UNDER THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION, COULD THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT ENFORCE TRADE LAWS BETWEEN STATES?
a)
NO, IT COULD NOT TAX WITHOUT THE STATES PERMISSION.
b)
THE ARTICLES MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE TO ASSEMBLE AN ARMY UNLESS THE STATES GAVE THEIR PERMISSION
c)
NO, IT COULD ASK, BUT IT COULD NOT FORCE THEM.
d)
NO, IT DID NOT HAVE THE POWER TO ENFORCE THE LAWS.
5.
THE STATES
a)
WHO HAD THE MOST POWER UNDER THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION?
b)
WHAT WAS THE SOUTH WORRIED ABOUT WITH THE CONGRESSIONAL POWER?
c)
WHAT COMPROMISE DID THE DELEGATES REACH WITH REGARD TO TRADE?
d)
WHAT WAS THE ORIGINAL PURPOSE OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF 1787?
6.
FIRST NATIONAL GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES
a)
THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION ESTABLISHED:
b)
UNDER THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION, COULD THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT TAX STATES?
c)
UNDER THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION, COULD THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT ENFORCE TRADE LAWS BETWEEN STATES?
d)
WHAT WAS THE ORIGINAL PURPOSE OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF 1787?
7.
LIMIT THE TERM TO FOUR YEARS, AND YOU CAN BE RE-ELECTED FOR ANOTHER FOUR
a)
WHAT WAS THE ORIGINAL PURPOSE OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF 1787?
b)
WHAT WERE SOME ISSUES THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION HAD TO DEAL WITH?
c)
WHAT WAS THE SOUTH WORRIED ABOUT WITH CONGRESSIONAL POWER?
d)
WHAT WAS A COMPROMISE THE DELEGATES CAME TO WHEN THEY AGREED ON ONE PRESIDENT?
8.
THE NEEDS OF NORTH AND SOUTH,SLAVES AND SLAVEOWNERS,BIG STATES VS SMALL STATES, BALANCING POWER IN GOV., STATE CONTROL VS NATIONAL CONTROL
a)
WHAT WAS THE SOUTH WORRIED ABOUT WITH CONGRESSIONAL POWER?
b)
WHAT WAS THE ORIGINAL PURPOSE OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF 1787?
c)
WHAT COMPROMISE DID THE DELEGATES REACH WITH REGARD TO TRADE?
d)
WHAT WERE SOME ISSUES THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION HAD TO DEAL WITH?
9.
WHAT COMPROMISE DID THE DELEGATES REACH WITH REGARD TO TRADE?
*THEY WOULD NOT TAX THE SOUTH'S EXPORTS
*THEY WOULD NOT RAISE THE ISSUE OF SLAVERY FOR 20 YEARS.
*THE FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW SAID YOU HAD TO RETURN SLAVES TO THEIR "OWNER" IF ONE MADE IT TO THE FREEDOM IN THE NORTH.
*THEY WOULD NOT TAX THE SOUTH'S EXPORTS
*THEY WOULD NOT RAISE THE ISSUE OF SLAVERY FOR 20 YEARS.
*THE FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW SAID YOU HAD TO RETURN SLAVES TO THEIR "OWNER" IF ONE MADE IT TO THE FREEDOM IN THE NORTH.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
10.
WHAT WAS THE ORIGINAL PURPOSE OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF 1787?
* TO REVISE THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION
* TO REVISE THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
11.
WHAT WAS THE ORIGINAL PURPOSE OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF 1787?
* BUSINESS LAWS MIGHT FAVOR THE NORTH
*TAXES ON EXPORTS WOULD HURT THE SOUTH.
* THEY MIGHT FORBID SLAVERY IN THE SOUTH
* BUSINESS LAWS MIGHT FAVOR THE NORTH
*TAXES ON EXPORTS WOULD HURT THE SOUTH.
* THEY MIGHT FORBID SLAVERY IN THE SOUTH
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
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