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WorksheetsCreating a Constitution
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
After the Revolutionary War, British merchants caused problems for American artisans and manufacturers by
flooding the country with inexpensive goods.
refusing to trade with the states.
taxing American products sold in Britain.
negotiating a treaty with France.
A major weakness of the Articles of Confederation was that the Congress
could not declare war.
had no power to impose taxes
was unable to raise armies.
did not have authority to sign treaties.
Under the Articles of Confederation, each state began to
promote trade with other states.
negotiate treaties with other countries.
weaken property rights.
act as an independent country
A proposal to scrap the Articles of Confederation and create a new national government with the power to raise money through taxes and make laws binding upon the states was called the
Virginia Plan.
Connecticut Compromise.
New Jersey Plan.
Three-Fifths Compromise.
By determining how the states would be represented in the two houses of Congress, the Connecticut Compromise resolved differences between
states with large populations and states with small populations.
the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan.
Southern states and Northern states.
supporters of a national government and supporters of state governments.
Which of the following is the system created in the Constitution to prevent any one of the three branches of government from becoming too powerful?
popular sovereignty
amendments
checks and balances
impeachment
The framers sought to limit the federal government by dividing power among the branches of government as well as
among the state governments.
between the Congress and the president.
among different geographic regions.
between the federal government and the states.
Opponents of ratification argued that the Constitution endangered the independence of the
judicial system.
states
trade system
pioneers
The Federalist influenced the debate over ratification by
arguing that the Constitution did not protect basic rights.
explaining why the Constitution was needed.
showing that important people supported the Constitution
offering an alternative to the Constitution.
Supporters of the Constitution included large landowners and
indentured servants who were to be freed.
Western farmers who lived far from the coast.
merchants and artisans who lived in coastal cities.
women who hoped they would gain the right to vote
Federalists secured votes for ratification by promising to add which of the following to the Constitution?
a bill of rights
voting regulations
a new branch of government
state constitutions
The freedoms of individual Americans are protected by the Constitution and by the
federal system.
U.S. Congress
separation of powers.
Bill of Rights
After the Revolutionary War, states began levying taxes on each other’s goods largely because the Confederation Congress
did not have a president to settle disputes among states.
was not allowed to regulate commerce.
did not have the power to impose taxes.
was not allowed to negotiate treaties with other nations.
By choosing to proceed with the Virginia Plan, delegates to the Constitutional Convention decided to
accept representation of the states by population.
revise the Articles of Confederation.
ban the slave trade.
create a new constitution.
Which of the following describes the main purpose of The Federalist, a collection of essays written by James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay?
to describe the process by which states would ratify the Constitution
to explain how the Constitution worked and why it was needed
to argue that the Constitution failed to protect basic rights
to tell people where they could have access to the Constitution
Opponents to ratifying the Constitution included which of the following groups?
farmers living near the coast
large landowners
Western farmers far from the coast
merchants and artisans
Problems in American relations with Britain and Spain following the Revolutionary War were primarily caused by which of the following?
failure to carry out the terms of the Treaty of Paris
the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation
conflict among the states over taxation and trade
the limitations of the federal system of government
Delegates at the Constitutional Convention had to balance states’ rights with
poor farmers’ worries about taxes.
a system to limit the powers of government.
the need for a stronger national government.
Southern planters’ reliance on slavery.
To overcome opposition to ratifying the Constitution in Massachusetts, Federalists promised to support
reserving many powers for the states.
naming George Washington president.
allowing states to veto acts of Congress.
adding a Bill of Rights to the Constitution.
The Connecticut Compromise resolved differences between
large states and small states over representation in Congress.
Southern states and Northern states over slavery.
Federalists and Anti-Federalists over the power of the states
delegates from Virginia and New Jersey over the Articles of Confederation.
