WorksheetsQuiz #1- A New Nation (2nd time)
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 40mins
After the new nation was formed, what was the United States of America's first attempt at a constitution called?
Articles of Confederation
Declaration of Independence
Albany Plan of Union
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
What were some of the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation? Choose all that apply.
No central leadership
No power to tax
No central military
No power to enforce laws
One event that spotlighted the weakness of the Articles of Confederation was "Shay's Rebellion". What was this conflict over?
slavery
they were being thrown into prison for failure to pay their debts
lack of state power
lack of representation in Congress
The attempt at a 14th state of the new United States was formed by settlers who were upset that their land had been given back to the U.S. to possibly sell. The people then came together to form this state, which was located in present-day Northeast Tennessee.
State of Tennessee
State of Ohio
State of Franklin
State of North Carolina
The states now known as Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin once made up what area?
Ohio River Valley
Proclamation Line
East Coast Colonies
Northwest Territory
This document provided a method for admitting new states to the Union from the northwest territory.
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
Great Compromise
Land Ordinance of 1785
3/5 Compromise
Name two of the most important figures at the Constitutional Convention of 1787.
James Madison
Benjamin Franklin
Alexander Hamilton
John Jay
George Washington
What was George Washington's role at the Constitutional Convention?
Virginia's representative
Chief recorder
President/ Leader
Sergeant at Arms
Who was at the Constitutional Convention that would later be called the "Father of the Constitution"?
George Washington
James Madison
Alexander Hamilton
Benjamin Franklin
What was one of the biggest disagreements at the Constitutional Convention?
what to name the new country they founded
who should be the leader of the Constitutional Convention
whether or not to ask the English king for assistance
how each state would be represented in Congress
The Great Compromise of the Constitutional Convention called for which decrees? Check the 3 that apply.
Congress would be a bicameral (2 house) legislature
Slaves would be set free and count towards each states' population
Each state would have equal representation in the Senate
The House of Representatives would be based on a states population
Three fifths of a states slaves would count toward their population
What debate at the Constitutional Convention is represented with this diagram?
3/5 Compromise
The Great Compromise
Constitutional Compromise
Federalist Papers
What was the 3/5 Compromise?
it caused states to count only 3/5 of their population towards representation in Congress
only 3/5 of the U.S. states could be represented in Congress
only 3/5 of the delegates at the Constitutional Convention would get a vote on the final document
only three-fifths of the slave population would count towards representation in Congress.
The opening of the Constitution explains why is was written. It is called the ...
Preamble
Introduction
Opening Statement
Declaration
Under the U.S. Constitution, what are the three branches of government?
Supreme Court
Legislative
Executive
Senate
Judicial
Which legislative group gets to choose 2 representatives for every state?
Senate
House of Representatives
Supreme Court
Congress
Which legislative group are the representatives based on the state's population?
Senate
House of Representatives
Supreme Court
Electoral college
Which option below helps keep the separate branches of government from abusing their power?
Executive branch
Checks and Balances
Supreme Court
Congress
When 2 governments share power and have specific responsibilities, this system of government is called...
Federalism
Constitutional
Checks and Balances
Separation of power
From the Constitutional Convention, 2 different groups emerged, one group supported the Constitution and wanted a strong central government the other group opposed it and wanted the states to have the most power. These were called the... (choose 2)
Republicans
Democrats
Federalists
Libertarians
Anti-Federalists
