WorksheetsUnit 6 Lessons 1-2 Quiz
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Determine the best answer to the question from the four answer choices provided.
No national currency
No national authority to tax
Fear of citizen uprisings
What would be the best title for the list?
Weaknesses of the United States Constitution
Strengths of the Articles of Confederation
Reasons for Calling the Constitutional Convention
Anti-Federalists' Problems with the Articles of Confederation
What was the main reason for the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
Many Americans wanted a government with limited power.
The states wanted a single currency for the whole country.
Americans didn't want to be governed by many different people.
Many people refused to pay taxes to both the state and national government.
What was the connection between Shays' Rebellion and the Constitutional Convention?
Shays' Rebellion started after the Constitutional Convention met.
Shays' Rebellion contributed to the call for a stronger government.
Shays' Rebellion indicated the need to pay members of Congress.
Shays' Rebellion was the first topic discussed at the Constitutional Convention.
Which statement best describes government power under the Articles of Confederation?
A balance of power existed between the three branches of government.
Power was shared equally by the central government and the states.
The states had much greater power than the central government.
A strong chief executive headed a central government.
What was one effect of the ordinance that organized the states shown in the map?
It limited settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains.
It created good relations with the American Indians.
It stopped slavery from spreading northward.
It encouraged French settlement in America.
1. "Thirteen [states] pulling against each other and all tugging at the . . . head [central government] will soon bring ruin on the whole." —George Washington
2. "Our rights and privileges are endangered, and the sovereignty [power] of the states [will] be relinquished [given away]." —Patrick Henry
3. "This power [described in the Constitution] is calculated to annihilate [destroy] totally the state governments." —George Mason
4. "Thus I consent, Sir, to this Constitution because I expect no better, and because I am not sure, that it is not the best." —Benjamin Franklin
Which of these speakers favored the Articles of Confederation?
Speakers 1 and 2
Speakers 2 and 3
Speakers 1 and 4
Speakers 3 and 4
Under the Great Compromise, each state was to have the same number of representatives in —
the Senate
the Congress
the Supreme Court
the House of Representatives
The phrase "We the People" describes what principle of American government?
Checks and balances
Separation of powers
Popular sovereignty
Judicial review
Both the New Jersey Plan and the Virginia Plan called for —
a two-part legislature
a less powerful executive branch
all states having the same number of representatives
an executive branch chosen by the legislative branch
Which of the following best describes shared powers for the overlapped part of the diagram?
Issues licenses, prints money, sets up courts
Sets up courts, passes tax laws, collects taxes
Collects taxes, sets up courts, prints currency
Passes tax laws, sets up military, collects taxes
