WorksheetsCh. 3 Review - A More Perfect Union
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 20mins
Why did the Articles of Confederation set up a Congress?
to deal with limited national concerns
to provide social services
to levy taxes
to fight the American Revolution
The __________ of the 1700s promoted knowledge, reason, and science as a way to improve society.
Enlightement
Great Awakening
Reformation
Age of Pericles
__________ legislatures are divided into two houses.
Confederatie
Sovereign
Bicameral
Popular sovereignty
What caused Shays's Rebellion?
the selling of land in the Northwest Territory
cruel treatment of enslaved people
farmers were angry about their rising debt
abolitionists demanded an end to slavery
What convinced George Washington to attend the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia?
Shays's Rebellion
a personal request from Hamilton
a slave rebellion in Richmond
British advancement in the Great Lakes
Under the earliest state constitutions, each state government was divided into what branches?
House of Representatives and Senate
executive, judicial, and legislative
governor and court syste
Articles of Confederation
The __________ Plan provided for the power to levy taxes, regulate trade, and elect a weak executive branch.
New Jersey
Virginia
Carolina
Delaware
The sharing of power between federal and state governments is called __________.
antifederalism
communism
federalism
republicanism
Antifederalists opposed ratifying the Constitution because they did not want __________.
to lose individual freedom
to be taxed
slavery
the frontier settled
Americans wanted Spain to grant them the right to __________.
transport goods on the Mississippi River
use strategic forts in the Great Lakes
borrow money from foreign powers
tax the slave trade
Rights embodied in early state constitutions could be __________.
taken away by Congress
traced back to Thomas Hobbes
seen in the Three-Fifths Compromise
traced back to the English Bill of Rights
The first U.S. national government raised money by __________ and __________.
raising taxes
selling lands on the frontier
asking the states for money
forcing England to give them money
The idea that all people have natural rights could be traced back to __________.
James Madison
John Locke
Montesquieu
George Washington
After the American Revolution, most states __________.
granted the right to vote to all adults
looked to the new federal government for strong national leadership
set up public school systems for all children
took steps to eliminate the importance of slaves
The depression after the Revolutionary War was caused by __________ , __________, and __________.
a reduction in trade
the inability of Congress to raise taxes
the creation of the army
the depreciation of currency
The __________ Plan called for proportional representation.
New York
Delaware
Virginia
New Jersey
__________ authored the Virginia Plan.
George Washington
James Madison
Roger Sherman
Benjamin Franklin
__________ initially refused to call a convention to consider ratifying the Constitution.
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
The Constitution drew on what Enlightenment ideals?
the Magna Carta
natural rights and balance of power
the English Bill of Rights
the Roman republic
The Constitution is divided into __________ articles.
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