WorksheetsTopic 7 - Short Quiz
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
One weakness of the Articles of Confederation was that Congress could not
declare war.
impose taxes.
set up a postal system.
create an army and navy.
Following the American Revolution, what did Congress fear about a strong central government?
States would have too much power
The rights for which people fought would be lost
Another war would occur between Great Britain and America
Laws would be passed to prevent people from colonizing new territories
What was the greatest concern of the Anti-Federalists?
Taxation would be eliminated
The selection of George Washington as president.
The replacement of the Articles of Confederation
Giving up state power to form a stronger Union
What did the Great Compromise decide?
Representation in legislative branch
The names of political parties
The system of checks and balances
The process of selecting the president
A major issue confronting the Constitutional Convention was whether to give each state the same number of representatives or to base representation on population. Based on this graph, which states do you think would want equal representation for each state?
Virginia and Connecticut
Delaware and Rhode Island
New York and Maryland
Georgia and Virginia
What was the impact of Shay’s Rebellion on the government?
It forced the Confederation Congress to raise an army
It showed that the country needed a stronger central government
It showed that the country needed a stronger state government
It showed that taxing the colonists was not working
What statement BEST describes the Three-Fifths Compromise?
It paid slave owners to free their slaves
It freed three out of every five slaves
It ended slavery in the United States
It counted the slaves as three fifths of a person
Which statement could be listed in the "both" section of the Venn diagram?
Three branches of government
One vote per state
Two branches of government
No votes for individual states
According to the debate dialogue, what is the viewpoint of speaker A?
It is a Federalist point of view
It is a pro slavery viewpoint
It is a loyalist viewpoint
It is an Anti-Federalist point of view
Why did the Bill of Rights include protections such as the Right to Bear Arms, protection against Soldier Quartering, and protection against Search & Seizure?
These rights were being violated under the Articles of Confederation
These rights had been denied/violated under King George III
The Framers took these rights from constitutions of other nations
These Federalists thought that these would be needed to protect people’s rights and included them in the U.S. Constitution
