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WorksheetsU.S. Government Chapter 2 Review
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 15mins
Were the colonists satisfied with the Articles of Confederation?
Yes
No
At first, yes.
At first, no.
Did the Articles set up a system of justice?
Yes
No
Did the Articles make the national government strong?
Did the Articles provide for a president?
Yes
No
Could Congress pay for an army and navy?
Leader of the delegates at the Constitutional Convention
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
George Washingmachine
your mom
Original purpose of the convention in Philadelphia.
Fix the government
Keep slavery forever
Play games
Revise the Articles of Confederation
The people who attended the Constitutional Convention
Delegates
Random People
Super Mario characters
Gamers
Type of government that does not give all power to a national, or central, government
Republic
Dictatorship
Monarchy
Federal Government
Plan that favored greater power to the states
New Jersey Plan
Virginia Plan
Missouri Compromise
I don't even know
A compromise is a _____.
settlement of differences
system of rules and laws
system of trade in which each side gives up some demands
system that does not work to run a country
Connecticut delegates tried to settle the problems about _____.
a legislature
the slaves
trade
taxes
The delegates at the Convention agreed that the states should control _____.
all laws
who could vote
trade within a state
all foreign trade
One compromise the delegates agreed on was that _____.
slave trade could never be ended
the states could control foreign trade
Congress could not tax imports
slave trade could not be ended by the federal government for 20 years
On September 17, 1787, the compromise were agreed upon by _____.
all colonists
two delegates
Congress
most delegates
What is the principle in which the power of the federal government is shared by three branches?
(Checks and Balances, Federalism, Limited Government, Popular Sovereignty, Separation of Powers)
(a)
What is the principle in which the three branches of government work together and each branch must approve certain actions of other branches?
(Checks and Balances, Federalism, Limited Government, Popular Sovereignty, Separation of Powers)
(a)
What principle describes a system of government that is divided between national and state governments?
(Checks and Balances, Federalism, Limited Government, Popular Sovereignty, Separation of Powers)
(a)
What is the principle in which the people elect the leaders of the national and state governments?
(Checks and Balances, Federalism, Limited Government, Popular Sovereignty, Separation of Powers)
(a)
What is the principle in which the government and its officers must always obey the law?
(Checks and Balances, Federalism, Limited Government, Popular Sovereignty, Separation of Powers)
(a)
The _____ favored the new Constitution
Anti-Federalists
Federalists
Congress
The Constitution had to be ratified by _____ of the 13 states in order to be put into use.
eight (8)
nine (9)
ten (10)
The _____ favored strong state governments.
Anti-Federalists
Federalists
Constitution
The _____ agreed to approve the Constitution after the Bill of Rights was added.
Federalists
senators
Anti-Federalists
By 1790, _____ states had ratified the new Constitution
all 13
most of the
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