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U.S. Government Chapter 2 Review

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Were the colonists satisfied with the Articles of Confederation?

a)

Yes

b)

No

c)

At first, yes.

d)

At first, no.

2.

Did the Articles set up a system of justice?

a)

Yes

b)

No

3.

Did the Articles make the national government strong?

a)
b)
4.

Did the Articles provide for a president?

a)

Yes

b)

No

5.

Could Congress pay for an army and navy?

a)
b)
6.

Leader of the delegates at the Constitutional Convention

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

George Washington

c)

George Washingmachine

d)

your mom

7.

Original purpose of the convention in Philadelphia.

a)

Fix the government

b)

Keep slavery forever

c)

Play games

d)

Revise the Articles of Confederation

8.

The people who attended the Constitutional Convention

a)

Delegates

b)

Random People

c)

Super Mario characters

d)

Gamers

9.

Type of government that does not give all power to a national, or central, government

a)

Republic

b)

Dictatorship

c)

Monarchy

d)

Federal Government

10.

Plan that favored greater power to the states

a)

New Jersey Plan

b)

Virginia Plan

c)

Missouri Compromise

d)

I don't even know

11.

A compromise is a _____.

a)

settlement of differences

b)

system of rules and laws

c)

system of trade in which each side gives up some demands

d)

system that does not work to run a country

12.

Connecticut delegates tried to settle the problems about _____.

a)

a legislature

b)

the slaves

c)

trade

d)

taxes

13.

The delegates at the Convention agreed that the states should control _____.

a)

all laws

b)

who could vote

c)

trade within a state

d)

all foreign trade

14.

One compromise the delegates agreed on was that _____.

a)

slave trade could never be ended

b)

the states could control foreign trade

c)

Congress could not tax imports

d)

slave trade could not be ended by the federal government for 20 years

15.

On September 17, 1787, the compromise were agreed upon by _____.

a)

all colonists

b)

two delegates

c)

Congress

d)

most delegates

16.

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)  

17.

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)  

18.

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)  

19.

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)  

20.

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)  

21.

The _____ favored the new Constitution

a)

Anti-Federalists

b)

Federalists

c)

Congress

22.

The Constitution had to be ratified by _____ of the 13 states in order to be put into use.

a)

eight (8)

b)

nine (9)

c)

ten (10)

23.

The _____ favored strong state governments.

a)

Anti-Federalists

b)

Federalists

c)

Constitution

24.

The _____ agreed to approve the Constitution after the Bill of Rights was added.

a)

Federalists

b)

senators

c)

Anti-Federalists

25.

By 1790, _____ states had ratified the new Constitution

a)

all 13

b)

most of the

c)

10