WorksheetsConfederation to Constitution RC
Total questions: 36
Worksheet time: 36mins
How many elected seats are in the House of Representatives?
50
100
435
535
How many elected seats are in the Senate?
50
100
435
535
How many Supreme Court Justices are there?
5
7
9
11
What is the term length for a member of the House of Representatives?
2 years
4 years
6 years
Life
What is the term length for a Senator?
2 years
4 years
6 years
Life
What is the term length for the President?
2 years
4 years
6 years
Life
What is the term length for a Supreme Court Justice?
2 years
4 years
6 years
Life
Who has the "power of the purse" to tax and spend public money for the national government.
Legislative Branch
Executive Branch
Judicial Branch
Who has the power to nominate and appoint federal judges (including Supreme Court judges)?
Legislative Branch
Executive Branch
Judicial Branch
Who has the power to declare war on foreign countries?
Legislative Branch
Executive Branch
Judicial Branch
Who has the power to declare laws to be unconstitutional?
Legislative Branch
Executive Branch
Judicial Branch
Who has the power to settle disputes between states?
Legislative Branch
Executive Branch
Judicial Branch
Who has the power to make laws?
Legislative Branch
Executive Branch
Judicial Branch
Who has the power to veto propose laws?
Legislative Branch
Executive Branch
Judicial Branch
Who has the power to propose amendments to the Constitution with 2/3rds vote?
Legislative Branch
Executive Branch
Judicial Branch
Who serves as Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces and can make treaties with foreign countries?
Legislative Branch
Executive Branch
Judicial Branch
Who impeaches the President, Congressmen, and Supreme Court Judges?
Legislative Branch
Executive Branch
Judicial Branch
Who can approve or reject appointment of judges?
Legislative Branch
Executive Branch
Judicial Branch
Who signs and enforces laws?
Legislative Branch
Executive Branch
Judicial Branch
Who can override a vetoed law with 2/3 majority vote?
Legislative Branch
Executive Branch
Judicial Branch
The Articles of Confederation was created with ____ of government and each state was given _____.
one branch
one vote to keep all states equal
two branches
different votes based on the state’s population not including slaves
three branches
different votes based on the size of land that the state occupied
four branches
different votes based on the taxes paid by the state
The ultimate goal of the creators of the Articles of Confederation was to create a ______ central government.
weak
strong
complex
environmentally friendly
Why did the creators of the Articles of Confederation not include a position for a person to be the Chief Executive?
They could not decide how they would choose the leader.
They wanted to have multiple leaders as the Chief Executives.
They were pressured by King George III to not create a rival King.
They were scared of having another tyrannical leader like King George III take over the country.
Why did the creators of the Articles of Confederation want to avoid allowing the government the ability to tax its citizens?
They did not want the central government to get too much money.
Nobody had the money to pay for the taxes.
They were scared of being taxed unfairly like they were under Britain’s rule.
They were scared bank robbers would steal all of the money they collected.
Due to the past experiences with Great Britain, such as the Quartering Act and the Boston Massacre, the Articles of Confederation set up a government that did not have ___.
state militias
an air force
a national standing army
quarters
The Articles of Confederation created a government in which the states were _______.
very unified and worked together
very disunified and did not work together
trading with each other too much and made too much money
competing in rap battles
The ___ Compromise created a compromise between the large states and small states by creating a two-house legislature with representation based on population in one house and equality for each state in the other house.
Great
Small
Virginia
New Jersey
The Northern states and Southern states compromised by counting ___ of a state’s slave population when determining their representation within the government.
1/4th
1/3rd
1/2
3/5ths
On the question of the slave trade, the North and South compromised by ending the slave trade in ____.
10 years (1798)
20 years (1808)
30 years (1818)
40 years (1828)
Due to the problems with interstate and international trade under the Articles of Confederation, the new Constitution gave Congress the power to ___.
regulate trade between states and foreign countries
tax states when they tried to trade with each other
decide what states could and could not trade with each other
force states to trade all of their goods to certain countries.
To try to prevent the election of an unqualified person to the position of President of the United States, the President is elected by ___.
the people
Congress
electors
a fight to the death between the top two candidates
"The central government needs to be strong and allowed to regulate trade between the states."
Federalist
Anti-Federalist
"The new Constitution gives the federal government too much power in its ability to tax its citizens."
Federalist
Anti-Federalist
"A lack of Bill of Rights in the Constitution is a major threat to our own personal liberties and natural rights."
Federalist
Anti-Federalist
"Only states should be allowed to tax their citizens because only the states know what is best for them and their people."
Federalist
Anti-Federalist
"America needs to establish a strong national army that is not bound to any state in order to maintain order and provide protection from potential European threats."
Federalist
Anti-Federalist
