WorksheetsSSUSH5 Mini Test
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 43mins
Which of the following best describes the Articles of Confederation?
It established a strong central government with three distinct branches with separate powers
It declared the George Washington would be chosen as the first President of the Continental Congress
It was the treaty signed to end the American Revolution that set boundaries of a new American na
It established a legislative branch but gave most of the power to the state governments
Which of the following was NOT a power granted to Congress under the Articles of Confederation?
Declare war
Impose federal taxes
Make peace through treaties
What is this image representing?
Three-fifths Compromise
Committee of Correspondence
Great Compromise
Land Ordinance of 1785
What did the Constitutional Convention decide with respect to counting slaves as part of a state’s population?
No slaves would be counted as population
Three-fifths of the slaves would be counted
One half of the slaves would be counted
All slaves would be counted as population
Which of the following BEST describes the significance of Shays’ Rebellion?
It was intended to obtain arms that could be used to support slave rebellions
It defied the colonial governor by raising a vigilante army against the natives
It represented an adverse reaction to Hamilton’s excise tax plan
It demonstrated the weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation
What group of people is being described in this image?
Anti-Federalist
Loyalist
The Federalist
Sons of Liberty
The original intent of the Bill of Rights was to protect individual liberties against the—
State governments
Federal government
County governments
Municipal governments
What was the purpose of James Madison and Alexander Hamilton writing the Federalist Papers?
To argue the importance of adding the Bill of Rights to the Constitution
To explain the plan to pay back debts from the American Revolution
To argue the benefits of the keeping the Articles of Confederation
To convince anti-Federalist of why they should ratify the Constitution
This was created through the Articles of Confederation which consisted of a process to become a state and outlawed slavery in new territories.
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
Land Ordinance
Quartering Act
Proclamation of 1763
Which of the following best describes the 3/5 Compromise
An agreement to have a bi-cameral legislature with one house based on population and the other on equal representation
A document added on to the Constitution that gave rights to individual citizens and states
A document written by Alexander Hamilton and James Madison to convince the anti-federalists to ratify the Constitution
The agreement for how slaves would be counted in the state population so that the Southern states would ratify the Constitution
All of the following describe the Articles of Confederation EXCEPT
Land Ordinance
Legislative Branch
Weak central government
Ability to raise federal taxes
All of the following were arguments used by the FEDERALISTS to try and convince people to ratify the constitution EXCEPT!!!!!!
Checks & Balances would keep gov from becoming oppressive
Strong central gov needed to avoid invasion
Bill of Rights would protect individual rights
Missouri would be admitted to the Union
Shay's rebellion showed the weakness of the federal government because...
Federal taxes could not be collected so military was weak
There was no federal military
People were rioting over the Articles of Confederation
The issue of slavery was not addressed in the Articles of Confederation
What compromise during the Ratification of the Constitution dealt with how small and large states would be represented in government?
The 3/5 Compromise
The Bill of Rights
The Great Compromise
Why did the government need to collect federal taxes after the Revolutionary War
They were in debt from the Revolutionary War
They needed to build the White House
It still needed to pay taxes to England
It was trying to expand westward
What caused Shay's Rebellion?
(Remember this guy from the video?)
The American economy was failing after the Revolutionary War and people were suffering
Harvest was poor and farmers were losing money
They wanted the British to come back
They wanted religious freedom to be officially granted in the Bill of Rights
Which party is most likely to support a centralized National Bank?
Federalists
(Alexander Hamilton)
Anti-Federalists
(Thomas Jefferson)
What best matches the definition for INALIENABLE RIGHTS
Rights of aliens
Rights that cannot be taken away
Conditional rights
TRUE OR FALSE
Civil liberties are guarantees and freedoms that governments promise not to take away from their citizens.
TRUE
FALSE
What does this image represent?
Separation of Powers
The government under the Articles of Confederation
The New Jersey Plan
