WorksheetsUnit 2 Test
Total questions: 31
Worksheet time: 16mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The first attempt at a constitution of the new United States of America was called the
a)
Magna Carta
b)
Second Continental Congress
c)
Mayflower Congress
d)
Articles of Confederation
2.
What was the name of the rebellion that exposed the weakness of the Articles of Confederation?
a)
Shay's
b)
Bacon's
c)
The Confederate
d)
Lee's
3.
The 3/5 Compromise settled the question of
a)
How the Constitution could be changed.
b)
How the slave population would be counted for representation.
c)
How many states had to ratify the Constitution
d)
Who should be able to vote in Federal elections for members of Congress
4.
The Federalists wanted the
a)
states and national government to be equal.
b)
the states to have more power than the national government.
c)
the national government to have more power than the states.
d)
the national government to have no power over the states.
5.
Shay's rebellion showed that the Articles of Confederation was too weak because___________?
a)
The national government did not have the power to make peace treaties.
b)
The national government could not raise an army.
c)
the national government could not regulate foreign commerce.
d)
the national government banned travel between the states.
6.
Which of the following is NOT a principle in the Declaration of Independence?
a)
Rule by Divine Right.
b)
All men are created Equal
c)
The purpose of government is to protect people's rights.
d)
People have a right to rebel against a tyranical government.
7.
The pseudonym for the Antifederalists was__________?
a)
Brutus
b)
Publius
c)
Cicero
d)
Caesar
8.
Representation in the Virginia Plan was based on__________?
a)
Equality, each state would get the same.
b)
The physical size of the states.
c)
The order each state became a part of the country.
d)
More populated states would get more representatives.
9.
The New Jersey plan had a ______________legislature.
a)
bicameral
b)
it did not have a legislature
c)
tricameral
d)
unicameral
10.
The pseudonym of the Federalists was__________?
a)
Brutus
b)
Publius
c)
Cicero
d)
Caesar
11.
Why did the Federalist not believe a Bill of Rights was necessary?
a)
They did not care about the rights of the people.
b)
The states would be enough to protect the rights of people.
c)
The checks and balances in the Constitution would be enough protection.
d)
They tried to force the convention to adopt the Bill of Rights.
12.
Why were the Anti Federalists upset at the Constituion.
a)
It gave too much power to the states.
b)
It gave too much power to the National Government.
c)
the country was to small for a republican form of government.
d)
it gave the legislature too much power.
13.
Which of these was NOT a problem with the Articles of Confederation?
a)
The national government could not have an army.
b)
The National government did not have the power to tax.
c)
The Articles made it difficult to travel between states.
d)
The National Government was bankrupt.
14.
The Federalist Papers were
a)
written to encourage Americans to join the revolution
b)
written to support the ratification of the Constitution.
c)
written to stop adoption of the Constitution.
d)
written to spread the power of slave states.
15.
How was the government set up under the Articles of Confederation?
a)
The central government had little to no power over states.
b)
The states were tightly unified under a strong central government.
c)
Each geographical region had to pay taxes to the central government differently.
d)
The central government comepletely controlled the states.
16.
The legislative power is [able] to lay taxes, duties, imposts, and excises; — there is no limitation to this power,..; but this is no restriction of the power at all, but it is perfect and absolute to raise them in any mode they please.
In this quote the Anti Federalist Brutus is worried that the Constitution_________
a)
gave the National Government too much power.
b)
gave the States too much power
c)
did not give the National Government enough power
d)
National government could not tax
17.
The most important thing in our country is_________?
a)
The National Government
b)
The Constitution.
c)
The States
d)
Everything is equal in power.
18.
What branch of today's government was in the Articles of Confederation.
a)
The Judicial
b)
The Legislature
c)
The Executive
d)
There were not branches.
19.
The Anti Federalist wanted the _______branch to be the strongest.
a)
Legislative
b)
Judicial
c)
Executive
d)
they did not have a preference
20.
According to the Declaration of Independence, governments get their power to rule__________?
a)
from God
b)
consent of the people
c)
through use of violence
d)
governments should not have any power.
21.
But the great security against a gradual concentration of the several powers in the same department, consists in giving to those who administer each department, the necessary constitutional means . . . to resist encroachments of the others . . . Ambition must be made to counteract ambition
In the quote Madison believes people's rights will be protected because______________?
a)
each branch or department will guard their own power.
b)
all of the power of government will be put in one branch.
c)
the government does not have any power over the States.
d)
only trustworthy ambitious people would work in government.
22.
The 3/5 Compromise resulted in
a)
the slave states having more power than they originally would have.
b)
the free states having more power than they should have.
c)
it did not change the number of representatives at all.
d)
the larger states would get 3/5 more representatives than the smaller states.
23.
Who is the main author of the Constitution?
a)
Thomas Jefferson
b)
Alexander Hamilton
c)
Benjamin Franklin
d)
James Madison
24.
If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: You must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place, oblige it to control itself. . . . Publius 51
The answer to the problem raised in this quote was solved by
a)
destroying factions
b)
seperating the national government into 3 branches
c)
increase the power of the states
d)
adding a Bill of Rights to the Constitution
25.
The Great Compromise or otherwise known as the Conneticut Compromise solved the problem of representation between large populated states and smaller populated states by_______________?
a)
having a unicameral legislature
b)
having only the executive branch
c)
having the judicial branch be the strongest
d)
having a bicameral legislature
26.
This government is to possess absolute and uncontrollable power, legislative, executive and judicial, with respect to every object to which it extends, for by the last clause of section 8th, article 1st, it is declared “that the Congress shall have power to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this constitution….” And by the 6th article, it is declared “that this constitution, and the laws of the United States, … shall be the supreme law of the land….”
In this quote Brutus, the Anti Federalist is concerned that the Constitution would__________?
a)
give the national government too much power
b)
give the states too much power
c)
make the states and national government equal in power
d)
give foreign countries too much power
27.
The Free States did not want to count the slaves in the population because_________?
a)
it would give the free states too much power
b)
It would give the slave states too much power
c)
they did not think slaves were human
d)
slavery was outlawed in the country
28.
For one reason, it takes many more people to gather critical mass (a majority) in a large republic......Factious leaders may kindle fires within their own States, but they could not spread general conflagration through the others.-Publius
In this quote Publius, a Federalist, is arguing that_____________?
a)
the large size of a republic would make it hard for a faction to control the whole country.
b)
it is ok if states are taken over by factions because states did not have any power.
c)
factions will be put out like a fire in the country if we have a republic.
d)
dangerous factions will alway do great damage in a republic.
29.
Representation in the Senate is based on _____?
a)
the size of the population in each state
b)
the amount of land that each state has
c)
the amount of money each state pays in taxes
d)
equality, each state gets the same amount
30.
What governing body must an amendment go through last in order to be ratified?
a)
Supreme Court
b)
The states
c)
Congress
d)
The president
31.
How many State Legislatures have to ratify an amendment in order for it to be passed?
a)
All of them
b)
3/4 of them
c)
2/3 of them
d)
80% of them
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