Articles Of Confederation And The Constitutional Convention
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- 1.The Articles of Confederation became official in 1781. What major world event was going on at that time?
- A.
Civil War
- B.
World War I
- C.
American Revolution
- D.
French and Indian War
- 2.The Articles of Confederation gave most of the power to...
- A.
The President
- B.
The King
- C.
The national government
- D.
The states
- 3.All 13 states had approved the Articles Of Confederation in the year...
- A.
1781
- B.
1788
- C.
1887
- D.
1777
- 4.The Articles Of Confederation was replaced by the...
- A.
Bill Of Rights
- B.
Constitution
- C.
2nd Treaties On Government
- D.
Mayflower Compact
- 5.The Articles Of Confederation, didn't unify states, it really....
- A.
Separated Them
- B.
Made Them Stronger
- C.
Gave Them Independence
- D.
Unified Them
- 6.The Virginia plan was angled toward the larger states.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 7.The Great Compromise gave both sides (virginia & New Jersey) what they wanted.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 8.What issue was the focus of the ⅗ Compromise?
- A.
Presidential terms
- B.
Women’s rights
- C.
Slavery
- D.
Bill of Rights
- 9.Which two states submitted proposals for governments at the Convention?
- A.
New York and New Jersey
- B.
New Jersey and Virginia
- C.
Pennsylvania & New York
- D.
New York & Virginia
- 10.Federalists thought
- A.
Articles of Confederation were too weak
- B.
Articles of Confederation were just fine but needed a bit of tweaking
- C.
Small state level governments were the best way to go
- D.
The country did not need a strong central government
- 11.The Anti-Federalists thought the constitution gave to much power to
- A.
The States
- B.
The people
- C.
The President
- D.
The Judicial Branch
- 12.What was the Articles of Confederation?
- A.
It was America's first attempt at a government
- B.
It declared independence from Britain
- C.
It was New York's law document
- D.
It was a treaty between Britain and the United States
- 13.What was the biggest reason that the Articles of Confederation failed?
- A.
The states did not want it
- B.
The central government was too weak
- C.
The state governments were too weak
- D.
No one could agree on anything
- 14.What is a "compromise"?
- A.
Working out a "deal", both sides get something they want.
- B.
Deciding in favor of one person or thing
- C.
A meeting about voting rights
- D.
A document for the states
- 15.What does the word "ratify" mean
- A.
To deny
- B.
To hate
- C.
To approve
- D.
To fix
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