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1. According to the Articles of Confederation, what was the main branch of government?

Congress

President

Courts

States made all of the important decisions

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2. Which of the following would not be a weakness of the Articles of Confederation?

Congress had no power to regulate trade(commerce) or taxes

Congress had little power

Shay's Rebellion broke out in MA due to taxation/money conflicts

The government was set up to be a strong national government and the states had little power

3. Complete the analogy : Thomas Jefferson : Declaration of Independence ______________________: US Constitution

John Adams

George Washington

James Madison

Thomas Paine

4. How many branches of government were set up in the US Constitution?

5. What issue was settled with the Great Compromise?

How to send representatives to Congress and elect them

The Great Compromise caused more issues with the US and they had to meet again later

How to send electors to vote for President

6. What was the purpose of the Constitutional Convention in 1787?

Delegates met to discuss the problems of the American Revoultion

Delegates met to discuss the problems of the new govt.- Articles of Confederation

Delegates met to discuss kicking out the state of Rhode Island since they did not show up for the meeting

Delegates met to discuss electing Washington as the first President

7. Why did the delegates meet in secret?

Founding Fathers decided to have a secret meeting without key leaders in US

They were plotting an overthrow of the govt.

They were trying to break away from England again

National security concerns- did not want the people to know discussion before finished work on a new government structure

8. What purpose does the Electoral College serve?

Elects the President of the US

Appoints Cabinet members

Appoints Judges to the Supreme Court

Elects representatives to Congress

9. Why did the North not want to have slaves counted for population purposes?

Would have greater representation in Northern states if they were counted

The Southern states would have a great voice in Congress if they are counted

Both B and C

10. What document does the US Constitution build upon?

Declaration of Independence

The Warsaw Pact

The Articles of Confederation

14 Points

11. After the Revolutionary War, the nation faced a huge debt. Alexander Hamilton, the Sec. of Treasury, drew up a financial plan for the US in order to help solve the problems of the US. Which of the following best describes his plan?

Repaying war debt, creation of national bank, establishing protective tariff, collecting tariffs

Borrowed money from other nations, establish national bank, forming political parties, taxing distilleries

Taxing state govts., creating state banks, placing tariffs on foreign goods, and asked Congress to pass an income tax

Placing taxes on exports and imports, selling off western lands, providing loans for famers, creating banks

12. What was the main purpose of the Federalist Papers?

The document was written before the Civil War to discuss the issues of slavery

The document discussed the reasons why we should break away from England before the American Revolution

13. Read the following information from the primary source- The Federalist Papers: In order to lay a due foundation for that separate and distinct exercise of the different powers of government, which to a certain extent is admitted on all hands to be essential to the preservation of liberty, it is evident that each department should have a will of its own... 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 and personal motives to resist encroachments of the others James Madison, Federalist Papers Number 51 -----Which democratic ideals that were set up by the US Constitution is best described by the passage above?

Rule of law

Popular sovereignty

Limited government

Checks and balances

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