Government 2.2 (Articles And The Const. Conv.) Question Preview (ID: 32510)


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Who opposed the ratification of the Constitution?
a) Federalists
b) anti-federalists
c) minutemen
d) revolutionaries

Who wrote most of the Constitution?
a) Roger Sherman
b) James Madison
c) Thomas Jefferson
d) Gouverneur Morris

What proved to be one success of the Articles of Confederation?
a) The Convention at Philadelphia
b) Virginia Plan
c) Shays' Rebellion
d) Northwest Ordinances

What is the basis for our current Congress?
a) New Jersey Plan
b) Connecticut Compromise (Great Compromise)
c) Virginia Plan
d) Three-fifths compromise

What was the Constitutional proposal by larger states to have representation in congress based on population?
a) Virginia Plan
b) Three-fifths compromise
c) Connecticut Compromise (Great Compromise)
d) New jersey plan

Which Constitutional proposal by smaller states to have representation in congress based on equality?
a) New jersey plan
b) Connecticut Compromise (Great Compromise)
c) Three-fifths compromise
d) Virginia Plan

Which constitutional proposal that provided a solution to the problem of counting slaves for the purpose of representation?
a) Three-fifths compromise
b) Connecticut Compromise (Great Compromise)
c) Virginia Plan
d) New jersey plan

What exposed weaknesses of the National Government under the Articles of Confederation?
a) Revolutionary War
b) Shay's Rebellion
c) Boston Tea Party
d) Boston Massacre

What was the original meeting to revise the Articles of Confederation that failed because very few delegates attended.
a) Annapolis Convention
b) Philadelphia Convention
c) Delaware Convention
d) Connecticut Convention

Who provided many ideas for the preamble?
a) James Madison
b) Thomas Jefferson
c) Gouverneur Morris
d) Roger Sherman

Which of the following is NOT one of the three things that Congress could do under the Articles of Confederation?
a) make war and peace
b) raise a navy
c) regulate indian affairs
d) levy taxes

Which of the following is something that Congress COULD do under the Articles of Confederation?
a) Raise a Navy
b) Regulate Trade
c) Levy Taxes
d) Enforce Laws

What two things were created by the Great Compromise?
a) Parliament and Congress
b) House of Lords and House of Commons
c) House of Representatives and Senate
d) House of Burgesses and Parliament

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