Unit 5 Test 3 Question Preview (ID: 8451)

a) Try to find ways to improve the Articles of Confederation instead of writing a new Constitution

b) Keep the record of what was said at the convention a secret

c) Not discuss the topic of slavery

d) Make the record of what was said at the convention public

a) The national government would be an autocratic government

b) Individual state governments should hold more power than the national government

c) A system of separation of powers and check and balances and a strong national government

d) A weak national government was needed to avoid the abuse of power

a) Proposed a strong federal government with three branches

b) Favored a weak national government and one house of congress

c) Let Virginia out of the Union

d) Favored letting Virginia rule itself

a) The small states wanted each state to have the same numbers of representatives in congress

b) The large states wanted to base the number of representatives in congress on the population

c) Every state gets 1 representative for every year it has been a state

d) Every state gets 2 senators

a) The small states wanted each state to have the same numbers of representatives in congress

b) The large states wanted to base the number of representatives in congress on the population

c) 1 representative for every 100,000 people

d) 1 representative per state

a) It divided Congress into two houses, one house with equal representation and one with proportional

b) It created a Congress based on equal representation

c) It created a Congress based on proportional representation

d) It divided the national government into three equal branches

a) States that slaves did not count as a whole person when determining the representatives a state got

b) States that the Southern states would receive three fifths of the revenue brought in by tariffs

c) States that the Northern states would receive three fifths of the revenue brought in by tariffs

d) States that the Twilight Series books only count as three fifths of a book due to poor writing

a) States that persons who escaped from slavery to non-slave state had to be returned

b) Sates that persons who escaped to a non-slave state were free

c) States that slaves who escaped became the property of the person who caught them

d) States that the person who caught a runaway slave would get a reward from the government

a) to manage conflicts about the meaning application and enforcement of laws

b) to make the laws

c) to carry out and enforce laws

d) to print money

a) has the power to make laws

b) has the power to carry out and enforce laws

c) has the power to manage conflicts about the meaning, application, and enforcement of laws

d) doesn't do anything