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How many houses of Congress were there under the New Jersey Plan?
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4
How many branches of government were there under the Virginia Plan?
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4
How many houses of Congress were there under the Virginia Plan?
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4
How was representation determined under the Virginia Plan?
a) Equal, each state got 2 votes
b) By vote of the senate
c) By vote of the people
d) By population of each state
What did most state constitutions have that the original United States Constitution did not have?
a) Bill of rights
b) Legislature
c) Power to make laws
d) Power to declare war
How did Shays’ Rebellion encourage people to push for a plan to revise the Articles of Confederation?
a) It made people worry about how a weak central government might respond to future rebellions
b) It encouraged farmers to petition state governments for economic relief
c) It gave members of the rebellion more political power
d) It convinced leaders of the importance of individual rights and freedom of speech
What was one way the Articles of Confederation were too weak?
a) No power to negotiate with Native Americans
b) No power to declare war
c) No power to make laws
d) No power to regulate trade
Under the Articles of Confederation, the national, or central government had how many branches
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4
What was one way the Articles of Confederation not strong enough to effectively govern our new country?
a) No power to coin money
b) No power to run a postal service
c) No power to tax
d) No power to make laws
Under the New Jersey Plan, how was representation determined?
a) Equal, each state got 2 votes
b) By population of each state
c) By vote of the people
d) By vote of the legislature
Which plan did the small states favor?
a) Virginia Plan
b) New Jersey Plan
c) New York Plan
d) Constitution Plan
Which plan did the large states favor?
a) New York Plan
b) Constitution Plan
c) Virginia Plan
d) New Jersey Plan
What was the plan called that solved the conflict between the Virginia and New Jersey Plans
a) The Great Debate
b) The Great Compromise
c) The Great Constitution
d) The Great Agreement
What was the 3/5 Compromise?
a) Counted large state's population as 3/5 of a small state's population when determining representation for a state
b) Counted only 3/5 of the population when determining representation for a state
c) Counted the free population as 3/5 of the slave population when determining representation for a state
d) Counted the slave population as 3/5 of the free population when determining representation for a state
What is the purpose of the Bill of Rights?
a) To protect the Constitution from gaining too much power
b) To prevent the large states from gaining too much power
c) To protect individual rights from government abuses
d) To protect government officials' rights
What was the group of people called who opposed ratification of the Constitution
a) constitutionalists
b) anti-federalists
c) federalists
d) anti-constitutionalists
What does the opening phrase of the Constitution “We the people…” mean?
a) The government gets its power from the President
b) The government gets its power from the legislature
c) The government gets its power from the states
d) The government gets its power from the people
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