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the first plan for government of the United States
What is Articles of Confederation
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What was one difference between the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution? A. Under the Articles of Confederation, the government had only one branch. B. Under the Articles of Confederation, the federal government was strong. C. Under the Constitution, all states had to approve laws. D. Under the Constitution, the government could not pass laws to collect taxes.
What is Under the Articles of Confederation, the government had only one branch.
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What did the Three-Fifths Compromise do? A. It included three-fifths of the enslaved people in population counts. B. It required three-fifths of the states to ratify a law. C. It put three-fifths of the Articles of Confederation into the Constitution. D. It gave small states three-fifths as many representatives as large states.
What is It included three-fifths of the enslaved people in population counts.
100
Which of the following is a civic responsibility? A. free speech B. voting C. due process D. assembling
What is voting
100
amendments to the U.S. Constitution that protect citizens’ basic rights
What is Bill of Rights
200
a written plan for government that describes the principles and organization of a nation.
What is Constitution
200
What problem did war debts pose for the new nation? A. The American people did not want to repay the debts. B. The American people did not believe that the country owed money. C. The government could not collect taxes to repay the debts. D. The government could not get good terms for repaying the debts.
What is The government could not collect taxes to repay the debts.
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Why did states with large populations favor the Virginia Plan? A. It had the legislature choose judges. B. It had the legislature choose the executive. C. It based representation on population. D. It based representation on land area
What is It based representation on population.
200
Read the list below before answering the next question. rule of law judicial review popular sovereignty What is the BEST title for the list? A. Elements of Democracy in the United States B. The Declaration of Independence’s Guarantees C. Ways of Ensuring Domestic Tranquility D. Reasons for Expanding Voting Rights
What is Elements of Democracy in the United States
200
the branch of government that makes laws; the U.S. Congress
What is legislative
300
a person who opposed the passage of the U.S. Constitution
What is Anti-Federalists
300
What caused Shays’ Rebellion? A. The federal government taxed the income farmers earned. B. One state raised taxes that people paid on their property. C. The federal government jailed people who could not pay their taxes. D. One state refused to pay the taxes it owed the federal government.
What is One state raised taxes that people paid on their property.
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Which of the following can ONLY the national government do? A. collect taxes B. print money C. manage elections D. set up courts
What is print money
300
When the Constitution was written, which citizens had the right to vote? A. free African American males B. white married females C. white male property owners D. married African American women
What is white male property owners
300
a government in which citizens have the power to make political decisions
What is democracy
400
the principle that the law applies to everyone, equally
What is rule of law
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What was the original purpose of the Constitutional Convention? A. to decide whether a king should lead the government B. to form a stronger government by revising the Articles of Confederation C. to get delegates to sign the new Constitution D. to name a leader for the country’s army
What is to form a stronger government by revising the Articles of Confederation
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Why did some states hesitate to ratify the Constitution? A. They thought it needed a Bill of Rights. B. They did not want to be part of the new country. C. They wanted to abolish slavery. D. They were hoping for a better document.
What is They thought it needed a Bill of Rights.
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Social Security is an example of a government program that A. promotes the general welfare. B. ensures domestic tranquility. C. provides for the common defense. D. secures liberty.
What is promotes the general welfare.
400
a person who supported the passage of the U.S, Constitution
What is Federalists
500
the plan to divide the powers and duties of government into separate branches
What is separation of powers
500
Read the quote below before answering the question that follows. “Those gentlemen, who will be elected senators, will fix themselves in the federal town, and become citizens of that town more than of your state.” By issuing this warning, the speaker of the passage above reveals that he or she is a A. supporter of a strong central government B. supporter of George Washington as the first president C. supporter of the Declaration of Independence D. supporter of the Articles of Confederation
What is supporter of the Articles of Confederation
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Use this passage from the Bill of Rights to answer the next question. "The powers not delegated to the U.S. by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people." The Amendment above was a victory for A. those who wanted a strong central government. B. those who supported James Madison’s views. C. Anti-Federalists. D. Nationalists
What is Anti-Federalists.
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The fact that the new nation had no national currency reflected A. the inability of the 13 states to agree about money. B. the inflation that made money nearly worthless. C. the weak central government of the new nation. D. the inability of the nation to trade with other nations.
What is the weak central government of the new nation.
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the power of the courts to decide whether actions are lawful
What is judicial review