Articles of the Confederation
The Articles of Confederation contributed most to what problem between the states?
Economic competition
What is the best description of the design of the federal government?
Its powers are divided among three branches
Participants in the Constitutional Convention who did not believe a Bill of Rights was needed were most likely to say that ...
The system of checks and balances is sufficient to protect individual rights.
Why did the Confederation Congress pass these acts?
The Land Ordinance of 1785
The Northwest Ordinance of 1787
To manage the Frontier
What does the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution explain?
the purposes of the U.S. government
Soon after delegates to the Constitutional Convention began their meetings, they decided to
keep their meetings secret to the outside world
What act contributed most to Americans’ desire to have a Bill of Rights in the U.S. Constitution?
Quartering act
Who held the most power under the Articles of Confederation?
The States
The purpose of the first three articles of the Constitution is to define the
powers and responsibilities of the branches of the federal government
Soon after delegates to the Constitutional Convention began their meetings, they decided to
design a new system of government
The Eighth Amendment might be used to overturn...
What is "Cruel and Unusual punishment"?
Based on this information, a primary issue in McCulloch v. Maryland was ...
the meaning of the supremacy clause?
The delegates at the Constitutional Convention debated how states would be represented in Congress. What resulted from these debates?
a two-house legislature
A farmer on the frontier would most likely have faced which of these problems as a result of Spain’s actions in North America following the Revolutionary War?
increases in the cost of shipping his crops to market
The Fifth and Sixth Amendments both protect
the rights of the accused
The Supreme Court’s ruling in Marbury v. Madison established which principle of government?
judicial review
The delegates at the Constitutional Convention agreed that after 1808, Congress could
end the importation of slaves
How was the meeting held in Annapolis in 1786 different from the Constitutional Convention of 1787?
Fewer states were represented
Which constitutional amendment protects individual rights that are not already listed in the Constitution?
. Ninth