4.1 Articles of Confederation
Under the Articles of Confederation, who was responsible for settling border disputes between states?
Congress.
The number of representatives each state would have in Congress.
Congress can check the powers of the executive branch by...
What right is guaranteed by the Second Amendment?
Ownership of firearms.
Who invented the Virginia Plan?
James Madison.
Tax Increases.
The delegates at the Constitutional Convention debated how states would be represented in Congress.
What resulted from these debates?
A two-house legislature.
What most distinguishes the House of Representatives from the Senate?
How its numbers are determined.
The Fourth Amendment places limits on the government's ability to...
Search property.
Who invented the New Jersey Plan?
William Paterson.
Who held the most power under the Articles of Confederation?
The states.
Why did representatives meet in Annapolis in 1786?
To fix the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation.
What statement best describes the design of the federal government?
Its powers are divided among three branches.
What does the Fifth Amendment prohibit?
Putting someone on trial twice for the same crime (double jeopardy).
Who was put in charge of the Constitutional Convention?
George Washington.
British policy immediately following the Revolutionary War most directly caused....
Price inflation.
Soon after delegates to the Constitutional Convention began their meetings, they decided to....
The legislative branch has the power to...
Make laws.
What issue is most directly related to the Eighth Amendment?
Capital Punishment.
What name were the group of people given if they helped draft the Constitution during the Constitutional Convention?
Framers.
Shay's Rebellion made political leaders more aware of the....
Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation.
How was the meeting held in Annapolis in 1786 different from the Constitutional Convention of 1787?
Fewer states were represented.
What does the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution explain?
The purposes of the U.S. government.
What does the Tenth Amendment address?
State's rights.
Roger Sherman.