8th Grade: Constitution Unit Test Part1

All of the following were powers of the National Government (Congress) under the AOC EXCEPT

• Collect taxes

• Admit new states

• Declare War

• Negotiate treaties

Which document promoted representative gov & was the 1st written Constitution in the Colonies?

• Mayflower Compact

• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

• Articles of Confederation

• U.S. Constitution

Which document has been the basic principles, laws, & organization of the U.S. gov. since 1787?

• Mayflower Compact
• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
• Articles of Confederation
• The Constitutioin

All of the following were weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation EXCEPT

• Couldn't wage war

• No Executive (President) or Judiciary (Courts)

• Couldn't tax or regulate trade

• Couldn't enforce laws or raise an army

Who served as President of the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787?

• Charles de Montesquieu
• James Madison
• George Washington
• John Adams

Which Principle of Government means that the people are the source of government's power? 

• Limited Government
• Republicanism
• Federalism
• Popular Sovereignty

Why was the Virginia Plan not favorable to Small States?

• It called for equal representation

• It would allow the large states to control the small states

• It called for a Unicameral Legistlature

• It only called for 2 branches of government

Why was the New Jersey plan not favorable to Large States?

• It called for a bicameral legislature

• It would allow the small states to neutralize the large states

• It only called for 1 branch of government

• It called for Representation to be based on population

Who's idea was it to separate power into 3 different branches of government?

• Charles de Montesquieu
• Marquis de Lafayette
• John Locke
• William Blackstone

Which of the following solved how slaves would be counted towards representation & taxation?

• The 13th Amendemtent
• The Slave Tax Law
• The Great Compromise
• 3/5 Compromise