Articles of Confederation and the Constitution

Which provided a way to survey the land?

• Articles of Confederation
• Northwest Ordinance
• Great Compromise
• Federalist papers

The state government held the most power under this

• The Constitution
• Virginia Plan
• Articles of Confederation
• Congress

The Constitution is different from the Articles of Confederation because it

• Put in place a stronger national government 
• outlawed slavery
• contained no guarantee of individual rights
• gave additional power to the states

Concurrent powers can be demonstrated through the following

• Federalism
• Democracy
• The absolute power of the presidency
• Both Federal and State government have the ability to tax

Why were the first ten amendments added to the Constitution?

• To create a bigger army
• To give states more power
• To protect the rights of individuals
• To resolve conflicts between the states

True or false:  The right to a Public Education is included in the Bill of Rights

• True
• False

The delegates convened at the Constitutional Convention with the goal of 

• Setting a policy for how a territory could become a state
• Resolve conflict between the states over interstate trade
• creating a bigger army
• Revising the Articles of Confederation

Not having a national court system, being able to raise an army, or having the ability to tax were problems for the country under the

• Constitution
• Bill of Rights
• Federalist Papers
• Articles of confederation

The Constitution raised concerns with the anti-federalists because

• there was no guarantee of individual rights
• large states benefited more
• slavery was outlawed

What were the Founding Fathers concerned about when they created the electoral college?

• lack of education among Americans
• slaves
• checks and balances
• concurrent powers