PIG - Chapter 3

The first form of government for the United States was

• The Constitution

• The Preamble

• The Articles of Confederation

• The Declaration of Independence

What was a weakness of the Articles of Confederation?

• Congress could create a postal service.

• Congress could maintain an army and a navy.

• Congress could make treaties.

• Congress could not tax it's citizens.

This stated that there would be two houses in Congress. The House of Representatives would be based on a state's population. The Senate would give each state two representatives.

• The Virginia Plan

• The New Jersey Plan

• The Great Compromise

• The Three-Fifths Compromise

The Three-Fifths Compromise stated that:

• Each state would have the same number of representatives.

• That the House of Representatives would be based on a state's population.

• five slaves counted as three people towards your population.

• The Senate would have two representatives from each state.

The major conflict at the Constitutional Convention was

• slavery

• taxes

• representation

The Articles of Confederation limited the government's power by...

• giving the most power to the president
• preventing Congress from printing money
• not allowing Congress to draft soldiers to the army
• imposing a 15 year term limit on all members of Congress

The main cause for many of the rules in the Articles of Confederation was that the delegates at the Continental Congress...

• did not want to give the states too much power because they'd proven they were willing to rebel against a government.

• wanted to create a government that was identical to England's government.

• were concerned about giving the central government too much power because the King had used his power unfairly.

• wanted to unify the states together, which included creating one army and one type of currency.

Who was the president under the articles?

• George Washington

• Each governor voted on a president

• The most senior Senator

• There wasn't one

Why was the central government weak under the Articles of Confederation?

• People did not know what a strong government looked like

• People were afraid the king would start another war

• People had just fought a war for independence from a powerful government

• People wanted the states to be rigid with central control

Under the Articles of Confederation, the government could

• sign treaties and create taxes

• declare war and create taxes

• sign treaties and declare war

• none of the above