New Nation 1A

What was James Madison known as?

• The "Father of the Delegates"

• The "Father of the Articles of Confederation"

• The "Father of the Constitution"

• The "Father of the Convention"

What role did James Madison play at the Constitutional Convention?

• President

• Wrote the Constitution

• Wrote the Articles of Confederation

• Vice President

What was the name of meeting where the delegates met to write the United States Consitution?

• Articles of Confederation

• Continental Convention

• Constitutional Meeting

• Constitutional Convention

Why did the Articles of Confederation have to be thrown out/revised?

• The federal government didn't have the power to create an army

• The federal government was collecting too many taxes

• The federal government had too much power

• The states didn't have enough power

The Great Compromise solved what problem?

• The way states would be taxed

• The way the federal army would declare war

• The way slaves would be counted toward the population

• The way states would be represented in the legislative branch

How are states represented in the legislative branch?

• There is one Congress- each state gets 2 representatives

• There are two houses in Congress- one house has representation based on population, the other is based on equal votes for each state

• There is one Congress-each state gets votes based on population

• There are two houses in Congress- both have representation based on population

What was the 3/5 Compromise?

• It settled how women would be counted toward the population count

• It settled how white men would be counted toward the population count

• It settled how slaves would be counted toward the population count

• It settled how the formerly enslaved would be counted toward the population

Why did the South want to count all slaves in their population counts?

• To collect more money for the budget

• To have more delegates to collect taxes

• To have more representation in the Senate

• To have more representation in the House of Representatives

What does "We the people of the United States...." mean?

• to show the government is given its power by the people

• To show the people of the United States agreed to the Articles of Confederation

• To show that the people of the United States agreed to paying higher taxes

• To show that not just one person wrote the constitution

The United States is a representative democracy. What does this mean?

• Citizens get to vote on all laws for the country

• Citizens decide which taxes to pay

• Citizens elect other people to run the government

• Citizens decide which laws to follow