Creating the Constitution*

What was our FIRST nation's government called that was created during the Revolutionary War?

• The Executive Branch

• The Articles of Confederation

• The Constitution

• Congress

What did the Constitution replace?

• The president

• The Articles of Confederation

• Congress

• the Judicial Branch

Which form of government gave the most power to the states and not the federal government?

• The Articles of Confederation

• The Constitution

Why were they scared to give too much power to the Federal Government when they wrote the Articles of Confederation?

• They were afraid that the federal government would be like Britain

• They were afraid that they would not get their way as a state

• They were afraid that the federal government would do a good job

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What was a weakness of the Articles of Confederation?

• states could act independently of each other

• The federal government could not tax and could not force states to do anything

• States did not have to follow the laws of the federal government. State laws were more important than federal laws

• The federal government was not responsible for solving disputes between the states

• there was no executive Branch and no judicial branch

How many states did you need to amend or make a change to the Articles of Confederation?

• 9

• 13

• 50

• 1

What was the orginal purpose of the Constitutional Convention?

• To get together and see old friends

• To create the Constitutional Convention

• To fix the Articles of Convention

• To write the Declaration of Independence

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The Constitution did which of these things?

• Created a strong Federal Government

• added a Judicial Branch

• added an Executive Branch

• Created a strong state government

Ratify means to _____

• approve

• accept

• acknowledge

• applaud

How many states had to ratify the Constitution for it to become the new law of the United States?

• 13

• 9

• 50

• 1