Constitutional Quiz

Why were Southern delegates in the Constitutional Convention willing to accept the Three Fifths Compromise?

• It increased the political influence of the South

• It allowed indentured servants in the South to become citizens

• It decreased the federal tax on property in the South

• It allowed the South to expand its industrial output

Match the following branches of government to their jobs

• interprets the laws

• Legislative branch

• enforces the law

• Judicial branch

• writes the laws

• Executive branch

Put the following historical events in order

• Declaration of Independence

• Shay's Rebellion

• Articles of Confederation

• Constitutional Convention

The Great Compsomise created a bicameral​ ​ (a)   ​

• Legislative branch
• Executive branch
• Judicial branch
• Presidential branch

How did the Great Compromise help keep the states united during the Constitutional Convention?

• by settling the issues over voting rights in teh North

• By settling the issues between Federalists and Anti-Federalists

• By settling the issues over taxation

• By settling the issues between large and small states

Organize these characteristics into the right document's category

Groups:

(a) Articles of Confederation

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(b) Constitution

• Powerful states

• Unstable economy

• Lacked national military

• 3 branches of central govt.

• No power to tax

• Checks and Balances

• Separation of powers

• Great Compromise