Articles of Confederation & Constitutional Convention Quiz

The importance of Shays' Rebellion to the development of the United States was that it

• Revealed the necessity of adding both the Bill of Rights to the Constitution and creating a new system of checks and balances

• Demonstrated the intensity of anti-ratification sentiment within the thirteen colonies

• Indicated that a strong, constitutionally designed national government was needed to protect property and maintain order

• Convinced the delegates to the Constitutional Convention to accept the Connecticut Plan

• Reinforced the idea that slavery should be outlawed in the Constitution

The original purpose of the Constitutional Convention of 1787 was to

• Prepare a new constitution

• Revise the Articles of Confederation

• Draft a Declaration of Independence from Great Britain

• Adopt a common state constitution

• Prepare a second revolution

Three-fifths of slaves were counted for purposes of

• Electing state legislatures

• Allotting seats in the House of Representatives

• Electing the president

• Allotting seats in the Senate

The Great (Connecticut) Compromise provided for

• All judicial appointments to be nominated by the President

• The elimination of the importation of slaves

• An electoral college and rules for the removal of the president

• A bicameral legislature with one house's composition based on state population and another's on equal state representation

Which statement about the Constitution and slavery is true?

• The original Constitution freed the slaves because it proclaimed, 'all are created equal'

• The Constitution required counting slaves the same as counting whites to determine representation

• The Constitution expressly denied slaves and African Americans the right to vote

• The original Constitution limited Congress's regulation of the slave trade ( for 20 years)

• The Framers nearly abolished slavery at the Constitutional Convention

The Articles of Confederation

• Established a weak central government that was subordinate to the states

• Defined the legal relationship between the colonies and Great Britain

• Were proposed by the Progressives as a means of strengthening the power of the voters

• Were the constitutional articles proposed by the southern states at the 1787 Philadelphia Convention

All of the following issues were decided at the Constitutional Convention EXCEPT

• representation in the legislature

• Voting requirements for the electorate

• The establishment of three branches of government

• method of electing the President

Which of the following is argued by James Madison in The Federalist paper number 10?

• A system of republican representation helps to limit the excesses of factionalism

• Small republics are better able to ensure individual liberty than are large republics

• The presence of a few large factions helps to protect the rights of minorities

• Participatory democracy is the surest way to prevent tyranny

• The elimination of the causes of factionalism is the best protection against tyranny

Under the Articles of Confederation, the national government had the power to

• Create laws

• collect taxes

• establish a federal judiciary

• enforce its laws

• regulate interstate commerce

What was the main reason for the creation of the Bill of Rights?

• To provide a clear definition of the powers of the federal government

• To protect individual liberties against infringement by the federal government

• To establish the process for electing the President

• To outline the relationship between the states and the federal government