Ch 5 OPT SG

Which of the following was a weakness of the Articles of Confederation?

• Only Congress had the power to tax

• There was no legislative branch of government

• State governments had no authority

• There was no national court system

What issue did the Great Compromise settle?

• Representation in the legislature

• Abolition of slavery

• The veto power of the executive

• How taxes were to be paid

The Three-Fifths Compromise resolved the issue of

• how enslaved people were counted in the population.

• whether larger states would have more representation in Congress.

• whether Congress would have one house or two.

• how many representatives each state would have in the Senate.

According to the Great Compromise, the number of representatives in the Senate would be

• the same number for every state.

• based on a state's population.

• two for large states, and one for small states.

• affected by the size of the state's enslaved population.

Delegates to the Constitutional Convention were initially supposed to

• throw out the Articles of Confederation and start all over.

• write new constitutions for the states they represented.

• amend the Articles of Confederation.

• determine whether slavery would be allowed to continue.

The system of checks and balances is designed to ensure that

• no one branch of government will gain too much power.

• the Senate will not be controlled too much by the people.

• the president will be elected directly by the people.

• state legislatures will share power with the Congress.

Which of the following was added to the Constitution to gain support of the anti-Federalists?

• The Great Compromise

• The Bill of Rights

• The national court system

• The Preamble

Which of the following was a major goal of George Washington as President?

• To go to war with Britain again

• To gain respect for the US among other nations

• To see that the Articles of Confederation were reformed

• To repay the French for their help during the Revolution

For Secretary of State, Washington selected

• Henry Knox.

• Thomas Jefferson.

• John Adams.

• Alexander Hamilton.

Part of the government that makes the laws

• Legislative

• Judicial

• Executive