US History Unit 2

What were the Articles of Confederation?

• the Bill of Rights

• America's first constitution

• a law passed to raise money for the army

• a bill to establish what to do with America's new territory

What was Shays' Rebellion?

• farmers protesting bank foreclosures

• the last battle of the Revolutionary War

• a fight during the Constitutional Convention

• one of the constitutional compromises

The Great Compromise was about:

• regulation of commerce

• election of the president

• selection of Supreme Court justices

• representation in Congress

Supporters of the new Constitution were known as:

• Patriots

• Loyalists

• Moderates

• Federalists

What was the purpose of the Constitutional Convention of 1787?

• to draft the Declaration of Independence

• to revise the Articles of Confederation

• to elect the first President of the United States

• to establish the Bill of Rights

Who is known as the 'Father of the Constitution'?

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• James Madison

• Benjamin Franklin

Which plan proposed a bicameral legislature during the Constitutional Convention?

• New Jersey Plan

• Virginia Plan

• Connecticut Plan

• Hamilton Plan

Some delegates opposed ratification of the Constitution because it

• lacked a bill of rights

• failed to create a judicial branch

• gave the people too much power

• gave state governments too much power

What did Congress pass that determined how new western lands would be governed?

• Land Ordinance

• Southwest Ordinance

• Columbian Ordinance

• Northwest Ordinance

When Congress drafted the nation's first constitution in 1777, what was something that many Americans feared?

• more than three branches of government

• the Constitution would trigger a war with France

• a powerful national government

• too much power would be given to the people