Unit 1 Quiz 3 Study Guide

What was the first form of government created in the United States during the Second Continental Congress?

• An absolute monarchy

• A confederation

• A republic

• A federation

In 1787, who led a rebellion against high taxes that had forced Massachusetts farmers into debt?

• William Paterson

• 
  James Madison

• 
  Elbridge Gerry

• 
  Daniel Shays

What delegate proposed the “Virginia Plan” at the Constitutional Convention?

• James Madison
• Alexander Hamilton
• Thomas Jefferson
• George Washington

Why did the 55 delegates to the Constitutional Convention originally meet?

• To decide how to react to the King’s recent demands

• To write a new Constitution

• To revise the Articles of Confederation

• To write the Declaration of Independence

Which of the following was proposed at the Constitutional Convention as a solution to replacing the Articles of Confederation, and provided for a unicameral legislature?

• Virginia Plan
• Connecticut Compromise
• Articles of Confederation
• New Jersey Plan

What method was used to ratify the newly passed Constitution?

• Nine of thirteen states vote was required.

• 
  A unanimous vote of the states was required.

• A simple majority of states was required to ratify.

• The only requirement to ratify the new constitution as a vote of the Congress.

Which of the following were major points of concern for Anti Federalists?

Select two answers from the choices below:

• That states could lose authority to the central government following ratification.

• The new Constitution lacked of a bill of rights that protected individual rights.

• That the people have the right to revolution when they determine that their government is denying them their legitimate rights.

• That the states required a strong national government to promote economic growth.

Which of the following were reasons Federalists wrote the Federalist Papers?

Select two answers from the choices below:

• To convince the public and state legislatures that the Constitution should be ratified.

• To establish a method for counting the slave population of the new country.

• To stop the new Constitution from being ratified by the states.

• To inform the public about the new Constitution.