Question

1.

Anti-federalists believed that a bill of rights was (5 points)


A)unnecessary due to the structure of government and rights under the Constitution

B)necessary because laws would not follow rights in the Declaration of Independence

C)necessary because the Constitution did not specify protection for individual rights

D)unnecessary because the Declaration of Independence listed many individual rights

2.
Which answer summarizes the key elements of the Great Compromise? (5 points)

A)Bicameral: equal representation from each state, and representation based on state population

B)Unicameral: representation based only on the state population

C)Bicameral: representation based on state population, and representation based on state land mass

D)Unicameral: equal representation from each state regardless of the population

3.
Which of the following best describes how the Articles of Confederation allowed Congress to protect the new nation? (5 points)

A)Congress could raise and lead the army and navy, but the states were responsible for providing the soldiers.

B)Congress could raise and lead the army and navy, and elected the soldiers and officers.

C)The States created individual armies and navies, and Congress provided the weapons.

D)The States raised and provided the soldiers in the army and navy, and Congress appointed all the officers.

4.
Which was a result of the Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise? (5 points)

A)There could be no taxes on exports.

B)The slave trade would end with ratification.

C)Congress could end slavery at any time.

D)Southern crops could not be sold abroad.

5.
One weakness of the Articles of Confederation was that it (5 points)

A)placed a high federal tax on all state residents

B)demanded that each state create its own army

C)gave the federal government too much power

D)required unanimous state consent to amend it

Answer 1

1 is C, 2 is A, 3 is D, 4 is C, and 5 is D. I know this isn't a high word count, but the Articles of Confederation are difficult to explain because of how confusing they are. It helps to listen to Hamilton before a test so you can think about what sucked about the Articles. (There's also a lot of dates mentioned)

Answer 2

1. Anti-federalists believed that a bill of rights was

C) Necessary because the Constitution did not specify protection for individual rights

The Anti-Federalists was a political coalition that strongly opposed Federalists' ideas that, among others, included the establishment of a strong central government. Anti-Federalists wanted to give more power to the states and they promoted the creation of a bill of rights as they deemed it necessary to protect people's rights (such as the right to freedom of speech, press, and religion) that were nowhere established in the Constitution.

2. Which answer summarizes the key elements of the Great Compromise?

A) Bicameral: equal representation from each state, and representation based on state population.

The Great Compromise was an agreement between small and large states of the U.S. to create a bicameral Congress consisting of the Senate that had two representatives of each of the states (equal representation)and the House of Representatives whose number of members was based on each state’s population.

3. Which of the following best describes how the Articles of Confederation allowed Congress to protect the new nation?

C) The States created individual armies and navies, and Congress provided the weapons.

The Articles of Confederation created a weak central government, consisting of a Congress only, and gave "sovereignty, freedom, and independence" to the states. Under this document, Congress had the power to appoint military officers and provide weapons to the individual armies and navies created by the states and it lacked the power to draft soldiers.

4. Which was a result of the Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise?

A) There could be no taxes on exports.

The Slave Trade Compromise was a compromise reached between the Northern and Southern states' delegates during The Constitutional Convention of 1787. Northern states wanted the federal government to regulate the commerce relating to the Slave Trade while Southern states refused to that idea because they feared Congress would use its authority to end the slave trade and slavery. The Compromised reached gave Congress the authority to regulate interstate commerce but it could not prohibit the slave trade until 1808 it could not tax on southern exports.

5. One weakness of the Articles of Confederation was that it

D) Required unanimous state consent to amend it

Under this Constitution, All 13 American states were represented equally in Congress, and in order to a bill to become a law, nine of the 13 states had to approve the bill first. The process was more complicated when amending the Constitution because it could be amended if all states unanimously consented to it first.