Section 1 Practice Questions

Question 1

Why did the articles of Confederation fail? (Select 3 answers)
a. The national government couldn’t tax.
b. There was no executive or judicial branch.
c. It gave too much power to the national confederation government and not enough power to the states.
d. State governments could veto government confederation laws.

Answer 1

A
B
D

Question 2

Which statements are true about natural rights? (choose 2 answers)
a. They compel creation of democratic government.
b. They show the equality of all people.
c. They let you what you need to survive and be secure.
d. They are given by the government and not by God.

Answer 2

B
C

Question 3

What is the purpose of a social contract?
a. To realize the will of God.
b. To create natural rights.
c. To acknowledge and protect natural rights.

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Which of these describes social contract theory?
a. Society was created by philosophers.
b. The people do not control society, but society controls the people.
c. We must accept society as it is since it was naturally created.
d. Society is not natural but created by the people.

Answer 4

D

Question 5

What is the enlightenment? (Select 2 answers)
a. A revival of Roman Catholicism.
b. The source of our ideas about natural rights.
c. Where democratic government was invented.
d. A period of Western European history following the middle ages.

Answer 5

B
D

Question 6

The motivation for the Virgina plan was:
a. To assert a need for greater state cooperation in the face of foreign threats.
b. To more firmly entrench the confederal nature of the national government.
c. To protect the institution of slavery.
d. To shift more power to a new, stronger, national government.

Answer 6

D

Question 7

Which plan for representation in the national legislature advocated for the voice of the less populous states?
a. The New York Plan
b. The Virginia Plan
c. The New Jersey Plan
d. The Connecticut Plan

Answer 7

C

Question 8

Which plan wanted the ideas below?
a. The Senate has equal representation for each state regardless of population of the state: ____
b. Bicameral Legislature consisting of two chambers: ___
c. The house of representatives is based on a state’s population: ___

Answer 8

A. New Jersey Plan
B. Virginia Plan
C. Virginia Plan

Question 9

What is a federalist?

Answer 9

Someone who wanted the new 2nd constitution

Question 10

Who were famous federalists?

Answer 10

George Washington
James Madison
Alexander Hamilton

Question 11

What is an anti- federalist?

Answer 11

Someone who wanted to keep the old articles of confederation

Question 12

Who was a famous anti- federalist?

Answer 12

George Mason
Patrick Henry

Question 13

What were some anti federalist arguments against new constitution?

Answer 13

-Thought new federal government was too big, too powerful, and would take away rights of the people.
-Wanted Bill of Rights to protect their liberties (strongest argument)
-Thought that new president would turn into a king.

Question 14

What were the federalist papers?

Answer 14

Newspapers articles that federalists wrote in support of the new US Constitution

Question 15

Who wrote Federalist paper number 10?

Answer 15

James Madison

Question 16

What was a main idea of Federalist paper number 10?

Answer 16

“Pure democracies are short lived, full of conflict, and excessiveness”
WHY IS THIS??????? FACTIONS

Question 17

What is a faction?

Answer 17

A number of citizens whether majority or minority (1) are united in some common impulse or interest.
(2) and adverse to the rights of other citizens or to the permanent and aggregate interests of the community
(also what we consider an interest group today)

Question 18

What else did Madison explain in Federalist paper number 51?

Answer 18

• a strong, extended republic (meaning strong new federal government in the 2nd US constitution) split into three branches with checks and balances will stop extreme factions from taking over and protect our liberties better than the articles of confederation

Question 19

George Washington

Answer 19

• commander in chief of continental army in the revolutionary war.
• president of constitutional convention in Philadelphia.
• 1st president of the united states.

Question 20

James Madison

Answer 20

Father of US constitution
Father of Bill of Rights
wrote virginia plan
wrote over 1/3 of federalist papers
4th president of the united states

Question 21

Roger Sherman

Answer 21

• Author of great compromise at constitutional convention
• signed deceleration of independence

Question 22

Benjamin Franklin

Answer 22

Inventor, statesman, publisher, also signed deceleration of independence

Question 23

Alexander Hamilton

Answer 23

• Wrote over half of the federalist papers
• served as first secretary of the treasury under president George Washington

Question 24

Why did the anti federalists advocate for the addition of the bill of rights to the United States Constitution?

Answer 24

To explicitly protect natural rights of individuals
To prevent tyranny over the people by the national government

Question 25

In Federalist paper 51, Madison argues for division of government authority to different parts or branches of government. What is this known as?

Answer 25

Seperation of powers

Question 26

New principles of government in new US constitution

Answer 26

• republic (articles 1 and 2)