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It was easy to become a new nation.
True
False
Our first plan of government was called
Articles of Constitution
Amendments of Confederation
Articles of Confederation
The Constitution
A group of people or organizations that make decisions for a country, a state, etc. is called a...
Government
Republic
Framers
Farmers
All of these were considered Founding Fathers EXCEPT
Abraham Lincoln
George Washington
Benjamin Franklin
James Madison
All of these things were wrong with the "Articles of Confederation" EXCEPT
they had no way to raise money to run the government
there were no courts to settle disputes
each state acted separately instead of as one nation
The "Articles of Confederation" brought us together during The Revolutionary War
Who was "President" of the Convention?
Thomas Paine
George Washington
Benjamin Franklin
James Madison
Who was the oldest Founding Father?
George Washington
James Madison
Benjamin Franklin
Patrick Henry
A "republic" gives the power to the
President
Congress
Courts
People
A country that is governed by representative and leaders elected by the people is called a
Common Good
Republic
Nation
State
The document that describes our highest laws of our country and the way our government is organized is called
The Articles of Confederation
The Bill of Rights
The Amendments
The Constitution
A way of reaching an agreement where each side gives up something they want is called a
decision
veto
compromise
majority
The GREAT COMPROMISE divided Congress into two houses called the
Senate and House of Representatives
President and Courts
Happy and Sad
Greedy and Generous
In the Senate each state has...
One Representative
Two Representatives
A Lot of Represenatives
Depends on their Population
In the House of Representatives, each state has
One Representative
Two Representatives
Depends on their Population
What's a representative?
In addition to representation, the other topic that required a lot of compromise was
Voting Rights
Role of Women in Government
Law Making
Slavery
The word "ratify" means to
to stop
to abolish
to approve
to veto
Abolish means
to approve
to end
to pass
none of the above
The first ten amendments to The Constitution are known as the
Bill of Rights
Ten Rules
Ten Principles
Preamble
Federalists supported the Constitution and a strong national government.
True
False
Anti-Federalists supported a strong national government.
True
False
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