A) Republican Plan
B) Democratic Plan
C) Virginia Plan
D) New Jersey Plan-Consider This: This state was,at the time,one of the largest and most wealthy.
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A) majority-Consider This: Under the Articles of Confederation,states retained most political power,leaving the national government weak.
B) three-fifths
C) two-thirds
D) unanimous
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A) suffrage
B) workplace equality
C) abortion
D) equal pay-Consider This: Many of the women in the suffrage movement did not work.
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A) a single chamber with membership based on a state's population
B) a single chamber with each state receiving equal power
C) a single chamber whose members were appointed by the president
D) two chambers?-Consider This: The Constitution would significantly change the form of the legislature.
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A) one-Consider This: The government established by the Constitution was not the colonies' first attempt at self-government.
B) two
C) three
D) four
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A) stronger state governments
B) a stronger national government
C) stronger protections of individual liberties-Consider This: The Anti-Federalists were concerned that the Constitution did not do enough to protect individual liberties.
D) shorter terms of office
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A) The national government was too strong compared to the states.
B) Amendments were too easy to ratify.
C) Congress imposed excessive taxes.-Consider This: Under the Articles,each state was largely independent and could generally establish their own policies.
D) Congress lacked the authority to regulate commerce.
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A) southern states were more powerful than northern states
B) the wealthy took power away from the lower classes-Consider This: Before the war wealthy Americans held more seats in state assemblies,but that shifted after the war.
C) people with moderate income held more seats in state legislatures than the wealthy
D) lawyers had more political power than farmers
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A) republic
B) monarchy
C) theocracy
D) oligarchy-Consider This: This form of government is considered to be more workable than one where citizens make all of decisions directly.
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A) the First Continental Congress
B) the Second Continental Congress
C) the Committees of Correspondence
D) the Constitutional Convention-Consider This: The Constitutional Convention would meet some years later in order to consider changes to the Articles of Confederation.
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A) The delegates spent more of their time trying to figure out how to revise the Articles of Confederation.-Consider This: By the time the delegates met at the Constitutional Convention,dissatisfaction with the Articles was widespread.
B) Many of the delegates were economic elites.
C) The Convention was free of significant disagreement.
D) The Convention lasted only one week.
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A) weights and measures
B) checks and balances
C) oversight and influence
D) privileges and immunities-Consider This: This feature is designed to prevent tyranny but also tends to protect the status quo and creates the potential for gridlock.
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A) King Caucus-Consider This: This institution gives greater relative weight to smaller states.
B) People's Plebiscite
C) electoral college
D) direct popular election
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A) taxes
B) a military draft-Consider This: One instance of the colonists' rebellion was the Boston Tea Party.
C) curfews
D) religious laws
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A) by a majority of voting-age citizens-Consider This: A national convention could propose constitutional amendments,but requests from two-thirds of the states are needed to convene the convention.
B) by a majority of state governors
C) by a two-thirds vote in each house of Congress
D) by a two-thirds vote in a special election called for the purpose of voting on the amendment
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A) Common Sense
B) Revolution
C) Federalist 10-Consider This: This pamphlet,written by Thomas Paine,encouraged the colonists to separate from Britain.
D) Our American Cousin
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A) structure and detail
B) attention to civil liberties
C) national supremacy-Consider This: The cartoon doesn't indicate whether the national or state government is more powerful.
D) adaptability
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A) the Declaration of Independence
B) The Federalist Papers
C) Common Sense-Consider This: These 85 essays,largely written by James Madison and Alexander Hamilton,provide a spirited and detailed defense of the Constitution.
D) Two Treatises on Government
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A) judicial interpretation
B) national referendum-Consider This: A national referendum would not be legal under the Constitution.
C) congressional inaction
D) natural law
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