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Annapolis Convention: Remedy for Confederation Weaknesses

Learn about the most important accomplishment of the Annapolis Convention - calling a new convention to address the weaknesses of the Confederation. Discover the key figures and debates that shaped the Constitution.

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Annapolis Convention: Remedy for Confederation Weaknesses

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  1. US History Chapter 7 quiz 2

  2. What was the most important accomplishment of the Annapolis Convention? • Settling trade disputes between Maryland and Virginia • Attracting representatives from all thirteen colonies • Settling the issue of tariffs on exports • Calling a new convention to remedy the weaknesses of the Confederation

  3. Calling a new convention to remedy the weaknesses of the Confederation

  4. Whose idea provided much of the framework for the Constitution? • James Madison • Alexander Hamilton • John Jay • Patrick Henry

  5. James Madison

  6. Which of the following issues did not require major debate in the Constitutional Convention? • Representation in Congress • Power of the executive • Slavery • Trade

  7. Power of the executive

  8. Which state refused to participate in the Constitutional Convention and was the last of the original colonies to ratify the Constitution? • Virginia • New York • Rhode Island • North Carolina

  9. Rhode Island

  10. What bicameral plan did the large states support at the Constitutional Convention? • New Jersey Plan • Connecticut Plan • Virginia Plan • Three-Fifths Compromise

  11. Virginia Plan

  12. What unicameral plan did the small states support at the Constitutional Convention? • New Jersey Plan • Connecticut Plan • Virginia Plan • Three Fifths Compromise

  13. New Jersey Plan

  14. What Christian statesman presented the compromise that broke the deadlock over representation in the Constitution? • James Madison • George Washington • Roger Sherman • Patrick Henry

  15. Roger Sherman

  16. What region was most concerned about granting the federal government control over trade? • East • Northwest • Middle States • South

  17. South

  18. Which of the following was not a provision of the trade agreement reached by the Constitutional Convention? • Slavery would be banned in twenty years • Congress had power over foreign trade • Congress had power over interstate commerce • Congress could not impose export taxes on states

  19. Slavery would be banned in twenty years

  20. Which of the following principles was not included in the Constitution • Limited government • Divine sovereignty • Separation of powers • Checks and balances

  21. Divine sovereignty

  22. In the original Constitution, who was elected directly by the people? • The president of the United States • Federal judges • Members of the Senate • Members of the House of Representatives

  23. Members of the House of Representatives

  24. What do we call the introduction to the Constitution? ____________

  25. Preamble

  26. What constitutional principle supports the division of power between national and state levels of government? __________________

  27. Federalism

  28. A) Bicameral • B) Checks and balances • C) Federalism • D) Limited government • E) Popular sovereignty • F) Separation of powers • G) Unicameral • ___ a two-house Congress

  29. A) Bicameral

  30. A) Bicameral • B) Checks and balances • C) Federalism • D) Limited government • E) Popular sovereignty • F) Separation of powers • G) Unicameral • ___ a one-house Congress

  31. Unicameral

  32. A) Bicameral • B) Checks and balances • C) Federalism • D) Limited government • E) Popular sovereignty • F) Separation of powers • G) Unicameral • ___ official restrictions on the power of a government

  33. D) Limited government

  34. A) Bicameral • B) Checks and balances • C) Federalism • D) Limited government • E) Popular sovereignty • F) Separation of powers • G) Unicameral • ___ the division of the government into branches

  35. F) Separation of powers

  36. A) Bicameral • B) Checks and balances • C) Federalism • D) Limited government • E) Popular sovereignty • F) Separation of powers • G) Unicameral • ___ a balance of power between the different branches of government

  37. B) Checks and balances

  38. A) Bicameral • B) Checks and balances • C) Federalism • D) Limited government • E) Popular sovereignty • F) Separation of powers • G) Unicameral • ___ the division of power between national and state levels of government

  39. C) Federalism

  40. A) Bicameral • B) Checks and balances • C) Federalism • D) Limited government • E) Popular sovereignty • F) Separation of powers • G) Unicameral • ___ the belief that the ultimate source of governmental power is vested in the people

  41. E) Popular sovereignty

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