1 / 4

Foundations of the United States: Key Compromises and Ratification

Explore the pivotal Great Compromise, Three-Fifths Compromise, and Georgia's role in ratifying the U.S. Constitution. Learn about the Articles of Confederation and significant colonial products.

natan
Download Presentation

Foundations of the United States: Key Compromises and Ratification

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. September 24 1. What dispute was settled by the Great Compromise? a. Congress given power to regulate trade b. creation of the executive and judicial branches c. whether or not to allow Congress to prohibit the slave trade d. how states would be represented in Congress 2. The Articles of Confederation a. created a weak union with most of the power belonging to states. b. abolished slave trading in the northern states. c. introduced separation of powers between the three branches of government. d. replaced Georgia’s Rules and Regulations. 3. A constitution is a. government that rests on the will of the people. b. the fundamental plan of operation for a government. c. document that guarantees neither branch of government becomes too powerful. d. the branch of government that makes and enforces the laws.

  2. September 25 1. The Three-Fifths Compromise allowed southern states a. to keep three-fifths of the slaves they owned. b. to count three out of every five slaves toward the state’s total population. c. to be exempt from paying taxes on three-fifths of their slaves. d. to teach only three-fifths of their to read and write. 2. Which Polish nobleman was killed in the siege of Savannah? a. Austin Dabney b. Elijah Clarke c. John Dooly d. Casimir Pulaski 3. Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the U. S. Constitution on a. June 20, 1732 b. February 12, 1733 c. September 17, 1787 d. January 2, 1788

  3. September 26 • Which Georgian cast a critical vote to send the representation issue to a committee? a. Button Gwinnett b. William Houston c. Abraham Baldwin d. William Few 2. Under the Articles of Confederation a. each state had one vote. b. only Congress could coin money. c. most of the power rested with the central government. d. power was divided between the three branches of government.

  4. September 27 • Which of the following were major products produced in Georgia during the colonial period? a. cotton and tobacco b. sugar and wool c. rice and indigo d. cotton and peanuts 2. Which river forms part of the boundary between Georgia and Alabama? a. Chattahoochee b. Flint c. Oconee d. Savannah

More Related