C963 Pre-assessment Quiz Questions
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Who was responsible for drafting the Bill of Rights and submitting it to Congress?
Patrick Henry
Alexander Hamilton
James Madison
Thomas Jefferson - ✔✔James Madison
Why did colonists oppose being taxed by Great Britain?
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,They did not have elected representatives in the House of Commons.
They had already paid taxes to fund Great Britain's war with France.
They needed the funds for maintaining the colonies.
They were not allowed to import British manufactured goods. - ✔✔They did not have
elected representatives in the House of Commons
What was a major difference between the Articles of Confederation and the
Constitution?
The Articles of Confederation did not provide for a national judiciary.
The Articles of Confederation did not allow states to establish banks.
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,The Articles of Confederation requires states to provide troops for national defense. -
✔✔The Articles of Confederation did not provide for a national judiciary.
Why did the framers design the government under the Articles of Confederation with a
Congress?
They wanted a government funded by the people.
They wanted a government based on the representation of the population.
They wanted a government to have supreme authority instead of a monarch.
They wanted the government to resemble the British Parliament. - ✔✔They wanted a
government based on the representation of the population.
What did the Great Compromise between Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan that
was finalized in the Constitution establish?
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, Authority to tax and regulate trade.
A two-chamber Congress.
National Armed forces.
A national currency. - ✔✔A two-chamber Congress.
What were the results of the three-fifths compromise?
It allowed free states to play taxes on only three-fifths of its foreign imports.
It required slave states to pay taxes on three-fifths of enslaved persons sold
domestically.
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Who was responsible for drafting the Bill of Rights and submitting it to Congress?
Patrick Henry
Alexander Hamilton
James Madison
Thomas Jefferson - ✔✔James Madison
Why did colonists oppose being taxed by Great Britain?
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,They did not have elected representatives in the House of Commons.
They had already paid taxes to fund Great Britain's war with France.
They needed the funds for maintaining the colonies.
They were not allowed to import British manufactured goods. - ✔✔They did not have
elected representatives in the House of Commons
What was a major difference between the Articles of Confederation and the
Constitution?
The Articles of Confederation did not provide for a national judiciary.
The Articles of Confederation did not allow states to establish banks.
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,The Articles of Confederation requires states to provide troops for national defense. -
✔✔The Articles of Confederation did not provide for a national judiciary.
Why did the framers design the government under the Articles of Confederation with a
Congress?
They wanted a government funded by the people.
They wanted a government based on the representation of the population.
They wanted a government to have supreme authority instead of a monarch.
They wanted the government to resemble the British Parliament. - ✔✔They wanted a
government based on the representation of the population.
What did the Great Compromise between Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan that
was finalized in the Constitution establish?
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, Authority to tax and regulate trade.
A two-chamber Congress.
National Armed forces.
A national currency. - ✔✔A two-chamber Congress.
What were the results of the three-fifths compromise?
It allowed free states to play taxes on only three-fifths of its foreign imports.
It required slave states to pay taxes on three-fifths of enslaved persons sold
domestically.
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