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US Civilisation Session 4 (2024)
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US Civilisation
quiz Session 4
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When were the Articles of Confederation written?
1788
1763
1777
How was the US legislative power organised between 1777 and 1788?
One chamber representing the people of the United States
2 chambers representing the people of the United States
One chamber representing the States
When did the US government decide to change the Articles of Confederation?
1790
1777
1787
Which plan to change the US Constitution would have put in place a bi-cameral legislature with a representation proportional to the US population in both houses?
The Connecticut Compromise
The New Jersey Plan
The Virginia Plan
Which plan was finally adopted for drafting the US Constitution in 1787?
The Connecticut Compromise
The Virginia Plan
The New Jersey Plan
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise?
The Senate will represent three-fifths of the thirteen states.
Three-fifths of the delegates at the Continental Congress will be given more power.
Slaves will be counted as three-fifths of a person in the counting of the US population.
What was the name given to the two diverging groups in the drafting of the US Consitution?
The Democrats and the Republicans
The Consitutionalists and the Anti-Constitutionalists
The Federalists and the Anti-Federalists
What was the main reason for the Anti-Federalists to refuse to ratify the new US Consitution?
Too much power was given to the States governments.
It did not give women the right to vote.
There was no bill of rights.
Which form of government did Montesquieu, Hobbes and Locke advocate in their philosophical works which inspired the new American Constitution?
A one-house legislative power
The right to vote given to all Americans
The separation of powers
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What is the name given to the US government system in which each form of power can control each other?
Power-against-power system
Absolute Monarchist system
Check-and-balance system
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