US Constitution

Multiple Choice

What was the name of the US's first government?

• United Nations

• Confederate States

• Articles of Confederation

• Parliament

Multiple Choice

How many branches did the new government have?

• 1

• 2

• 3

Open Ended

List 3 Powers that the Articles of Confederation have.

Open Ended

List three weaknesses that the Articles of Confederation had.

​Day 2

Multiple Choice

What was the plan for admitting new states to the Union called?

• Albany Plan

• Northwest Ordinance 1787

• Treaty of Paris 1783

Multiple Choice

What plan favored the big states?

• VA Plan

• NJ Plan

• Albany Plan

Multiple Choice

Which plan called for equal representation?

• VA Plan

• NJ Plan

• New York Plan

Multiple Choice

Who was the author of the VA Plan?

• Thomas Jefferson

• James Madison

• William Paterson

Multiple Choice

Which plan was more similar to the Articles of Confederation?

• VA Plan

• NJ Plan

• Ky Plan

​Day 3

​Ratify :

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sign or give formal consent to (a treaty, contract, or agreement), making it officially valid.

​Day 4

Multiple Choice

Create a system that treats everyone fairly.

•  “in order to form a more perfect union”

• “insure domestic tranquility”

• “promote the general welfare”

• “establish justice”

Multiple Choice

Keep the country safe. 

• “establish justice”

• “in order to form a more perfect union”

• “in order to form a more perfect union”

• “provide for the common defense”

Multiple Choice

Make people happy, healthy and prosperous.

•  “provide for the common defense”

• “in order to form a more perfect union”

• “promote the general welfare”

• “secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity”?   

Open Ended

What two principles of government are implied in the first three words of the Constitution?

Multiple Choice

Article I established which branch?

• Executive

• Judicial

• Legislative

Multiple Choice

What article made amendments possible

• III

• IV

• v

• VIi

Multiple Choice

Article II established what?

• Supreme Court

• President

• Congress

Multiple Choice

What branch regulates trade?

• Legislative

• Judicial

• Executive

Multiple Choice

Which Article establishes that the Constitution is the Supreme Law of Land?

• Article III

• Article V

• Article VI

Multiple Choice

What branch will you find the Commander In Chief?

• Judicial

• Executive

• Legislative

Open Ended

Name three powers that Congress has: