QCA Quarter 2 Review

Which document was created to admit territories as new states, prohibited slavery, and laid the groundwork for westward expansion in the United States?

• Bill of Rights
• Declaration of Independence
• Northwest Ordinance
• U.S. Constitution

Which amendment protects our citizens right to practice religion?

• 4th Amendment
• 8th Amendment
• 9th Amendment
• 1st Amendment

Anti-federalists wanted a Bill of Rights added to the constitution to help protect...

• Individual Rights
• State Rights
• Slavery
• The Articles of Confederation

The Federalists papers were written to persuade people to support the new constitution.

• True
• False

Shay's Rebellion helped prove what point?

• The federal government needed changing
• The states powers were too weak
• The Articles of Confederation were powerful
• George Washington was a great leader.

Which term means "system where the national government shares power with state governments"?

• checks and balances
• republican
• federalism
• popular sovereignty

At the Constitutional Convention, the Great Compromise settled the dispute over

• the issue of slavery
• the presidential veto power
• representation in Congress
• judicial review

The Constitution of the United States was considered an improvement over the Articles of Confederation because the Constitution changed the

• status of slavery
• number of Americans eligible to vote
• civil rights of minorities
• balance of power between national and state governments

George Mason opposed the ratification of the Constitution because he believed 

• It did not give the executive branch enough authority.
• It prevented the legislative branch from having enough senators.
• It did not protect individuals enough from the government.
• He had trouble opening jars, and so invented a new jar named after him that we used today.

This amendment guarantees the freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly and the right to petition government.

• 1st
• 4th
• 9th
• 10th