US Hist Constitution

Who drafted the DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE?

• Constitutional Convention
• Thomas Jefferson
• George Washington
• Executive Branch

A system that allows each branch of a government to amend or veto acts of another branch so as to prevent any one branch from exerting too much power.

• Federalism
• Popular Sovereignty
• Checks and Balances
• Individual Rights

George Mason was an anti Federalist who was AGAINST

• strong national government
• state governments
• Bill of Rights

What issue was the  3/5 Compromise trying to settle?

• how to pick the number of representatives a state should get
• How should slaves count in state population
• how many judges should be on the Supreme Court

Northern states did not want slaves to count in the state population because....

• in all other cases, Southern states treated slaves as property
• Southern states would have more representatives because of the slaves being counted
• all answers are correct

Freedom of speech, press, religion, assembly, and petition.  Which amendment is this?

• 1st
• 2nd
• 3rd
• 4th

Ability to declare war, ability to make treaties, operate post offices.  This list includes

• Weaknesses of the AOC
• Strengths of the AOC

Which is a weakness of the Articles of Confederation?

• Congress couldn't collect taxes
• Weak central government
• Provided for no common currency
• All of the these

The Bill of Rights are included in which document?

• Declaration of Independence
• The U.S. Constitution
• Articles of Confederation
• Treaty of Paris

Guarantees the right for you to have a lawyer for your defense and a jury trial

• 2nd Amendment
• 4th Amendment
• 6th Amendment
• 8th Amendment