Constitution

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

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

Which of the following is NOT a branch of the government?

• Legislative
• Judicial
• Executive
• Constitutional

The first ten Amendment to the Constitution are called the  _______.

• Bill of Rights
• Preamble
• Articles
• Naturalization

The Constitution replaced the ______ as the governing document of the country.

• Declaration of Independence
• Bill of Rights
• Emancipation Proclamation
• Articles of Confederation

What is the name for a change or addition to the Constitution?

• Federalism
• Amendment
• Ratification
• Veto

The Three-Fifths Compromise help settle the debate over whether to count slaves in the population or not.

• True
• False

The Great Compromise solved the problem of both big and small states wanting representation. 

• True
• False

Which compromise is made up of ideas from the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey plan?

• The Great Compromise
• The three-fifths compromise
• The constitutional compromise
• The big compromise

Which group of people wanted the Constitution to include a Bill of Rights?

• Federalists
• Anti-federalists
• Democrats
• Northerners

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.