Constitution Overview

Constitution Overview

8th Grade

46 Qs

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Constitution Overview

Constitution Overview

Assessment

Quiz

History

8th Grade

Medium

CCSS
RI.4.5, RI.3.5, RI.5.5

+2

Standards-aligned

Created by

David Newhouse

Used 5+ times

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46 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

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

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

What is the name of the first Constitution?
Articles of Confederation
Articles of Incorporation
The Federalist Papers
The Great Constitution 

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which group of people wanted the Constitution to include a Bill of Rights?
Federalists
Anti-federalists
Democrats
Northerners

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

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.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

James Madison was a federalist who wanted a federal constitution. 
True
False

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is NOT a branch of the government?
Legislative
Judicial
Executive
Constitutional

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which one of the following is not a guaranteed freedom found in the First Amendment?
Right to own a gun
Right to freedom of Speech
Right to  petition the government
Right to assemble peacefully

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