Constitution Review

What item(s) do Americans call "the supreme law of the land?"

• The Constitution

• Laws passed by Congress

• Treaties

• A. Executive privilege

The Magna Carta established the idea that

• A monarch's power was not absolute

• Monarchs had the right to make arbitrary laws

• Privileged classes were entitled to more rights

• A subject’s rights to a trial by jury was not guaranteed

Before the Constitution could become law, how many States had to ratify it?

• 1

• 11

• 9

• 13

Which feature of the Constitution was accomplished by creating three branches of government, each with its own powers?

• Popular sovereignty

• Checks and balances

• Limited government

• Separation of powers

The question: How should the States be represented in Congress was a question for which compromise? (Compromise between the New Jersey and Virginia Plan)

• The 3/5’s Compromise

• The Connecticut Compromise

• The Constitutional Compromise

• The Commerce/Slave Trade Compromise

The question: How should the enslaved be counted when figuring the population of the States was a question for which compromise?

• The 3/5’s Compromise

• The Connecticut Compromise

• The Constitutional Compromise

• The Commerce/Slave Trade Compromise

What day was the Constitution signed by the delegates to the Constitutional Convention?

• May 5, 1787

• May 31, 1787

• July 4, 1787

• September 17, 1787

Which Plan for the new government called for representation in the legislative branch to be equal from all states?

• Virginia Plan

• Three-Fifths Compromise

• New Jersey Plan

• Connecticut Compromise

Which of the following is MOST directly related to the idea that government should be restricted in what it can do?

• Representative government

• Limited government

• Ordered government

• Colonial government

Which of the following would be accurate when considering the adoption of the United States Constitution?

• Written in 1215, ratified in 1216, became law in 1217

• Written in 1776, ratified in 1777, became law in 1778

• Written in 1976, ratified in 1977, became law in 1978

• Written in 1787, ratified in 1788, became law in 1789