Constitution Quiz

In 1787 the United States was at a crossroads. Farmers in western Massachusetts had rebelled the year before over property taxes. The state struggled to end the rebellion. Events such as this one contributed to the decision to --

• Sign the Treaty of Paris

• Repeal the Intolerable Acts

• Restructure the federal government

• Declare an embargo on imported goods

Why were southern delegates to Constitutional Conventional willing to accept the Three-Fifths Compromise?

• It allowed indentured servants in the South to become citizens.

• It decreased the federal tax on property in the South.

• It increased the political influence of the South.

• It allowed the South to expand its industrial output.

Which of the following should replace the questions mark in this diagram?

• Direct democracy

• Checks and balances

• Great Compromise

• Missouri Compromise

Why was it difficult for Congress to fulfill its duties under the Articles of Confederation?

• Any congressional action required executive approval.

• Congress lacked the power to declare war.

• Most congressional decisions required the approval of at least nine states.

• Congress lacked the power to regulate foreign trade

Strengths

Ability to declare war

Ability to make treaties

Authority to operate post offices

Which document would be the focus of this presentation?

• The Mayflower Compact

• The Constitution

• The Articles of Confederation

• The Declaration of Independence

All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States....

-- U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 1

The provision is a response to which grievance from the Declaration of Independence?

• "For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitary government.."

• "He has called together legislature bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their public Records."

• For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.."

• "He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for their purpose obstructing the Laws of Naturalization of Foreigners/"

Which principle of U.S. government is illustrated in the sequence shown above?

• Judicial review

• Federalism

• Checks and Balances

• Popular sovereignty

Life

Liberty

Pursuit of happiness

This list includes rights that are considered---

• Transferable

• Legislated

• Unalienable

• Inherited

Which of these is a grievance from the Declaration of Independence?

• Colonists born in America were prohibited from holding elected office.

• Colonists were not eligible to become officers in the British army.

• Colonists were forced to quarter troops in their homes.

• Colonists were required to serve a year in their colony's militia,

Passing laws to aid a religious institution

Requiring individuals to attend religious services

Punishing individuals for their religious beliefs

Levying taxes to support religious institutions

• The Second Amendment

• The Fifth Amendment

• The First Amendment

• The Tenth Amendment