US Constitution

What year was the Constitutional Convention held?

• 1776
• 1787
• 1803
• 1845

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
• declare an embargo on imported goods
• restructure the federal government

This sequence of events resulted in the adoption of the --

• Articles of Confederation
• Bill of Rights
• Treaty of Paris
• Declaration of Independence

What is the main idea to the Preamble?

• to state the purpose of the Constitution

• to set limits on the authority of the government

• to establish the relationship of the branches of government

• to explain the reasons of the American Revolution

Under the Articles of Confederation, each state's power in Congress was based on

• one vote per state.

• the state's size.

• the state's total population.

• the state's voting population.

"The supreme law of the land"; is:

• the Constitution.

• the Bill of Rights.

• the Articles of Confederacy.

• the Preamble.

The three main branches of the U.S. government are:

• the House of Representatives, Senate, and Supreme Court.

• the president, Senate, and Supreme Court.

• executive, legislative, and judiciary.

• state, local, and federal.

Power rests with the people, and government acts at the

consent of the governed.

• Popular Sovereignty

• Limited Government

• Federalism

• Checks & Balances

Power is restricted, and individuals have rights that cannot be taken away.

• Federalism

• Limited Government

• Checks & Balances

• Judicial Review

A separation of power between the national, state and local

governments.

• Federalism

• Popular Sovereignty

• Limited Government

• Checks & Balances