Constitution Vocab Quiz

1. The Constitutional Convention was

• A convention to establish a peace treaty with France

• A meeting to elect new ambassadors

• A meeting held to make changes to the US government under the Articles of Confederation

• A meeting to create equal rights for all Americans

Unfair taxes on farmers in Massachusetts led to

• Shays's Rebellion

• Returning to the British system of taxes

• Cancelling the taxes owed to Massachusetts

• Increasing taxes on the rich to make it more fair for the farmers

The papers defending and explaining the Constitution were known as

• The Constitutional Defense

• The Defense Documents

• The Legal Papers

• The Federalist Papers

The Land Ordinance of 1785 established

• A plan for selling land in the Northwest Territory

• Borders of the states in the South

• Laws limiting the amount of land one person can own

• The resettlement of Americans in the Pacific Northwest

The current branches of the US government are

• Monarch, nobility, peasantry

• Executive, legislative, and judicial

• Prime Minister and Parliament

• Galactic Senate, Parliament, and President

The Great Compromise established

• A compromise between Americans and remaining Loyalists within the country

• An agreement between men and women regarding voting rights

• A two-house system of government combining the New Jersey Plan and the Virginia Plan

• Eventual freedom for the African-American slaves in the southern states

The Bill of Rights is

• The first ten amendments of the Constitution

• The rights given only to people in government

• The rights given to the government regarding taxing American citizens

• A document about the rights of American youth