Constitution Quiz

A government in which the citizens rule through elected representatives

• Republic

• Confederation

• Federalism

The belief that government should be based on the consent of the people

• Republicanism

• Democratism

• Federalism

A document, adopted by the Second Continental Congress in 1777 and finally approved by the states in 1781, that outlined the form of government of the new United States

• Articles of Confederation

• Great Comprimise

• Constiution

An alliance permitting states or nations to act together on matters of mutual concern

• Confederation

• Federation

• Federalism

Uprising of debt-ridden Massachusetts farmers protesting increased state taxes on 1787

• Shay's Rebellion

• Boston Massacre

• New Jersey Plan

Known as the “Father of the Constitution”

• James Madison

• George Washington

• George Mason

Political leader from Connecticut who suggested the Great Compromise at the Constitutional Convention

• Roger Sherman

• James Madison

• George Washington

The Constitutional Convention’s agreement to establish a two-house national legislature, with all states having equal representation in one house and each state having representation based on its population in the other house

• Great Compromise

• 3/5 Compromise

The Constitutional Convention’s agreement to count three-fifths of a state’s slaves as population for purposes of representation and taxation

• 3/5 Compromise

• Great Compromise

A political system in which a national government and constituent units, such as state government, share power

• Federalism

• Republicanism

• Ratification