Unit 3: Writing the Constitution

Which combination best completes this table?

• Number of representatives equal from each state; Number in both houses based on population

• Number in both houses based on population; Number of representatives equal from each state

• Number in both houses based on population; Number in both houses based on population

• Number of representatives equal from each state; Number of representatives equal from each state

The Three-Fifths Compromise dealt with-

• how Congress would levy tariffs

• how exports would be taxed

• how the slave population was counted

• when the slave trade would be banned

The Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution states that “excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishment inflicted.” These ideas are also found in which of these historic documents?

• Mayflower Compact

• Federalist Paper No. 10

• English Bill of Rights

• Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom

Which of the following best completes the chart above?

• First Amendment

• Second Amendment

• Third Amendment

• Fourth Amendment

This excerpt from the Constitution reflects which of the following principles?

• Limited Government

• Popular Sovereignty

• Checks and Balances

• Individual Rights

Which of the following best describes Madison’s argument?

• The federal and state legislatures will work together on issues that are important to the country.

• The federal legislature will handle issues that affect the whole country; state legislatures will handle local issues.

• The federal legislature will assist the state legislatures in dealing with local issues.

• The state legislatures will attempt to solve issues and pass them to the national legislature if they cannot be solved.

George Mason opposed ratification of the Constitution because--

• he believed that it did not create a strong enough central government

• it did not have a section outlining the rights of the states

• Congress was given the right to pass taxes and duties on goods

• it did not have a section that guaranteed individual rights

The Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Amendments to the Constitution protect-

• the right to form state militias and bear arms

• the rights of religious and political minorities

• the rights of states

• the rights of the accused

All of the events listed occurred during the-

• creation of the U.S. Constitution

• ratification of the Treaty of Paris 1783

• announcement of the Emancipation Proclamation

• organization of Reconstruction in the South

Which of the following should replace the question mark in the diagram?

• Compromise of 1820

• Three-Fifths Compromise

• Great Compromise

• Constitutional Convention