The Constitution of the United States (Part I)

What is another meaning for popular sovereignty?

• "Power of the people"
• "Power of the government"
• "Power of the President"
• "Power of the Upper Class"

Which was the group of people that supported the ratification of the new Constitution after the Constitutional Convention?

• Federalists

• Anti-Federalists

• Republicans

• Democrats

The Preamble of the U.S. Constitution introduces everything that is to follow in the Constitution's seven articles and twenty-seven amendments.

• True

• False

Who is known as the "Father of the Constitution"?

• Patrick Henry

• James Madison

• Alexander Hamilton

• John Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

What is Checks and Balances in government?

• Each branch of the government has the power to limit the money or buying power of the other two branches.

• Each branch of the government has the power to limit the actions of the other two branches.

• Each branch of the government has the power to add to the powers of the other two branches.

• Each branch of the government has the power to monitor and loan the money to the other two branches.

What is Federalism?

• Where the federal and state governments share power.

• Where the federal government has all the power.

• Where the federal government has little power.

• Where the federal government can choose to share power.

What does to ratify or ratification mean?

• To fix

• To make

• To approve

• To refuse

What event greatly showed the weakness of the Articles of Confederation?

• Boston Tea Party

• Shay's Rebellion

• The Boston Massacre

• The Bacon Rebellion

In what year was the Constitution written?

• 1787
• 1789
• 1791
• 1793

The purpose of The Federalist Papers was to make an argument for--

• establishing a national bank
• ratifying the US Constitution
• restricting the practice of slavery
• declaring independence from Britain