Constitution

Which branch makes the laws?

• Executive
• Judicial
• Appellate
• Legislative

What is the name for a change or addition to the Constitution?

• Federalism
• Amendment
• Ratification
• Veto

Freedom of speech, press, religion, assembly, and petition.  Which amendment is this?

• 1st
• 2nd
• 3rd
• 4th

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

"Right to bear arms" (Gun rights)

• 1st
• 2nd
• 3rd
• 4th

Thomas Jefferson’s reference to the natural rights of “Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness” in the Declaration of Independence was clearly inspired by the ideas of

• Julius Caesar

• Benjamin Franklin

• Baron de Montesquieu

• John Locke

The Magna Carta is important for establishing which of the following?

• the principle of limited government

• the scientific discoveries of the Enlightenment

• the Virginia Company

• an agreement for governing the colony of Plymouth

Why did the delegates at the Constitutional Convention decide to abandon the Articles of Confederation?

• In hopes that they could return to Great Britain as colonies.

• To create a strong central government in their new nation.

• The delegates wanted to create a monarchy.

• They were looking to become part of the French Empire.

Why was the national government under the Constitution stronger than the national government under the Articles of Confederation?

• It had an executive branch (President)

• The supremacy clause made state laws the highest in the land.

• It did not have the power to tax the people.

• State governments had been dissolved.

Which of the following decided how slaves would be counted into the figuring a state’s population?

• The Virginia Plan

• Three-fifths Compromise

• The New Jersey Plan

• The Great Compromise

Division of Government between the National and state governments

• Unicameral

• Bicameral

• Federalism

• Separation of Powers