Constitution Test (Academic Vocabulary)

The first constitution of the United States was the

• Declaration of Independence

• Articles of Confederation

• Bill of Rights

• South Carolina Compromise

The amendment that allows people to have guns is the ____.

• 1st Amendment

• 2nd Amendment

• 5th Amendment

• 9th Amendment

This was formed in response to the Coercive Acts that Britain imposed on the colonists.

• First Continental Congress

• Second Continental Congress

• South Carolina Compromise of 1808

• Bill of Rights

The first ten amendments(laws) were called ____.

• Articles of Confederation

• Constitutional Compromise

• Bill of Rights

• Electoral College

The document that severed ties with Britain and included the reasons was the ____.

• Articles of Confederation

• Bills of Rights

• Constitutional Convention

• Declaration of Independence

This established America's national government and fundamental laws.

• Articles of Confederation

• Bill of Rights

• Constitution

• Electoral College

A bicameral legislature means we have _____.

• two houses (Congress and Senate)

• most of the power is with the states

• the president has the most power

• nothing

The governing body of the colonies from 1775-1781 was the ____.

• First Continental Congress

• Second Continental Congress

• Constitution

• Articles of Confederation

What does the first amendment guarantee?

• rights of accused criminals

• right to bear arms

• protection from unreasonable searches

• freedom of speech

The _____ elects the president.

• Electoral College

• Senate

• Congress

• Citizens