STAAR SS 1-38

What document was written and ratified in 1787?

• Declaration of Independence
• Constitution
• Mayflower Compact
• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

What battle was the turning point in the American Revolution? It convinced the French to join us.

• Yorktown
• Saratoga
• Lexington
• Antietam

What is the type of economy called in which the colony exists to make money for the mother country?

• Free Enterprise
• Mercantilism
• Socialism
• None

A _______________ government is a system of government where people elect representatives. 

• Representative Government
• Monarchy
• Dictatorship
• None

___________- to approve by vote.

• Void
• Nullify
• Ratify
• Justify

_____________ were people opposed to the Constitution, preferring more power be given to the state governments than to the national government.

• Anti-Federalists
• Federalists
• Democrats
• Republicans

______________ the first ten amendments to the Constitution and detail the protection of individual liberties.

• Fixer Uppers
• Federalist Papers
• Bill of Rights
• Reconstruction Amendments

The ___________ Compromise created two houses of Congress.  One based on population, the other gave equal representation to each state.

• 3/5 
• Great
• Missouri
• 1850

“Congress shall make no law” restricting freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition. Which amendment is this?

• 1st 
• 2nd
• 4th
• 7th

Which amendments are the "due process amendments" and give the rights to remain silent, jury, etc.

• 13, 14, 15
• 4-8
• 9, 10
• 11, 12