Constitution & Bill of Rights Quiz

Which founding father drafted (wrote) the Bill of Rights? 

• Washington
• Adams
• Jefferson
• Madison

What are the 3 branches of the federal government? 

• Legislative, Executive, Judicial 
• Judiciary, Defense, Executive
• Appropriations, Labor, Education
• Defense, Labor, Commerce

The houses that make up the legislative branch are called what? 

• The Presidency and the Justice
• The House of Representatives and The Senate
• The Assembly and the President
• The Capital and the House of Representatives

How many people are in the Senate?

• 435
• 520
• 50
• 100

What were the Articles of Confederation?

• newspaper articles discussing a new governement
• another term for the Constitution
• America's first attempt at a national government
• the Bill of Rights

What was the Constitutional Convention?

• the first meeting of the Senate and House of Representatives
• the building in which the Constitution is on display
• another term for the Bill of Rights
• a meeting between states to create the Constitution

What are checks and balances?

• tools used for measurement
• forms of money
• documents which are made into law
• a way to make sure no branch of government has too much power

At the Constitutional Convention, there were debates about who should be in the United States government.  Eventually, delgates came to a compromise known as The Great Compromise, whih split the legislative branch into two parts called houses.  This compromise was an agreement between:

• rich and poor states
• large and small states
• slave and free states
• loyalist and patriot states

The first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution are called the-

• Constitution

• Articles of Confederation

• Bill of Rights

• 1st Amendment

Changes made to the Constitution

• liberties

• amendments

• rights

• Bill of Rights