#11 Constitution Quiz

Voting for representative is to Republicanism, As people are in charge is to ______________

• Thomas Jefferson

• Marquis de Lafayette

• Popular Sovereignty

• Checks and Balances

Sharing power between federal and state governments it to Federalism, As the President vetoing congress on a bill is to__________

• Thomas Jefferson

• Marquis de Lafayette

• Popular Sovereignty

• Checks and Balances

Spanish general who helped Patriots is to Bernardo de Galvez, As French general who helped Patriots is to______________

• Thomas Jefferson

• Marquis de Lafayette

• Popular Sovereignty

• Checks and Balances

“Common Sense” and “American Crisis” is to Thomas Paine, As the Declaration of Independence is to_______________

• Thomas Jefferson

• Marquis de Lafayette

• Popular Sovereignty

• Checks and Balances

Which of the following is one part of how an amendment can be added to the Constitution?

• 2/3^rd of all citizens in the U.S. vote for the amendment

• 3/4^th of all citizens vote for the amendment

• 2/3^rd of both the House and Senate approve the amendment

• 1/2 of the Senate approves the amendment

Who was known as the Father of the Constitution?

• John Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

• James Madison

• Benjamin Franklin

Why did the Framers of the Constitution provide a means for the Constitution to be altered?

• To ensure the document could change as the needs and issues of society changed

• So that the power of the government could be increased during war time

• To provide a way for a Constitutional Monarchy to become the structure of the government

• Americans needed a way to create a weaker form of government than the one the U.S. Constitution established

The beginning phrase of the Constitution, “We the people”, reflects that -

• The delegates to the Constitutional Convention wrote a new plan of government

• The people of the United States are the people who created the new form of government

• King George III is no longer in charge of America

• Every issue that came up would be voted on by every American citizen

• A

• B

• C

• D

• A

• B

• C

• D