Constitution Day 9

___________________ is the idea that the people of a country should be the ones that have the ultimate power, not the government officials.

• Limited government

• popular sovereignty

• republicanism

• federalism

The belief that people should vote for their representatives to rule on their behalf is called __________________________________.

• Limited government

• popular sovereignty

• republicanism

• federalism

The idea that a government should not be all powerful is called______________________________

• Limited government

• popular sovereignty

• republicanism

• federalism

__________________________ is the belief that power should be shared between the federal and state governments.

• Limited government

• popular sovereignty

• republicanism

• federalism

The U.S. Constitution was written in ___________________.

• Preamble

• 1787

• 1791

In _______________________, the Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution.

• Preamble

• 1787

• 1791

The intro to the Constitution is called the ________________________________.

• Preamble

• 1787

• 1791

The ___________________________ led to the American Revolution because the colonists were furious that Boston Harbor was closed, and the right to assemble had been suspended.

• Virginia Plan

• Intolerable Acts

• taxes

• Constitutional Convention

Britain levied (passed) ________________ (duties) on the colonists to generate revenue to pay off their debts from the French and Indian War.

• Virginia Plan

• Intolerable Acts

• taxes

• Constitutional Convention

Shay’s Rebellion led to the ___________________________________ because American citizens were concerned that the federal government was not strong enough to maintain law and order.

• Virginia Plan

• Intolerable Acts

• taxes

• Constitutional Convention