US Constitution

What amendment give the people freedom from unwarranted searches and seizures?

• 8th Amendment
• 10th Amendment
• 3rd Amendment
• 4th Amendment

What amendment gives people the right to NOT quarter soldiers in their homes?

• 4th Amendment
• 3rd Amendment
• 6th Amendment
• 8th Amendment

What amendment gives people the right to a speedy trial and to a lawyer?

• 4th Amendment
• 5th Amendment
• 6th Amendment
• 7th Amendment

What amendment has the right to bear arms?

• 2nd Amendment
• 3rd Amendment
• 4th Amendment
• 5th Amendment

What amendment provides people with the right to No excessive bail and No cruel or Unusual Punishment?

• 7th Amendment
• 8th Amendment
• 9th Amendment
• 10th Amendment

The first ten Amendments are called the

• Constitution Day
• Senators 
• Bill of Rights

How many colonies/states were there when the United States became an independent country?

• 13
• 19
• 43

The Great Compromise settled the dispute over 

• The Presidential veto power
• The issue of slavery
• Representation in Congress
• Judicial Review

One strength of the Articles of Confederation, was

• Congress could collect taxes
• Congress could declare war
• Congress had more power than the states
• Congress could control interstate trade

What event caused colonists to want a stronger government?

• The Intolerable Acts
• Shay's Rebellion
• The Northwest Ordinance
• The Townshend Acts