Civics Chapter 2

What is a written plan of government?

• Democracy

• Dictator

• Monarch

• Constitution

The Constitution had to be sent to the states for ___________, or approval.

• sovereignty

• compromise

• ratification

• republic

__________________ is a loose association of states.

• human rights

• confederation

• ratification

• democracy

What year did George Washington become president of the new country?

• 1788

• 1786

• 1789

• 1787

What is the lawmaking body of Great Britain called?

• Democracy

• Monarch

• Dictatorship

• Parliament

People that opposed the new constitution.

• Federalists

• Antifederalists

• government

• Parliament

___________ allows the people of a country to either rule directly or elect officials who act on their behalf

• Monarchy

• Dictatorship

• Democracy

• Theocracy

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

• James Madison

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Jay

• George Washington

Who were supporters of the new constitution?

• Antifederalists

• confederation

• federalists

• republic

What two states did not approve the constitution until after it went into effect?

• Kansas and Oklahoma

• New York and North Carolina

• North Carolina and Rhode Island

• Rhode Island and Maine