Founding Documents Review

Which of the following documents was written to tell the world why the colonists were no longer interested in being part of Britain

• The Articles of Confederation

• The Constitution

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Northwest Ordinance

Which document set a government that was too weak to effectively govern the United States of America?

• Constitution

• Articles of Confederation

• The Bill of Rights

• The Northwest Ordinance

According to Enlightenment philosophies, what were governments created to protect?

• inalienable rights

• The borders of the nation

• Moral rights

• human rights

Which of the following documents provides the framework for the current, United States government?

• The Declararation of Independence

• The Articles of Confederation

• The Constitution

• The Bill of Rights

What was the Eighteenth-century movement that advocated the use of reason to question the world around them including the political institutions?

• Great Awakening

• Enlightenment

• Rennaisance

• Populist

After the Constitution had been created, some people believed that the delegates had gone too far. Which statement is a reason they did not support the Constitution?

• Representation was not equal enough for each of the states to function.

• The felt that slavery should have been abolished by the new Constitution.

• The felt the US Constitution gave too much power to the federal government.

• The felt the US Constitution gave too much power to the state and local governments.

What was the name of the essays that were published to persuade Americans to ratify the newly written Constitution?

• The Articles of Confederation

• Common Sense

• The Federalist Papers

• The Declaration of Causes

Written into the US Constitution to allow it to write laws necessary and proper for the running of the nation.

• Judicial Supremacy

• Elastic Clause

• Natural Law

• Federalism

This was called to address problems with the United States first national government.

• Constitutional Convention

• Annapolis Convention

• Second Continental Clongress

• The Potsdam Conference

This device was created to allow the US Constitution to be changed so that it can meet unforseen circumstances of a changing society.

• Overriding a veto

• Quid pro quo

• Judicial Review

• Amendment