Unit 4 Writing the Constitution

The Three-Fifths Compromise dealt with-

• how Congress would levy tariffs

• how exports would be taxed

• how the slave population was counted

• when the slave trade would be banned

Which of the following best completes the chart above?

• First Amendment

• Second Amendment

• Third Amendment

• Fourth Amendment

George Mason opposed ratification of the Constitution because--

• he believed that it did not create a strong enough central government

• it did not have a section outlining the rights of the states

• Congress was given the right to pass taxes and duties on goods

• it did not have a section that guaranteed individual rights

Which of the following should replace the question mark in the diagram?

• Compromise of 1820

• Three-Fifths Compromise

• Great Compromise

• Constitutional Convention

Which of the following best explains how the U.S. Constitution best reflects the principle of federalism?

• The tenth amendment allows for the states and the federal government to share governmental powers.

• The Federalist papers convinced the states and citizens to ratify the new Constitution.

• No soldiers can be quartered in any private residence without the consent of the owner.

• Congress cannot make a law that restricting the establishment or worship or a religion.

---- Gained rights to Self- Government

---- Protected Civil Liberties

---- Outlawed Slavery

---- Provided for Public Education

---- Required 60,000 to apply to become a state.

The above are important provisions outlined in which historical document?

• Virginia Plan

• Declaration of Independence

• New Jersey Plan

• Northwest Ordinance

The purpose of the amending process in the U.S. Constitution was to ---- (8.16A)

• allow the Constitution to adjust for changing times

• balance power between the state and the national government

• prevent any one branch of the government from becoming too powerful

• protect the liberties of individuals from the abuses of government power

Why did the framers of the Constitution create three separate branches of the national government? (8.15D)

• to insure that the legislative branch was bicameral

• to make sure all laws were approved by the Supreme Court

• to make sure that the President was superior to the legislature

• to prevent any one branch of government from gaining too much power.

One event that led to the Constitutional Convention and the writing of the Constitution was --

• American Revolution

• Boston Massacre

• British policy of Mercantilism

• Shay's Rebellion

Which constitutional principle applies to the following quote
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union...... -Preamble of the US Constitution

• Federalism
• Republicanism
• Limited government
• Popular Sovereignty