3rd Quarterly Review Game

Which feature of the Constitution prevents one branch of the national government from becoming too powerful?

• federal supremacy

• electoral college

• checks & balances

• federalism

Which document guarantees freedom of speech, the right to bear arms, and protection from unreasonable search and seizure?

• Federalist Papers

• Bill of Rights

• Declaration of Independence

• Albany Plan of Union

President George Washington set a precedent (example) for all future presidents by

• creating a cabinet of advisors

• campaigning actively for the office

• choosing a friend to be Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

• appointing a career soldier to be Secretary of War

Base your answer to the cartoon and your knowledge of social studies. Which idea below most likely supports the ideas in the cartoon?

• individual liberties

• freedom of speech

• freedom of religion

• separation of powers

America’s first try at government was called?

• The Articles of Confederation

• Bill of Rights

• Declaration Of Independence

• Treaty Of Paris

Why did the Articles of Confederation fail?

• the president was too powerful

• the state governments were too weak

• it had a weak federal (national) government

• It gave the towns too much power

The agreement to count a fraction of the slave population toward a state’s population was called the?

• Three-fifths compromise

• Virginia Plan

• New Jersey Plan

• Missouri Compromise

Which group demanded that a bill of rights be added to the Constitution before they would ratify (approve) it?

• Federalists

• Anti-Federalists

• Federalism

• Whig Party

Creation of a National Bank was a part of ______ financial plan

• Jefferson's

• Washington's

• Adams's

• Hamilton's

This quote is from what important document?

• The United States Constitution

• The Emancipation Proclamation

• Declaration Of Independence

• Article of Confederation