Unit 1 Test Review

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

What is the significance of the year 1787?

• Declaration of Independence
• U.S. Constitution
• Jamestown
• Mayflower Compact

What did Federalists want?

• A Bill of Rights
• More power to be given to the states
• More protection of individual rights
• A strong, central government

What was the name of the law passed in 1787 that created new states like Ohio and Indiana?

• Land Ordinance
• Northwest Ordinance
• Articles of Confederation
• Treaty of Paris

What is the name for a change or addition to the Constitution?

• Federalism
• Amendment
• Ratification
• Veto

Who has the power to nominate ambassadors, Supreme Court justices, and cabinet members?

• President

• Senate

• House of Representatives

• Congress

The colonists were trying to break free from ___________.

• Ireland

• North America

• Canada

• Great Britain

What did Anti-Federalists want?

• A strong, central government
• A Bill of Rights
• Less power for the states
• To keep the Articles of Confederation

An official statement of complaint over something believed to be unfair or wrong:

• Grievance

• Tyrant

• Issue

• Tax