We the People: Founding Documents

What issues in the Articles of the Confederation led to writing of the Constitution?

• The Articles of Confederation created a powerful central government.

• Congress had little power and there were no courts.

• The Articles of Confederation created a league of friendships.

• The president was all-powerful, just like the king.

What are the three branches of government?

• judicial, presidential, and executive

• executive, judicial, and legislative

• legislative, congressional, and judicial

• presidential, congressional, and judicial

Who do the words, "We the people," refer to in the Constitution?

• the president and Congress

• the delegates at the Constitutional Convention

• James Madison and the other framers of the Constitution

• the citizens of the United States

What is the relationship between the Constitution and the Bill of Rights?

• The Bill of Rights lists rights the Constitution does not have.

• The Constitution was written after the Bill of Rights.

• The Bill of Rights was supposed to replace the Constitution.

• There is no relationship between the two.

Why did the framers provide information about how to change the Constitution?

• They knew change would be necessary later.

• They knew that it was not a very good document.

• They thought the Constitution was perfect.

• The Articles of Confederation had a good system for change.

According to the Declaration of Independence, the main job of a government is to _________.

• make taxes and collect money

• elect a president every four years

• wage war against enemies

• protect people's basic rights