US Constitution

What three rights does the first amendment of the Constitution grant us?

• Freedom of speech

• Freedom of property

• Freedom of religion

• Freedom of assembly

Select all of the true statements about the Legislative Branch of the Federal government.

• Responsible for making the nation's laws

• Lawmaking body is called Congress

• Contains a House of Representatives

• Contains the Supreme Court Justices

• Contains a Senate

Select the reasons the Articles of Confederation had to be replaced:

• Weak Central Government

• No power to tax

• No power or money to maintain an Army

• No power to regulate commerce or treaties with other nations

Which idea is common to the Magna Carta, the English Bill of Rights, and the Declaration of Independence?

• That violence is justified in the cause of democracy

• That division by social class interferes with natural rights

• That there should be limits on the powers of monarchies

• That all people have the right to elect their own leaders

When a country’s constitution requires the government's powers to be split between different groups of people, it is following the principle of

• Popular sovereignty

• Separation of powers

• Direct democracy

• Federalism

How did the Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution address the question of American Indians?

• It subsidized merchants who traded with American Indians.

• It taxed commerce with American Indian tribes at high foreign rates.

• It authorized the government to regulate commerce with American Indians.

• It forbade commerce with American Indian tribes within the territories.

Parts of the Constitution are called _____.

• articles

• points

A _______ is the type of government where people vote for LEADERS to represent them and vote on the laws.

• democracy

• republic

Which Amendment in the Bill of Rights promises this liberty? Amendment #_____ - Citizens have the right to a fair and speedy criminal trial

• 6

• 7

• 9

• 8

A convention to replace the Articles of Confederation took place in this city:

• New York

• Boston

• Washington D.C.

• Philadelphia