Day 3 STAAR® Blitz: Constitution Part I Warm-Up

Agreement that decided how many representatives large and small states would send to Congress

• Anti-Federalist
• Articles of Confederation
• Federalist
• Great Compromise

Supported the Constitution, believed it created a more stable union, Alexander Hamilton and James Madison

• Anti-Federalist
• Articles of Confederation
• Federalist
• Great Compromise

First government, Congress could negotiate treaties and declare war, no executive branch

• Anti-Federalist
• Articles of Confederation
• Federalist
• Great Compromise

Against Constitution, believed it needed a bill of rights, Patrick Henry and George Mason

• Anti-Federalist
• Articles of Confederation
• Federalist
• Great Compromise

Which group would have made these arguments in 1787?

• Free-Soilers
• Anti-Federalists
• Loyalists
• Federalists

Why did the Constitutional Convention agree to the Three-Fifths Compromise?

• To settle debates over the issue of counting the enslaved population for representation
• To settle debates over the issue of abolishing the importation of enslaved people
• To create a government based on the principle of federalism
• To create a government with a bicameral legislature

What amendment states that individuals cannot be tried twice for the same crime or be forced to incriminate themselves?

• Amendment 6

• Amendment 5

• Amendment 8

• Amendment 4

Why did the Framers of the Constitution allow for the document to be amended?

• To give leaders more power if needed

• To change as society changes

• To protect foreign alliances

• To help expand democracy worldwide

The principle of checks and balances protects the government from becoming too powerful by -

• ensuring that elected congressmen are limited to serving for 10 years

• giving certain powers to the state governments

• allowing the citizens to impeach a president that has not upheld the Constitution

• permitting each branch of government to have some power over the other two branches

Freedom from housing troops in your home is to the 3rd Amendment AS freedom from unreasonable search and seizure is to the ___.

• 1st Amendment

• 10th Amendment

• 8th Amendment

• 4th Amendment