Constitution in Context Pre-Assessment

Who did the leaders of the US Revolution recruit to win their war against Britain?

• Free Black people

• Native Americans

• White women

• Poor white men

About how many US citizens supported the revolution at the time?

• 1/3

• 100%

• 1/2

• 75%

Who offered freedom to any enslaved Black people who joined the army?

• The Americans

• The British

• The French

• The Dutch

At the time of the US Revolution, about 10% of the free white population...

• Could get elected

• Could vote

• Owned 50% of the wealth

• All of the above

A political revolution in a country...

• Changes the type of government ONLY

• Changes the group in power ONLY

• Changes both the type of government & the group in power

• Changes neither the type of government nor the group in power

A social revolution in a country...

• Changes the type of government ONLY

• Changes the group in power ONLY

• Changes both the type of government & the group in power

• Changes neither the type of government nor the group in power

How does government relate to social classes in any country?

• Government mediates between the different classes

• Government prioritizes the powerless classes

• Government prioritizes the powerful classes

• Government ignores the different classes

After the US Revolution, former soldiers & poor farmers rebelled against their state governments because...

• They hadn't been paid for their years in the army

• They were forced to pay the government's debt to rich people

• They thought the US Revolution should include sharing property with the poor

• All of the above

Federalists like James Madison & Alexander Hamilton believed society was always going to be divided into rich and poor, and that the most important job of government was to...

• Protect the poor from the rich

• Protect the rich from the poor

• Eliminate poverty by giving the poor more opportunity

• Eliminate poverty by giving the poor what they needed to survive

The Sedition Act of 1798 was one example of the US government LEGALLY violating which Constitutional right?

• The right to trial by a jury of your peers

• The right to never be unreasonably searched

• The right to free speech

• The right to bear arms