Bill of Rights Quiz

Formal changes to our Constitution are called _________.

• sections

• amendments

• articles

• clauses

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One of the two parts of our Legislative Branch created by the Great Compromise. Representatives for this branch of Congress are granted to states based on population.

• Supreme Court

• Cabinet

• House of Representatives

• Senate

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What is the purpose of the Amendments?

• To allow Congress to control the President
• To let the people know what they need to do to be free
• To allow the government to change over time
• To ensure that one branch of government does not get too powerful

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Who did Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation actually free?

• Only the slaves in the Confederacy (So none of them)

• Only slaves in Western Territories

• Only slaves in the border states

• All of the slaves in the North and South

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Democrats negotiated the removal of troops from the southern states and the end of Reconstruction in the Compromise of 1877. What did Republicans gain from the Compromise of 1877?

• Radical Republicans retained control of Congress.

• Federal aid to the South was controlled by Republicans.

• Republicans received powerful Cabinet positions.

• Republican Rutherford B. Hayes became President.

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As a result of his eloquent ______, Lincoln rebranded the cause of the Civil War away from preserving the union to ending slavery - a turning point in the conflict.

• State of the Union speech

• Sherman's March to the Sea

• The Battle of Antietam

• Gettysburg Address

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Separate branches are empowered to prevent actions by others

• Checks and Balances

• Supremacy Clause

• Delegated power

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A power that is given and granted to the national governement

• Delegated power

• Implied power

• Amendments

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-Very little power was given to the Federal Government
-States had the majority of power
-Federal government could not tax or raise and army
All of these are examples of 

• Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation
• Strengths of the Articles of Confederation
• Weaknesses of the U.S. Constitution
• Strengths of the U.S. Constitution

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What was added to the U.S.Constitution to guarantee that people's individual freedoms would be protected under the law?

• Petition of Right

• Bill of Rights

• Habeas Corpus

• Preamble

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