American Documents Quiz

What is America's first form of government?

• The Constitution

• Article of Clothing

• Article of Confederation

• Magna Carta

What document was created at the Constitutional Convention?

• Declaration of Independence

• Magna Carta

• Articles of Confederation

• Constitution

Which was a weakness of the Articles of Confederation?

• No power to tax

• Too strong of a federal government

• Too many taxes

• Strong navy

Which is a weakness of the Articles of Confederation?

• No power to raise an army

• Ability to sleep (Shane)

• Separation of Powers

• Clearly defined leader

How many amendments are there in the Bill of Rights?

• 15

• 27

• 10

• 5

Who was the main author of the D.O.I.

• John Locke

• John Adams

• Ben Franklin

• Thomas Jefferson

What was the main purpose of the Declaration of Independence?

• To explain and justify why the colonists wanted to declare independence from Great Britain

• To create a movement of ideas and to apply reason

• Created generalizations about a group in which a defined set of characteristics is assigned to that group

• Imposed taxes because they did not like Great Britain

Why do some states have more Representatives than

• A state's geographical size

• state population

• when state was founded

• State's Gross Nation product