FA23 Founding Doc's Quiz

Drawing from Enlightenment principles, the Declaration of Independence claimed that people were born with:

• Relation to the King of England
• A promise to hold power
• Certain unalienable rights
• British citizenship

TRUE OR FALSE: Even though some groups were left out of the ideals of the Declaration of Independence, the words used in the document helped those groups challenge norms throughout American History.

• True
• False

In the rough draft of the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson included a part that spoke out against the slave trade. What was the reason it failed to make it into the final draft?

• Jefferson really didn't believe what he wrote
• The section did actually make it into the final draft
• Putting it into the final draft would have not allowed the colonies to be unanimous in their decision
• All of the above

America's FIRST plan for Government was...

• The Declaration of Independence
• The U.S. Constitution
• The Articles of Confederation
• All of the above

A republic is:

• A form of government where people rule through elected representatives
• A form of government where laws are created by religion
• A form of government where a small group of people act as the executive
• A form of government where states have all the power and no national government exists

Which of the following best describes the articles of Confederation

• A government with a strong national government and weak state governments
• A system with no national government and only state governments
• A system with a weak national government and strong state governments
• A system with only a national government and no state governments

The group that supported the ratification of the U.S. Constitution was:

• Consitutionalists
• Anti-Federalists
• Federalists
• Confederationalists

The group that argued the Constitution couldn't be ratified until a Bill of Rights was added?

• Consitutionalists
• Anti-Federalists
• Federalists
• Confederationalists

Which provision was found in the Northwest Ordinance and was also later included in the US Constitution?

• the prohibition of slavery
• the establishment of a national religion
• full voting rights for women
• an income tax on all employed citizens

Which excerpt from the US Constitution supports the right to a trial by jury?

• “In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury”
• “the right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or Abridged by the United States or by any state on the account of sex”
• “The Congress shall have power… to regulate commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian tribes…”
• “the powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people”