1st Nine weeks gameday

Which pair of circumstances represents an accurate cause and effect relationship?

• The Repeal of Prohibition led to omens right to vote

• Better paying jobs in Northern factories led to the Great Migration

• Establishment of Jim Crow laws in the south led to the Reconstruction Era

• Supreme Court Decision in Plessy v. Ferguson led to Black Codes.

Which position did Anti-Federalists take during the debates over ratification of the U.S. Constitution?

• a written bill of rights is necessary to ensure individual liberty

• a national system of taxation is necessary to pay the country's debts

• a strong executive branch is needed to negotiate

• a standing army is necessary

Which provision was found in the Northwest Ordinance and was also later included in the U.S. Constitution?

• Prohibition of slavery
• Separation of powers
• Freedom of speech
• Right to bear arms

The Declaration of Independence lists a number of grievances that colonists had with British rule. An excerpt from the Declaration is shown.  "For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:

For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:

For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury" Which ideal of democratic government do the grievances in this excerpt demonstrate? 

• Separation of powers
• Rule of law
• Consent of the governed
• Limited government

One way in which the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution are similar is that both promote the idea of...

• limited government
• equality and justice
• strong central authority
• the consent of the governed.

The Northwest Ordinance was an important document in the founding of the United States. Identity all of the following precedents that were established in the document.

• Establishment of a national bank
• Process for admitting new states,

• provide trial by jury

• Recognition of Native American sovereignty
• establish funding for public education

What do the 4th, 5th, and 6th amendment all have in common?

• They were all proposed by James Madison.
• They all pertain to the rights of individuals accused of crimes.
• They were all added to the Constitution after the original document was ratified.
• provide people accused of crimes certain basic rights

Primary author of the Declaration of Independence?

• George Washington
• Benjamin Franklin
• John Adams
• Thomas Jefferson

What date was the Declaration of Independence?

• July 4, 1775
• August 4, 1776
• July 4, 1776
• June 4, 1776

A quote from the Declaration of Independence: ""We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." Which principle from the Declaration of Independence is the president referring to in his speech?

• All men are not created equal
• Men are not created equal
• unalienable rights

• Only some men are created equal