U.S. Constitution and Government Quiz

The word meaning “one house” or one chamber

• Unicameral

• Bicameral

• Congress

• Senate

The name of the meeting held in Philadelphia where the U.S. Constitution was written

• Constitutional Convention

• Federalist Papers

• Northwest Ordinance

• Shays Rebellion

The type of states that favored the Virginia Plan

• Large states

• Small states

• Federalists

• Anti-Federalists

The agreement that created Congress

• The Great Compromise

• Three-fifths Compromise

• Northwest Ordinance

• The Senate and the House of Representatives

The main job of Congress

• Make laws

• Enforce laws

• Interpret laws

• Amend laws

The group who supported the Constitution

• Federalists

• Anti-Federalists

• Congress

• Senate

The reason the Anti-Federalists refused to ratify the Constitution

• It lacked a Bill of Rights

• It had too much power to the states

• It had no executive branch

• It had no judicial branch

The introduction to the Constitution

• The Preamble

• The Bill of Rights

• The Articles of Confederation

• The Great Compromise

The branch of government that interprets the laws

• The Judicial Branch

• The Executive Branch

• The Legislative Branch

• The Supreme Court

The amendment that protects our right to bear arms (own guns)

• First Amendment

• Second Amendment

• Third Amendment

• Fourth Amendment