Topic 2: A Constitution for the US Vocab Quiz

What is the first American constitution, passed in 1777, which created a loose alliance of 13 independent states?

• Articles of Confederation

• Federalist Papers

• Constitutional Convention

• English Bill of Rights

What is the list of freedoms that the government promises to protect?

• Bill of Rights

• Federalist Papers

• Magna Carta

• Great Compromise

What are proposed laws called?

• Statutes

• Bills

• Amendments

• Dictatorship

What is the willingness to work for the good of the nation or community even at great sacrifice?

• Ethical

• Civic virtue

• Patriotism

• Popular Sovereignty

What is the economic system in which private businesses compete freely with little government control?

• Free enterprise

• Privatize

• Civilian

• Depression

What is the meeting of state delegates in 1787 in Philadelphia, PA called to revise the Articles of Confederation?

• Constitutional Convention

• Great Compromise

• Shay's Rebellion

• Northwest Ordinance

What is the responsibility of every citizen to serve on a jury when called?

• Jury duty

• Legal obligation

• Civilian duty

• Citizen responsibility

What is the feeling of love and devotion toward one's country?

• Patriotism

• Liberty

• Legacy

• Civic virtue

What is the government in which citizens rule through elected representatives?

• Dictatorship

• Democracy

• Republic

• Monarchy

What is the law passed by Congress in 1787 that specified how western lands would be governed and it guaranteed basic rights to settlers and outlawed slavery?

• New Jersey Plan

• Virginia Plan

• Three-Fifths Compromise

• Northwest Ordinance