STAAR Blitz Warmup Day 2: constitution

Match the following

• Articles of Confederation

• First government, Congress could negotiate treaties and declare war. No executive branch

• Federalists

• Against Constitution, believed it needed a bill of rights, Patrick Henry and George Mason

• Great Compromise

• Supported the Constitution, believed it created a more stable union, Alexander Hamilton and James Madison

• Anti-Federalists

• Agreement that decided how many representatives big states and small states would send to Congress

Which group would have made these arguments in 1787?

• Free-Soilers

• Anti-Federalists

• Loyalists

• Federalists

  Why did the Constitutional Convention agree to the Three-Fifths Compromise? 

• To settle debates over the issue of counting the enslaved population for representation

• To settle debates over abolishing the importation of enslaved people

• To create a government based on the principle of federalism

• To create a government with a bicameral legislature

Match the following

• 1st Amendment

• Freedom from cruel and unusual punishment

• 8th Amendment

• No unreasonable searches or seizure of property

• 10th Amendment

• Rights not given to the federal government are given to the states

• 4th Amendment

• Freedom of religion, assembly, press, petition, speech

 The Founding Fathers believed the principle of federalism to be important to put in the Constitution because - 

• all citizens would be guaranteed the right to vote

• representatives would rule on behalf of the citizens

•  the people would hold the ultimate authority in government

  
  

•  the federal government would share power with the state governments

  
  

 Which historical action was protected by the First Amendment guarantee regarding religion?

• The Nativist Know-Nothing Party attracted more members. 

• Eastern communities forced Mormons to migrate to the West

• City officials worked to reduce the political power of Catholic immigrants. 

• Evangelists led revivals in New England.  

  
  

Which grievance from the Declaration of Independence is addressed by the Sixth Amendment to the U.S.
                Constitution?

• “He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly.”

•   “For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury…”

• “He has obstructed the…Laws for establishing Judiciary powers.” 

• “For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us…”