Constitution review

​ (a)   was an English document, signed by King John in 1215, that made the monarch subject to the law.

​ (b)   was an incident involving Massachusetts farmers that contributed to the call for revising the Articles of Confederation.

The plan for government that prevents any one branch from becoming too powerful is called ​ (c)   .

• Magna Carta

• Shays' Rebellion

• checks and balances

Answer explanation

The Magna Carta was the English document signed by King John in 1215 that made the monarch subject to the law. Shays' Rebellion was an incident involving Massachusetts farmers that led to the call for revising the Articles of Confederation. Checks and balances is the plan for government that prevents any one branch from becoming too powerful.

The agreement that created a two-house legislature with each state having an equal voice in the Senate and membership in the House of Representatives based on state population is called the ​ (a)   .

The term ​ (b)   means that political power and authority belong to the people.

​ (c)   was an American statesmen who served in the Constitutional Convention and became known as the Father of the Constitution because of ihs role in the convention and the document's ratification.

• Great Compromise

• popular sovereignty

• James Madison

Answer explanation

The Great Compromise created a two-house legislature, popular sovereignty means power belongs to the people, and James Madison was a key figure in the Constitutional Convention.

The ​ (a)   prohibits excessive bail and cruel and unusual punishment.

The ​ (b)   includes the right to bear arms.

The ​ (c)   guarantees defendants in criminal trials the right to a speedy and public trial.

• eighth amendment

• second amendment

• sixth amendment

Answer explanation

The eighth amendment prohibits excessive bail and cruel and unusual punishment. The second amendment includes the right to bear arms. The sixth amendment guarantees defendants in criminal trials the right to a speedy and public trial.

Organize these options into the right categories regarding the beliefs of Federalists and Anti-Federalists.

Groups:

(a) Federalist

,

(b) Anti-Federalist

• lead to a loss of state and local control

• adequately protected individual rights

• US needed a strong central government

• balanced many different viewpoints

• gave too much power to the central government

• would not protect personal freedoms

Match the amendments to the rights it protects

• 1

• prohibits excessive bail

• 4

• protects Americans from unreasonable searches and seizures of property

• 8

• protects Americans' right to worship as they choose.

Match the amendments to the rights it protects

• 5

• provides for due process of law

• 3

• guarantees people hold rights other than those listed specifically in the Constitution

• 9

• prohibits the government from quartering soldiers in citizens' homes

Match the following

• makes the laws

  (House of Representatives and the Senate)

• Executive branch

• enforces the laws

  (President, Cabinet, and Vice President)

• Legislative branch

• interprets the laws

  (Supreme Court)

• Judicial branch