United States Constitution Review

The Preamble _________________________.

• states the purpose of the Declaration of Independence

• states the purpose of the Constitution

• concludes the Constitution

• influenced the War for Independence

The man who wrote the Declaration of Independence was ________________.

• James Madison

• James Monroe

• Thomas Jefferson

• Thomas Paine

The war in which the colonies won their independence from England was the ________________________.

• French and Indian War

• Revolutionary War

• Civil War

• Crimean War

Before the adoption of the Constitution, the newly independent states were joined by the ___________________________________

• Articles of Confederation.

• Magna Carta.

• Mayflower Compact.

• Bill of Rights.

The Constuitutional Convention met in the city of _________________________

• Philadelphia.

• New York.

• Boston.

• Trenton.

The Preamble begins with _________________________

• When in the course of human events....

• We the citizen need to form...

• As people of the United States.....

• We the people of the United States...

Which of the following is not included in the Preamble?

• to form a more perfect union

• to promote the pursuit of happiness

• to provide for the common defiense

• to establish justice

The plan of government proposed during the Constitutional Convention that called for a bicameral Congress based on population was the _________________________.

• Florida Plan

• Great Compromise

• New Jersey Plan

• Virginia Plan

The Constitution needed the approval of how many states?

• seven

• nine

• thirteen

• five

Impeachment charges are started by the __________________________.

• president

• House of Representatives

• Supreme Court

• Senate