The US Constitution

The words “United

States of America” is mentioned for the first time in

• the Declaration of Independence

• the Articles of Confederation

• the U.S. Constitution

• the Federalist Papers

All the original states sent delegates to the Constitutional Convention except

• New Hamsphire

• Georgia

• New York

• Rhode Island

Which government proposal was given more weight by the framers to write the U.S. Constitution?

• The Virginia Plan

• The New Jersey Plan

• The Connecticut Plan

• No plan was favored

Which group did not want to approve the new Constitution?

• Federalists
• Anti-Federalists

Which branch of government did the framers of the Constitution to be the strongest?

• Executive (The President)

• Legislative (Congress)

• Judiciary

  (The Courts)

How many times has the U.S. Constitution been amended?

• 10

• 7

• 27

• 17

We elect the President of the U.S. the same way that we elect the members of Congress, by popular vote.

• True

• False

Slavery was not outlawed in the Constitution because ....

• many southern states depended upon it economically

• some framers were slaveholders

• it would have been ratified

• slaves fought for the British King during the war

The Federalists saw the need for a strong,

energetic, and efficient national government that would unify the new

republic as one nation.

• True

• False

​ ​ : an agreement where both sides have given up some of what they may have wanted to accomplish a goal

• compromise
• bicameral
• delegate