Constitutional Convention Quiz 2024

Match the following principles of government with their description

• Rule on how citizens elect their leaders

• Republicanism

• 3 branches with specific powers

• federalism

• Local and Central govt. share power

• Individual Rights

• Govt. is not all powerful

• Separation of Powers

• basic freedoms protected by the law

• Limited Government

The Constitutional Compromises expanded the ​ (a)  

• Legislative Branch
• Executive Branch
• Judicial Branch

In 1787 the United States was at a crossroads. Farmers in western Massachusetts had rebelled the year before over property taxes. The state struggled to end the rebellion. Events such as this one contributed to the decision to-

• sign the Treaty of Paris

• repeal the Intolerable Acts

• declare an embargo on imported goods

• restructure the federal governmen t

The Great Compromise addressed the disagreements over federal represenetation by-

• creating a bicameral legislature

• enumerative the powers of the central government

• giving veto power to the executive

• establishing three branches of government

Why did the Constitutional Convention agree to the 3/5ths Compromise?

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

• To settle debates over the issue of abolishing the importation of enslaved people

• To create a government based on the principle of federalism

• To create a government with a bicameral legislature

What powers does the U.S. Constitution give to each branch of government?

Drag the Constitutional power to the correct branch of government.

Groups:

(a) Legislative Branch

,

(b) Executive Branch

,

(c) Judicial Branch

• interprets the laws

• Declares wars

• Makes the laws

• Declares laws unconstitutional

• Enforces the laws

• Commands armed forces

The Constitutional ​ (a)   took place in​ (b)   at Liberty Hall in ​ (c)   . They were tasekd with empowering the​ (d)   after​ (e)  

• Convention
• 1787
• Philadelphia
• federal government
• Shay's Rebellion
• Washington D.C.
• Peace Treaty

Organize these characteristics into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Constitution

,

(b) Articles of Confederation

• 3/5ths Compromise

• Great Compromise

• Weak Federal Govt.

• Northwest Ordinance

• Executive Branch

Reorder the following Historical Documents

• Declaration of

  Independence

• Mayflower Compact

• Articles of Confederation

• Constitution