The Consitution and Bill of Rights

Prior to the Constitution, to establish government, there was ____

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Articles of Confederation

• The Intolerable Acts

• The Federalist Papers

During the ____ of 1787, Delegates gathered to create the Constitution, establishing a stronger, more central form of government.

• Continental Congress

• Northwest Ordinance

• Constitutional Convention

• U.S. Delegation

During the drafting of the Constitution, some states feared it didn't protect ____

• Freedoms of speech and religion

• The right to vote

• Individual rights

• Both A & B

The Bill of Rights are ____

• Amendments 1-27 of the US Constitution

• Found at the beginning of the US Constitution

• Referring to the Articles of the Constitution

• The First 10 amendments to the US Constitution

The first 3 articles of the Constitution establish the ____

• The Legislative Branch

• The Executive Branch

• The Judicial Branch

• All of the above

Article V of the Constitution outlines the ____

• Supremacy Clause

• The Amendment Process

• The relationship between states and federal gov.

• Electoral College

In order to put forth an Amendment, ____ majority vote of both the House and Senate are required.

• one-fourth

• four-fifths

• two-thirds

• Three-fourths

The fourth amendment ____

• Protects your freedom of religion

• Protects your right to bear arms

• Protects you from excessive bail

• Protects you from unreasonable search and seizure

The tenth amendment ___

• States that powers not delegated to the federal government or prohibited, are reserved to the states

• States that powers are reserved for the federal government and prohibited to the states

• States that the federal government is prohibited from preventing states to have rights

• All of the above

The nineteenth amendment ____

• Grants citizenship to all persons born in the US

• Grants citizens the right to an attorney

• Grants women the right to vote

• is known as the civil rights amendment