The US Constitution

What is the Constitution?

• a document that explains where Americans can travel. 
• a Document that declared our independence from Great Britain
• the document that helps us make money. 
• A document that outlines how our government will be ran. 

The first constitution of the United States was called _____________________--

• Articles of Confederation
• Preamble
• Constitution
• Declaration of Independence

The Virginia Plan advocated for representation in Congress based on what?

• Equally

• By Population

• By Tax Base

• By Slaves

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

What issue was the  3/5 Compromise trying to settle?

• how to pick the number of representatives a state should get
• How should slaves count in state population
• how many judges should be on the Supreme Court

Southern States benefited from the Three-Fifths Compromise because-

• they had very small populations
• they had very large populations
• they had a warm climate
• they had large populations of slaves

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