Founding Documents

Founding Documents

Assessment

Passage

Social Studies

10th Grade

Practice Problem

Medium

Created by

Jason Blackiston

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50 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is considered a founding document of the United States?

The Magna Carta

The Declaration of Independence

The Communist Manifesto

The Treaty of Versailles

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The Constitution of the United States was signed in the year _____.

1776

1787

1800

1812

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?

July 4, 1776

July 4, 1786

July 14, 1776

July 14, 1786

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The main purpose of the Declaration of Independence was to explain to the world why the American colonists declared ________ from Great Britain.

War

Independence

Peace

Alliance

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What type of rights does the Declaration of Independence state that people have?

Legal Rights

Natural or "unalienable" Rights

Governmental Rights

Temporary Rights

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Fill in the blank: According to the Declaration of Independence, these rights are "Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of ________".

Wealth

Power

Happiness

Success

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What Enlightenment philosopher's theory was the Declaration of Independence based on?

Thomas Hobbes

John Locke

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Voltaire

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