Week 4 quiz

What document defines the purpose of the U.S. Government?

• Mayflower Compact

• Articles of Confederation

• United States Constitution

• Declaration of Independence

When was the first Indiana Constitution written?

• 1797

• 1816

• 1851

• 1860

True or False: The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 ensured all new states would be equal to all other states.

• True

• False

Match the definition to the document with its purpose:

• Constitution: explains how the government should be run

  Bill of Rights: limits governmental control

  Declaration of Independence: Officially break ties with Great Britain

• Constitution: limits governmental control

  Bill of Rights: Officially break ties with Great Britain

  Declaration of Independence: Explains how the government should be run

• Constitution: Broke ties with Great Britain

  Bill of Rights: Created the laws for the government

  Declaration of Independence: Limited governmental control

• Constitution: Created the laws for the government

  Bill of Rights: Helps run the government

  Declaration of Independence: Tells the people of the government how to run the country

Which document first outlawed enslavement in what is now Indiana?

• Land of Ordinance of 1784

• The Northwest Ordinance, 1787

• The Enabling Act, 1816

• Indiana Constitution, 1816

Why was the Bill of Rights written?

• to guarantee the rights of citizens

• to expand the power of the states

• to allow enslaved people to join the military

• to declare independence from Great Britain

Choose the word or phrases that best completes the sentence: ____________________ is choosing what is good for the most people.

• The common good

• Fairness

• Equality

• The rule of law