The Constitution of the United States Q & A

The Americans had trouble with the Articles of Confederation due to the

• Establishment of a weak central government.

• Provision of strong central authority.

• Efficient tax collection system.

• Clear separation of state and federal powers.

The Articles of Confederation was not a very powerful document. The new document that improved the Articles of Confederation was called:

• The Constitution

• The Treaty of Alliance

• The Federal Act

• The Three-Fifths Compromise

The delegates went to __________ to ratify the Constitution.

• Vermont

• New York

• Philadelphia

• Virginia

Ratification of the Constitution required _________ states to approve it.

• 7

• 8

• 9

• 10

List the 3 Branches of Government that were created.

• Legislative, Executive, Judicial

• Executive, Judicial, Administrative

• Judicial, Legislative, Diplomatic

• Legislative, Executive, Federal

Checks and balances is defined as:

• A system where each branch of government limits the powers of the others.

• A method for balancing school supplies.

• A term used in accounting.

• An outdated form of government.

Amendments are

• changes made to a legal document, such as a constitution

• Signatures on a document

• Copies of the document

• Irrelevant annotations

The Bill of Rights is the

• introduction to the Constitution

• A detailed explanation of the U.S. Constitution.

• A list of U.S. state rights.

• first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution.

The Constitution is:

• a list of rules people can choose to follow

• the supreme law of the land

• not helpful

• a piece of art

Identify the first 3 words of the Constitution.

• We the People

• In the beginning

• Four score and

• One nation under