8th Grade - Constitution/Bill of Rights Quiz

Decide if the quote is in the point of view of a Federalist or Anti-federalist:

"I had rather be a free citizen of the small republic of Massachusetts than an oppressed subject of the great American Empire."

• Federalist

• Anti-federalist

Decide if the quote is in the point of view of a Federalist or Anti-federalist:

"Sir, I agree to this Constitution with all its faults, if they are such; because I think a general Government necessary for us... I doubt too whether any other Convention we can obtain, may be able to make a better Constitution."

• Federalist

• Anti-federalist

In the US, Congress can make laws, but the other two branches can check its power. The president can veto laws and judicial branch can declare laws unconstitutional. This is an example of...

• Popular Sovereignty

• Checks and Balances

• Federalism

• Virginia Plan

In the US, there are three branches of government: the ​ (a)   branch makes laws, the ​ (b)   branch enforces laws, and the judicial branch ​ (c)   laws. This is an example of (d)  

• Judicial Review

• Limited Government

• Popular Sovereignty

• legislative
• executive
• interprets
• Separation of Powers
• Supreme Court
• President
• Congress

Who influenced the decision to add the Bill of Rights to the US Constitution?

• Federalists

• Anti-federalists

How did the Federalists and Anti-Federalists "compromise" to ratify (approve) the U.S Constitution?

The central social issue at the time of the Constitution that would eventually separate into the Democrat and Republican parties was...

Who is in the Executive Branch? Select correct answers

(a)  

Who is in the Legislative Branch? Select correct answers

[choose ALL the correct answers]

• The President

• The House of Representatives

• The Senate

• The Supreme Court

The FBI shows up at your house and arrests. You go straight to federal prison for 15 years without ever having a trial or knowing what you were charged with. What Amendment protects you from this?

• 8th Amendment

• 3rd Amendment
• 9th Amendment
• 5th Amendment
• none of these