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Units 3 & 4 Review

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How did James Madison want the new government to be set up in the Virginia Plan?

a)

Two branches of government.

b)

Three branches of government. (Legislative, Executive,& Judicial

c)

One branch of government.

d)

No branches of government.

2.

Why did the Proclamation of 1763 anger English colonists?

a)

Limited expansion past the Appalachian Mountains

b)

Allowed the French to make land claims after losing the Revolutionary War.

c)

Limited the movement of Native Americans east of the Mississippi River.

d)

Allowed the colonists to move west of the Mississippi River.

3.

Which act / tax did the British impose on the colonist led to their cry of “No Taxation Without Representation?"

a)

Sugar Act

b)

Tea Act

c)

Townshend Acts

d)

Stamp Act

4.

What war did Britain impose taxes on American colonist, to help pay the expenses?

a)

CivilWar

b)

Revolutionary War

c)

French & Indian War

d)

War of 1812

5.

Who was James Armistead?

a)

African American who spied for the Americans.

b)

Enslaved African who spied for the British.

c)

Fought at the Battle of Long Island.

d)

Helped to fund the Continental Congress during the Revolutionary War.

6.

How did the Framers of the Constitution create the US government to protect both the large and small states in Congress?

a)

Set up a government with three branches of government.

b)

House of Representatives (Representation By Population) Senate (2 Votes per State)

c)

Set up the judicial branch.

d)

Created a system of checks and balances.

7.

Name the French aristocrat who was in command of colonial troops during the Revolutionary War.

a)

Marquis de LaFayette

b)

John Paul Jones

c)

George Mason

d)

Patrick Henry

8.

What do republicanism and popular sovereignty have in common?

a)

Sets up a system of checks and balances.

b)

Adds a Bill of Rights to the US Constitution.

c)

The people choose who their Representatives in government are (who represent them).

d)

Puts limits on government.

9.

Who was the first colonist to give his life for the revolutionary cause? Hint: Boston Massacre

a)

Crispus Attucks

b)

James Madison

c)

John Adams

d)

George Washington

10.

Who wrote “Common Sense”?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

Benjamin Franklin

c)

King George III

d)

Thomas Paine

11.

What did the delegates of the Second Continental Congress write to set up a government separate from England?

a)

US Constitution

b)

Albany Plan of Union

c)

Articles of Confederation

d)

Declaration of Independence

12.

What does the 3rd amendment in the Bill of Rights of the Constitution protect against?

a)

No unreasonable searches or seizures

b)

Quartering of Troops

c)

Nor cruel or unusual punishment

d)

Freedom of expression

13.

In what place did General George Washington train his troops during the winter of 1777-1778?

a)

New York City

b)

Phildelphia

c)

Trenton

d)

Valley Forge

14.

Where were the first shots of the Revolutionary War? (Shot Heard Round The World)

a)

Bunker Hill

b)

Lexington

c)

Saratoga

d)

Yorktown

15.

What important document did the Second Continental Congress write in 1776?

a)

Declaration of Independence

b)

Articles of Confederation

c)

US Constitution

d)

Monroe Doctrine

16.

What document made the newly formed United States independent from British rule?

a)

Declaration of Independence

b)

US Constitution

c)

Albany Plan of Union

d)

Treaty of Paris of 1783

17.

Articles I, II, and III demonstrate which of the following principles of the Constitution?

a)

Checks and balances

b)

Separation of powers

c)

Limited government

d)

Popular Sovereignty

18.

What battle was the turning point of the Revolutionary War?

a)

Lexington and Concord

b)

Yorktown

c)

Saratoga

d)

Bunker Hill

19.

The 10th amendment of the Bill of Rights is an example of which principle of the Constitution?

a)

Limited government

b)

Individual Rights

c)

Separation of Powers

d)

Federalism

20.

What was the main concern the delegates had about the Virginia Plan?

a)

No executive branch

b)

Legislative Branch based on a states population

c)

Federal Courts

d)

No way to set up a militia.

21.

What was the name of the compromise that delegates came up with during the Constitutional Convention, when accounting for slaves when calculating representation in Congress?

a)

Great Compromise

b)

Connecticut Compromise

c)

Kansas-Nebraska Act

d)

3/5 Compromise

22.

Anti-Federalist did not want to ratify the Constitution because they believed that states' _____________ were not being protected.

a)

borders

b)

boundaries

c)

money

d)

rights

23.

The President vetoing a proposed law or bill is an example of ____________.

a)

Checks and Balances

b)

Separation of Powers

c)

Limited Government

d)

Separation of powers

24.

Why did many delegates want to replace the Articles of Confederation?

a)

The AOC was too strong.

b)

It made the government too weak and the states too strong.

c)

The AOC could collect taxes.

d)

The AOC set up a court system to settle disputes between states.

25.

Why did George Mason object to the Constitution?

a)

No Declaration of Rights (Bill of Rights)

b)

James Madison was the "Father of the Constitution.

c)

George Washington was chosen to lead the Constitutional Convention.

d)

Rhode Island refused to send delegates to the Constitutional Convention.

26.

How did the Founding Fathers protect America from having an absolute authority or king?

a)

Set up a system of checks and balances.

b)

Believed in the principle of separation of powers.

c)

Limited the powers of the branches of government.

d)

Setting up a judicial branch.

27.

The Bill of Rights would fall under which of the 7 Principles of the Constitution?

a)

Checks and balances

b)

Separation of Powers

c)

Individual Rights

d)

Republicanism

28.

Anti-Federalist were against _____________.

a)

a strong central government (aka The Constitution)

b)

individual rights

c)

strong state governments

d)

a strong executive branch.