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WorksheetsUnit 1 - Historical Documents (CS 5-9)
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 12mins
What is a grievance?
opinion
fact
complaint
acceptance
If the government did not protect the people's rights, what could they do according to the Social Contract?
Nothing, the government controls everything.
Revolt against the government
Vote in new representatives
Protest in front of the White House
Why can't the government take away your Natural Rights?
You are born with them.
You earned them by working.
It's illegal.
The people are stronger than the government.
All of the following Enlightenment ideas were reflected in the Declaration of Independence except...
natural rights should be protected
the people have the right to revolt if the government is not protecting their rights
all men are created equal.
slavery is evil.
The Northwest Ordinance established a ________________ for governing the United States.
precedent
antecedent
pioneer
subsequent
Slavery was always illegal in the Northwest Territory, true or false?
True
False
All of the following were precedents set by the Northwest Ordinance except....
3-step plan for admitting States to the Union
States were republican in structure
basic rights of citizenship such as trial by jury were established
Schools and education systems were set up
taxation of citizens income
All of the following are serious problems faced by the national government under the Articles of Confederation except...
no separate executive branch
no separate judicial branch
rigid requirements for passing legislation
weak provisions for management of national affairs
free states in the north and slave states in the south
States were disputing over ____________ and _______________ constantly during the time of the Articles of Confederation
land & trade
money & citizenship
laws & voting
courts & farming
What needed to happen in order for the Constitution to take effect?
ratified by 9 of the 13 states
voted on by the the citizens of all states
discussed amongst the founding fathers
edited by Alexander Hamilton
What is the name for the proponents (supporters) of the Constitution
Loyalists
Tories
Federalists
Anti-Federalists
Why did the Federalists believe that a stronger national government was necessary?
To protect the interest of the merchants.
To protect the liberty that the American Revolution created.
To protect the government from being overthrown.
To protect the rich people in society.
What is the name for opponents of the Constitution?
Federalists
Anti-Federalists
Loyalists
Tories
What were the two biggest issues that the Federalists and Anti-Federalists could not agree on? SELECT TWO ANSWERS!
Taxation of the people
Representation in Congress
Protection of individual rights
Voting rights
Which two English sources were used to write the Bill of Rights? SELECT TWO ANSWERS!
Magna Carta
English Bill of Rights
Massachusetts Government Act
Virginia Declaration of Rights
The idea of "trial by jury" came from the English document known as the
Declaration of Rights
English Bill of Rights
Magna Carta
Bill of Rights
Life, liberty, property, and pursuit of happiness are all considered...
truthful rights.
false rights.
earned rights.
unalienable rights.
This colonial document was the first to establish rights for the American colonists.
Magna Carta
Virginia Declaration of Rights
Virginia House of Burgess
Massachusetts Government Act
