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Constitution Review Quiz

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When were the Articles of Confederation Ratified?

a)

March 1st 1781

b)

November 15th 1777

c)

November 15th 1781

d)

March 1st 1777

2.

Who were the Federalist Papers written by?

a)

John Jay

b)

John Adams

c)

Alexander Hamilton

d)

Abraham Lincoln

e)

James Madison

3.

When was the Constitution ratified?

a)

June 15th 1788

b)

March 1st 1777

c)

June 21st 1788

d)

March 15th 1777

4.

We the people of the United States, in order to provide a more perfect union... what is NOT part of the Preamble?

a)

ensure peace

b)

establish justice

c)

promote domestic tranqulity

d)

promote the general welfare

e)

provide for the common defense

5.

The first Amendment includes...

a)

Freedom of speech/press

b)

Freedom of religion

c)

Freedom of bearing arms

d)

Freedom of assembly

e)

Freedom to petition the government

6.

The Constitution is revised from The Articles of Confederation...

a)

True

b)

False

7.

What were the events of Shays Rebellion?

a)

Farmers rose up against the government

b)

Farmers rose up against tax collectors

c)

Farmers rose up and closed the courts

d)

Farmers gave up because courts were foreclosing their farms

8.

The number of Electoral College is...

a)

532

b)

536

c)

583

d)

538

e)

523

9.

Virginia Plan calls for two-house legislature with representation in both proportional to a states population.

a)

False

b)

True

10.

Federalism is the Idea...

a)

that governmental authority rests in national government

b)

that governmental authority rests in national and the state's government

c)

that governmental authority rests in state's government