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WorksheetsMr. E 3a Consitution
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
What took place in 1787?
We decided to restructure our government and make it stronger by creating the US Constitution.
Shays rebellion and we wept over having a weak government.
George Washington was elected President and told everybody to do better.
Nothing, nothing of any importance happened in this year.
These people were against ratifying the Constitution because they thought it made the central government too powerful and didn't protect people's rights.
Federalists
Anti-Federalists
Democrats
Republicans
Which group of people liked the Constitution and wanted to ratify it without making any changes?
Federalists
Anti-Federalists
Democrats
Republicans
Which side said: "This Constitution lacks a Bill of Rights! We cannot approve a government in which our freedoms of speech and of religion are not guaranteed!"
Federalist
Anti-Federalist
Which side said: "You should not worry about the government becoming too powerful under the new Constitution. Checks and balances will make sure no branch of government becomes all powerful."
Federalist
Anti-Federalist
Which side said: "This new Constitution gives the national government the power to create an army, which will help protect us against things like Shays' Rebellion or an invasion by Great Britain."
Federalist
Anti-Federalist
Which side said: "This new Constitution takes away too many of the powers of the states and grants them to the central government...it shall become a dictatorship before too long!"
Federalist
Anti-Federalist
These were the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution, and they were only added because the Anti-Federalists demanded a guarantee of individual rights in the Constitution.
Bill of Rights
List of Privileges
Statement of Protections
Guarantee of Freedoms
With which of the following arguments would the authors of The Federalist Papers most likely have agreed?
A bill of rights should be included in the Constitution before it is ratified.
Having a strong central government will make the country more stable and prosperous.
The Three-Fifths Compromise will result in fair and equal representation.
Universal suffrage should be constitutionally guaranteed.
In the debate over the ratification of the U.S. Constitution, which point about the government under the Articles of Confederation would have been made by a Federalist?
“The existing national government lacks the ability to add new states to the union.”
“The states are in danger of losing the ability to raise revenue.”
“The existing national government lacks the power to perform essential functions.”
“We need to add a Bill of Rights to the Constitution before I will agree to ratify it.”
The Northwest Ordinance provided a pathway for territories to apply for
statehood and the same rights as the previous 13 colonies
federal funding
infrastructure grants
Rebellion of farmers in Massachusetts, protesting state governments’ seizure of farm lands to pay farmers’ debts. It highlighted need for a stronger central government
American Revolution
Shays' Rebellion
Protests of Farmers
Massachusetts Convention
How many people were needed for a territory to write a Constitution and become a state?
100
1738
60,000
10,000
These states were added by what new policy?
Constitution
Articles of Confederation
Declaration of Independence
North West Ordinance
