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WorksheetsCreating a New Government
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 22mins
What power does the President have over Congress?
He can veto a bill.
He chooses judges
He must approve judges.
He can declare actions of Congress unconstitutional.
What power does the Supreme Court have over the President?
The Supreme Court can veto a bill.
The Supreme Court can appoint judges.
The Supreme Court can override a veto.
The Supreme Court can declare actions unconstitutional.
What power does Congress have over the President?
Congress can override a veto.
Congress can choose a judge.
Congress can declare a law unconstitutional.
Congress can declare the president's actions unconstitutional.
A strength of Congress is that they can declare war.
True
False
A weakness of Congress is that they can raise an army.
True
False
The Articles of Confederation gave states...
total power over the national government.
the same power as the national government.
less power than the national government.
more power than the national government.
Some problems under the Articles of Confederation were that states...
printed their own money and taxed each other.
taxed each other and went to war against England and France.
printed their own money and fought over names.
made their own rules for trade and started the Civil War.
How was the Constitution different from the Articles of Confederation?
The Constitution provided three branches of government with distinct roles.
A. The Articles had no firm rules for trade, money, armed forces, and taxing states.
A. The Constitution was designed to be amended and the Articles were not.
All of the above.
What is the main duty of the judicial branch?
to enforce the laws
to interpret the laws
to make the laws
to appoint judges to the courts
Which of these helps to keep one branch of the government from gaining more power than the other two branches?
The electoral college
The Preamble to the Constitution
The system of Checks and Balances
The Three-Fifths Compromise
Which of the following is a responsibility of all the U.S. citizens?
to serve a four-year term in the military
to join the police
to pay taxes
to run for mayor
The President of the United States disagrees with a law passed by Congress, he or she can ______________ this law.
veto
adopt
ratify
sign
What is one of the main duties of the national government?
It protects our rights.
It makes sure we all have jobs.
It gives everyone free healthcare.
It gives everyone a free college education.
What was one way the government tried to raise money after the Revolutionary War?
They captured American Indian tribes and forced them to pay for debt of the war.
They asked for land from the states to sell to new settlers.
They took control of all of the land belonging to the states.
They forced American Indian tribes to buy the land back from the settlers.
What were the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
The national government couldn’t collect taxes.
It only had one branch of government.
It couldn’t standardize the value of money.
All of the above.
This Revolutionary War solider-turned-farmer led a rebellion against the government in 1786-1787.
Baron von Steuben
Daniel Shay
Benedict Arnold
James Dean
This is the name given to a series of protests in 1786 and 1787 by American farmers against state and local enforcement of tax collections and judgements for debt. The rebellion was most serious in Massachusetts.
Springfield Attack
Armory Attack
Shay’s Rebellion
Government Rebellion
What did Shay’s Rebellion prompt the government to do?
Write the Constitution.
Make a new Articles of Confederation.
Kick Massachusetts out of the Union.
All of the above
What did Shay’s Rebellion mainly prove to America?
That farmers were weak.
The Massachusetts militia was strong.
The American army needed more training.
The Articles of Confederation was too weak because there wasn’t an army.
The people who lived in what is knowns as upper East Tennessee originally formed a state called…
Nashville
North Carolina
Kentucky
Franklin
What was the original purpose of the Constitutional Convention?
To make changes to the Articles of Confederation
To create a bill of rights
To declare independence from Great Britain
To create an entirely new governing document for the new nation.
The “Father of the Constitution” was _____________________.
Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
James Madison
The Three-Fifths Compromise that was reached by the Constitutional Convention involved the…
amount of power that was to be given to the national government.
counting of slaved for the purposes of representation.
number of British citizens allowed to love in the United States.
number of houses Congress wanted to created.
One reason the U.S. Constitution was written was to...
make states more powerful.
set up a single currency.
elect federal judges.
lower tax rates.
Which of these was created by the United States Constitution?
the federal court system
local schools
local governments
a national bank
The first 10 amendments to the Constitution are known as …
the Preamble.
the Articles of Confederation.
the Declaration of Independence.
the Bill of Rights.
What is the main duty of the legislative branch?
To inforce the laws.
To interpret the laws.
To make the laws.
To appoint judges to the courts.
What is the main duty of the executive branch?
To enforce the laws.
To interpret the laws.
To make the laws.
To appoint judges to the courts.
The U.S. Constitution was written to…
set up a single currency.
create a federal court system.
let people choose their leaders by voting.
all the above
_________________ and _________________ were the two people mainly involved in writing the constitution.
George Washington and Daniel Shay
James Madison and Daniel Shay
John Adams and George Washington
George Washington and James Madison
