WorksheetsConstitutional Era
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What was the first national government?
Constitution
Articles of Confederation
Declaration of Confederation
Articles of Democracy
Why was it difficult to develop a national economy under the Articles of Confederation?
No licenses for businesses
Stamp Act
Boston Tea Party
Provided no common currency or paper money
What is a compromise?
Sharing is caring
Giving someone all of what they want
An agreement in which both sides get part of what they want, but neither side gets all of what they want.
Taking the majority
Which branch enforces the laws?
Judicial
Legislative
General Assembly
Executive
Who authored the "Virginia Plan"?
George W. Bush
James Charles
James Madison
Eleanor Roosevelt
What contradicted the idea that "all men are created equal"?
Slavery
Indentured Servants
Government Taxations
The Bill of Rights
What did the "Virginia Plan" proposed?
All men should receive free enterprise
A new form of tax on churros
Became foundation for the structure of the old government
A federal government of three separate branches
Who was associated with The Virginia Declaration Of Rights?
George Mason
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
Daniel Shays
The Constitution made federal law what?
An opinion rich people should follow
A punishment focused on the lower class
Supreme law of the land
Rules for some of the nation to follow
Who advocated the importance of a strong central government?
Virginians
Anti-Federalists
Conversationalists
Federalists
The first ten amendments of the Constitution are what?
Articles of Confederation
The Bill of Rights
States Rights
The King's Inquiry
Who feared an overly powerful central government?
Anti-Federalists
Christians
Republicans
Federalists
What determines a state's membership in the House of Representative?
Pop Culture
Population
Popularity
Privileges
What outlawed the established church?
The Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
Virginia Declaration of Rights
Virginia Plan
The Supreme Court
The Constitution balanced power by making Congress a (blank) house legislature.
Three
Four
Two
Negative Four
What was wrong with The Articles of Confederation?
Provided for a weak national government
Provided for no common currency
All the Above
Provided no executive or judicial branch
Each state, regardless of its size, has how many members in the Senate?
Two pairs of two
Four
Three
Two
Who authored, "The Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom"?
Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson Thomas
Thomas the Train
Thomas Lennon
What was weakest branch of government when the Constitution was written?
The House of Delegates
Legislative
Executive
Judicial Branch
What room number is Mr. Vogel's classroom?
C110
C103
C205
C104
