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VS6: A New Nation

Total questions: 37

Worksheet time: 31mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Who was the "Father of Our Country"?
a)
George Washington
b)
James Madison
c)
George Mason
d)
Thomas Jefferson
2.
Who believed in the importance of have a US Constitution?
a)
George Washington
b)
James Madison
c)
George Mason
d)
Thomas Jefferson
3.
Who wrote the Virginia Declaration of Rights?
a)
George Washington
b)
Thomas Jefferson
c)
James Madison
d)
George Mason
4.
Who wrote the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom?
a)
Thomas Jefferson
b)
George Washington
c)
George Mason
d)
James Madison
5.
Who was known as the "Father of the Constitution?"
a)
Thomas Jefferson
b)
George Mason
c)
George Washington
d)
James Madison
6.
Who provided a model of leadership for future presidents?
a)
George Mason
b)
James Madison
c)
Thomas Jefferson
d)
George Washington
7.
Who kept detailed notes during the Constitutional Convention?
a)
Thomas Jefferson
b)
George Mason
c)
James Madison
d)
George Washington
8.
Who said that all Virginians have certain rights, including freedom of the press and freedom of religion?
a)
Thomas Jefferson
b)
George Mason
c)
George Washington
d)
James Madison
9.
Who had great skills at compromising?  He helped the delegates reach an agreement during the difficult process of writing the Constitution.
a)
Thomas Jefferson
b)
George Washington
c)
James Madison
d)
George Mason
10.
Which document stated that all people should be free to worship as they please?
a)
VA Statute for Religious Freedom
b)
VA Declaration of Rights
11.
Which document became the basis for the 1st Amendment?
a)
VA Statute for Religious Freedom
b)
VA Declaration of Rights
12.
What important document did George Washington help create for our country?
a)
Constitution
b)
1st Amendment
c)
Continental Congress
d)
8th Amendment
13.
Which two documents did the ideas for the Bill of Rights come from?
a)
Virginia Statue for Religious Freedom and Virginia Declaration of Rights
b)
Virginia Declaration of Rights and Declaration of Independence
c)
Declaration of Rights and Bill of Rights
14.
Which document begins with..."We the people...."
a)
Declaration of Independence
b)
The Constitution
c)
Bill of Rights
15.
Which document states that all people have the rights to life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness?
a)
Declaration of Independance
b)
Virginia Declaration of Rights
c)
Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom
16.
Who was able to help the delegates compromise and reach agreement during the difficult process of writing the U.S. Constitution?
a)
George Washington
b)
James Madison
c)
George Mason
d)
Thomas Jefferson
17.
In what order were these documents written?
a)
1. The Constitution of the United States
2. Declaration of Independence
3. Virginia Company of London Charter
b)
1. Virginia Company of London Charter
2. Constitution of the United States of American
3. Declaration of Independence
c)
1. Virginia Company of London Charter
2. Declaration of Independence
3. Constitution of the United States
d)
1. Declaration of Independence
2. Virginia Company of London Charters
3. Constitution of the United States
18.
What person would fit at the top of the chart?
a)
George Washington
b)
James Madison
c)
Thomas Jefferson
d)
John Smith
19.
True or False: George Washington accepted a third term to be president?
a)
True
b)
False
20.
Who wrote the Virginia Declaration of Rights?
a)
James Madison
b)
George Mason
c)
George Washington
d)
Thomas Jefferson
21.
Who wrote the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom?
a)
Thomas Jefferson
b)
George Mason
c)
James Madison
d)
George Washington
22.

After the American Revolution Virginians left the Coastal Plain and Piedmont regions and moved ____ and ______

a)

west and north

b)

east and west

c)

west and south

d)

north and south

23.

________ farming was hard on the soil in VA, causing farmers to move a look for better farmland

a)

Corn

b)

Tobacco

c)

Bean

d)

Squash

24.

People that were migrating had to cross through the _________ mountains

a)

Appalachian

b)

Rocky

c)

Himalayan

d)

Blue Ridge

25.

What is the name of the narrow passage way located in the Valley and Ridge region at the intersection of VA, Kentucky and Tennessee

a)

Cumberland Gap

b)

Appalachian Plateau

c)

Flat Land

d)

Penninsula

26.

When settlers crossed through the Cumberland Gap, if they went directly west they which state would they enter?

a)

West VA

b)

Tennessee

c)

North Carolina

d)

Kentucky

27.

When the settlers migrated south and west what did they take with them?

a)

Traditions

b)

Ideas

c)

Culture

d)

All of the Above

28.

What primarily influenced the movement of people and ideas beyond the Virginia frontier?

a)

Weather

b)

The British

c)

Geography

d)

Inventions

29.

What was the primary reason farmers were looking for new farm land?

a)

The farms were too small.

b)

Tobacco farming was hard on the soil.

c)

Tobacco farming needed more land.

d)

The cotton gin was invented.

30.

Choose ALL of the inventions that changed farming in VA during the 1800s.

a)

Cotton Gin

b)

Ferris Wheel

c)

Mechanical Reaper

d)

Q-Tips

31.

Our first plan of government was called

a)

Articles of Constitution

b)

Amendments of Confederation

c)

Articles of Confederation

d)

The Constitution

32.

Who was "President" of the Convention?

a)

Thomas Paine

b)

George Washington

c)

Benjamin Franklin

d)

James Madison

33.

A way of reaching an agreement where each side gives up something they want is called a

a)

decision

b)

veto

c)

compromise

d)

majority

34.

The GREAT COMPROMISE divided Congress into two houses called the

a)

Senate and House of Representatives

b)

President and Courts

c)

Happy and Sad

d)

Greedy and Generous

35.

In the Senate each state has...

a)

One Representative

b)

Two Representatives

c)

A Lot of Represenatives

d)

Depends on their Population

36.

In the House of Representatives, each state has

a)

One Representative

b)

Two Representatives

c)

Depends on their Population

d)

What's a representative?

37.

The first ten amendments to The Constitution are known as the

a)

Bill of Rights

b)

Ten Rules

c)

Ten Principles

d)

Preamble

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