WorksheetsFounding a Nation mid-Check
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 30mins
What is a plan for government?
an article
a constituion
a confederation
an ordinance
What was the name of the first constitution of the United States?
the Magna Carta
the Northwest Ordinance
the Articles of Confederation
the United States Constitution
Daniel Shays led a group of farmers and closed courthouses and broke into jails to free debtors. This was called...
Daniel's Rebellion
The Farmer's Rebellion
Debtor's Rebellion
Shay's Rebellion
The Founding Fathers realized the government set up by the Articles of Confederation was...
too long
too hard to understand
too weak
not weak enough
The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 created territory out of land...
west of the Mississippi River
east of the Mississippi River and north of the Ohio River
south of the Ohio River
east of the Appalachian Mountains and north of the Ohio River
The 3 branches of government are:
legislative, executive, and judicial
legislative, state, and judicial
state, executive, and judicial
county, state, and national
The process of making a(n) _____________, or formal change, to the Constitution is explained in Article V of the document.
amendment
federalism
constitution
appeal
_____________ is having both the national government and the state government with shared power.
federalism
amendment
constitution
appeal
Why did the Continental Congress create a weak central government when writing the Articles of Confederation?
to have weak leadership
to keep the army weak
to protect people's freedoms
to test whether it would work
What important decision was made early in the Constitutional Convention?
to fix the Articles of Confederation
to forget about having a national government
to leave the Articles of Confederation unchanged
to write a new plan of government
Which principle explains why all people, including government officials, have to follow decisions made by the United States Supreme Court?
checks and balances
federalism
popular sovereignty
rule of law
When one branch of government is able to stop another branch of government, to prevent one branch from becoming too powerful.
rule of law
checks and balances
federalism
popular sovereignty
How many states are needed in order to ratify the Constitution?
7
9
13
14
Why was the Electoral College the choice the members of the Continental Congress made when deciding how to elect our president?
They did not trust Congress to do it.
They feared that the people would elect power-hungry leader.
They thought it would be better that using the Supreme Court
They thought the voters should be well educated.
Choose two (2) states that had large numbers of people who wanted a bill of rights added to the Constitution.
Delaware
New York
North Carolina
Virginia
South Carolina
