WorksheetsCreating the Constitution Review
Total questions: 32
Worksheet time: 36mins
A form of government that allows people to participate in governing is a _____.
monarchy
dictatorship
democracy
oligarchy
Many political philosophers in Europe met and discussed their ideas on government during the 1600's and 1700's. The was also known as the _______________ Period.
Enlightenment
Lighted
Victorian
Revolutionary
This philosopher thought that natural law gave people inalienable or natural rights, these are rights bestowed on people by birth.
John Locke
John Gawecki
Baron de Montesquieu
This philosopher believed that people create a government and chose to be governed. This is a social contract, or agreement, between the ruler and the ruled.
John Locke
Benjamin Franklin
Baron de Montesquieu
This philosopher believed in dividing the government power into separate branches in order to limit corruption. This is known as separation of powers.
John Locke
Ron Pecha
Baron de Montesquieu
Montesquieu, wanting to protect the people and limit government from getting too powerful, said there should be _________ and _________ in place.
law and order
checks and balances
checks and lawyers
scales and balances
Which of the following structures in the United States government was influenced by the ideas of Montesquieu?
Having three branches of government
Having a state and national government
The creation of the Senate and the House of Representatives
The First National Bank
The framers designed a system of checks and balances to
share power between the national and state governments.
make it difficult but not impossible to amend the Constitution.
make sure that the Constitution was the supreme law of the land.
keep any one branch of government from becoming too powerful.
The __________________ plan proposed a one house (or unicameral) legislature with one representative from each state (so all states were equal).
Massachusetts
New Jersey
New York
Virginia
The __________________ plan wanted Congress to have two houses (or a bicameral) and for numbers of congressmen to be dependent on the population of the state.
Virginia
Massachusetts
New Jersey
New York
The ________________________________ Ordinance of 1787 determined how new states would be admitted to the Union. It was one of the rare success stories of the Articles of Confederation.
New State
Western Expansion
Southeast
Northwest
The biggest problem with the Articles of Confederation was that they had no power to _____________.
Hunt
Fight
Tax
Print Money
_____________________ Rebellion pointed out weaknesses in the government when farmers shut down the courts. It convinced the leaders of the time to write a new constitution!
Madison’s
Shay's
Washinton's
Putin's
Which of the following is NOT TRUE?
The Articles of Confederation were weak because ...
Every state had one vote
There was no national court system
The national government had to ask the states for money
There was a President
All 13 colonies had to agree to amend the document
Under the Articles of Confederation, the US government only had ...
an executive branch
a legislative branch (congress)
a judicial branch
an empty classroom
The _____________________ Compromise determined that the legislative branch would have two houses, with representation in one based on population, and in the other established at two representatives per state
Independence
Superior
Great
Smart
Why did the southern states want to count their slaves as part of their state's population?
It would give the southern state more representatives in Congress
It would give the southern states less representatives in Congress
It would give the southern states more money in taxes
It would give the southern states more treaties with other states
What did the three-fifths compromise decide?
The three-fifths compromise decided that only three-fifths of the slave population would count towards representation in Congress.
The three-fifths compromise decided that the slaves would only count for taxation not for representation
The three-fifths compromise decided that the slaves would not count for anything
The three-fifths compromise decided that three-fifths of the slaves would count for taxation and representation.
What is federalism?
sharing of power between the central and state governments
the idea that the power should stay in the hands of the people
the branch of government that make the laws
a document declaring freedom of speech
When was the final draft of the Constitution completed?
September 1787
January 1787
September 1789
August 1776
The founding fathers combined the ideas of the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan to come up with -
Compromise of 1820
Three-fifths compromise
Great Compromise
Constitutional Convention
One of the major issues debated at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia was -
proposing a new strategy to proceed with the abolition of slavery
creating a plan for representation of both large and small states
whether or not to remain neutral in the French Revolution
if Missouri should be allowed to join the country as a free state
Northern and Southern delegates vehemently argued on how slaves should be counted as population for representation purposes, the result of this debate was the -
Three-fifths compromise
Great Compromise
Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions
Missouri Compromise
How was the conflict between large and small states resolved?
Three branches of the national government were formed.
A federal court system was established.
The House of Representatives and Senate were created.
A cabinet was formed to advise the President.
How did the creation of a 2 house legislature help resolve a disagreement at the Constitutional Convention of 1787?
It established a faster process for passing national laws.
It gave small and large states each an advantage in one house of the legislature.
It gave both poor as well as wealthy citizens a role in enacting laws.
It permitted African Americans and women a voice in government.
What was James Madison known for?
Being the Father of The Constitution
Divorcing his wife while in office
Serving two terms in the White House
Marrying Dolly Madison
This group refused to ratify the Constitution without a bill of rights.
Federalists
Anti-Federalists
