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🇺🇸AMERICAN GOVERNMENT⚖️ Oscar Trejo

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

which document gives the rights to a jury trial ?

a)

English Bill rights

b)

magna carta

c)

Articles of confederation

d)

Mayflower Compact

2.

which document gave the citizens freedoms and power?

a)

English Bill of rights

b)

Northwest Ordinance

c)

1st Amendment

d)

Virginia Plan

3.

place where laws were made for Virginia - 1st legislative branch in American colonies - people were elected by citizens to make laws?

a)

Virginia plan

b)

Bill of rights

c)

Virginia house of burgesse

d)

Federalist

4.

Rules made by Pilgrims for themselves - start of SELF GOVERNMENT in America - 41 men signed?

a)

Town Meetings and Colonial Assemblies

b)

Mayflower Compact

c)

Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

d)

Articles of Confederation

5.

1st written constitution in America - written by Thomas Hooker...

a)

Northwest Ordinance

b)

Town Meetings and Colonial Assemblies

c)

Mayflower Compact

d)

Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

6.

places citizens met to make rules and laws for their towns in the 13 colonies?

a)

The Great Compromise

b)

Articles of Confederation

c)

Town Meetings and Colonial Assemblies

d)

The Preamble

7.

rules for dividing new land to make a new state OH, MI, IN, WI, IL, MN ?

a)

Shay’s Rebellion

b)

The Federalist Papers

c)

The Bill of Rights

d)

Northwest Ordinance

8.

violent protestors shut down the court system in Massachusetts -showed that national government was very weak??

a)

Antifederalists

b)

Constitutional Convention of 1787

c)

New Jersey Plan

d)

Shay’s Rebellion

9.

meeting where new constitution was made in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania?

a)

US Constitution - Article III

b)

The Great Compromise

c)

Constitutional Convention

d)

The Federalist Papers

10.

plan for each state to have the same number of representatives in Congress?

a)

The Three-Fifths Compromise

b)

New Jersey Plan

c)

US Constitution - Article III

d)

US Constitution - Article V

11.

plan for number of representatives to be based on population?

a)

The Federalist Papers

b)

First Amendment

c)

Virginia Plan

d)

popular sovereignty

12.

plan to have 2 houses of Congress - Senate - 2 from each state House of Reps - based on population

a)

The Great Compromise

b)

The Three-Fifths Compromise

c)

US Constitution - Article VII

d)

Third Amendment

13.

(Southern leaders wanted slaves) (Northern leaders did not want slaves). agreement to decide how slaves would be counted - 5 slaves = 3 people

a)

US Constitution - Article II

b)

individual rights

c)

The Three-Fifths Compromise

d)

separation of powers

14.

first 52 words of Constitution - intro - “We the people . . . “

a)

How US Constitution Was Ratified

b)

First Amendment

c)

The Bill of Rights

d)

The Preamble

15.

describes how legislative branch works - branch that makes the laws -Congress (House of Reps and Senate)?

a)

US Constitution - Article II

b)

US Constitution - Article I

c)

Fourth Amendment

d)

Seventh Amendment

16.

describes how executive branch works - branch that enforces and carries out the laws -President, VP, and cabinet

a)

republicanism

b)

US Constitution - Article IV

c)

US Constitution - Article II

d)

How US Constitution Can be Amended - What is the Process

17.

describes how judicial branch works

-branch that interprets and evaluates the laws

-Supreme Court and US court system

a)

US Constitution - Article IV

b)

US Constitution - Article III

c)

The Federalist Papers

d)

popular sovereignty

18.

explains relationship between states and federal government (federalism)

a)

Fifth Amendment

b)

US Constitution - Article VI

c)

US Constitution - Article V

d)

US Constitution - Article IV

19.

explains how to amend (change) the Constitution if necessary?

a)

limited government

b)

US Constitution - Article V

c)

US Constitution - Article VII

d)

The Three-Fifths Compromise

20.

says the Constitution is the “supreme law of the land” - all elected officials must swear an oath to follow ?

a)

The Federalist Papers

b)

US Constitution - Article IV

c)

Antifederalists

d)

US Constitution - Article VI

21.

describes process to ratify the Constitution?

a)

Town Meetings and Colonial Assemblies

b)

Antifederalists

c)

US Constitution - Article VII

d)

US Constitution - Article IV

22.

wanted a new constitution with stronger national (federal) government?

a)

Antifederalists

b)

Federalists

c)

The Federalist Papers

d)

First Amendment

23.

opposed the Constitution - wanted stronger state governments?

a)

US Constitution - Article IV

b)

US Constitution - Article I

c)

The Federalist Papers

d)

Antifederalists

24.

85 essays written by Federalists to say why Constitution was needed?

a)

The Federalist Papers

b)

First Amendment

c)

Fourth Amendment

d)

Tenth Amendment

25.

-first 10 amendments to the Constitution -added so that antifederalists would support the Constitution/?

a)

republicanism

b)

Seventh Amendment

c)

Second Amendment

d)

The Bill of Rights

26.

freedom of . . . Religion, Assembly, Press, Petition, Speech

a)

federalism

b)

Fourth Amendment

c)

First Amendment

d)

limited government

27.

Right to bear arms (own a gun)

a)

Eighth Amendment

b)

Second Amendment

c)

Third Amendment

d)

Fifth Amendment

28.

No quartering - do not have to allow troops in homes

a)

Ninth Amendment

b)

Third Amendment

c)

Fifth Amendment

d)

Fourth Amendment

29.

due process for accused criminals and no double jeopardy (charge with same crime twice)

a)

sixth Amendment

b)

Fifth Amendment

c)

Seventh Amendment

d)

Eighth Amendment

30.

jury trial, fair and speedy trial and right to attorney for criminal cases?

a)

limited government

b)

Fourth Amendment

c)

Seventh Amendment

d)

Sixth Amendment

31.

jury trial in civil cases (divorce, evictions, property damage)

a)

Seventh Amendment

b)

Ninth Amendment

c)

Eighth Amendment

d)

popular sovereignty

32.

No cruel or unusual punishment, no excessive fine/bails

a)

Tenth Amendment

b)

Ninth Amendment

c)

Eighth Amendment

d)

federalism

33.

Rights still given to all that are not listed in the Constitution

a)

How US Constitution Was Ratified

b)

Sixth Amendment

c)

Eighth Amendment

d)

Ninth Amendment

34.

powers not listed in the Constitution are given to the states (federalism) and the people.

a)

limited government

b)

Tenth Amendment

c)

republicanism

d)

federalism

35.

All states voted after 9 of 13 approve, it became law in 1788

a)

How US Constitution Can be Amended - What is the Process

b)

How US Constitution Was Ratified .

c)

limited government

d)

republicanism

36.

proposal first - ⅔ vote amend - ¾ vote

a)

federalism

b)

limited government

c)

Ninth Amendment

d)

How US Constitution Can be Amended - What is the Process

37.

government power is limited to what it can or can’t do

a)

How US Constitution Was Ratified

b)

limited government

c)

popular sovereignty

d)

check and balances

38.

the people rule - “We the people. . .”

a)

limited government

b)

individual rights

c)

popular sovereignty

d)

separation of powers

39.

people elect or vote for representatives and they vote for us

a)

Tenth Amendment

b)

Eighth Amendment

c)

federalism

d)

Republicanism

40.

states share power with federal government - 2 systems

a)

federalism

b)

republicanism

c)

The Federalist Papers

d)

Antifederalists

41.

3 branches of government - legislative, judicial, and executive

a)

Shay’s Rebellion

b)

limited government

c)

separation of powers

d)

Articles of Confederation

42.

each government has the same amount of power - each branch can monitor and correct the other branches.

a)

check and balances

b)

Sixth Amendment

c)

Tenth Amendment

d)

US Constitution - Article II

43.

rights and freedoms of all US citizens - ex: Bill of Rights

a)

popular sovereignty

b)

The Three-Fifths Compromise

c)

US Constitution - Article I

d)

individual rights

44.

1st national constitution - weak government with only 1 branch

a)

Town Meetings and Colonial Assemblies

b)

Articles of Confederation

c)

Constitutional Convention of 1787

d)

New Jersey Plan

45.

no unreasonable search and seizure of property w/out a warrant

a)

Fourth Amendment

b)

Eighth Amendment

c)

limited government

d)

republicanism