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Unit 2- American Revolution and Constitution

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The policy practiced by England during the 17th & 18th centuries of not enforcing laws and leaving the American colonies relatively free to do as they pleased was known as:

a)

Mercantilism

b)

Great Awakening

c)

Salutary Neglect

d)

Navigation Acts

2.

Which of the following was NOT an idea that impacted the colonies?

a)

Mercantilism

b)

Enlightenment

c)

Great Awakening

d)

Socialism

3.

The Articles of Confederation included all of the following institutional weaknesses EXCEPT…

a)

The lack of an executive or president

b)

The inability to tax the states

c)

An established national currency

d)

The provision for unanimous consent the amend the Articles

4.

Who wrote the Constitution?

a)

Alexander Hamilton

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

Thomas Paine

d)

James Madison

5.

Checks and balances refer to…

a)

The institutional checks of power between the three branches of government

b)

The money system used for weighing gold

c)

The powers of the President over the states

d)

The inability for wealthy merchants to balance their bank accounts

6.

Supporters of the Constitution called themselves

a)

Patriots

b)

Federalists

c)

Anti Federalists

d)

Impressionists

7.

Passed by Congress on September 25, 1789, the Bill of Rights are the

a)

Preamble

b)

Articles of Confederation

c)

First 10 amendments of the Constitution

d)

Reasons the Constitution was written

8.

Common Sense was written to

a)

encourage colonists to declare their independence

b)

help fund the Lewis and Clark expedition

c)

tell the colonists they had no sense in America

d)

help the French win the French and Indian war

9.

The Federalist papers written by John Jay, Alexander Hamilton and James Madison, which appeared in the New York newspapers from 1787 to 1788 were aimed to

a)

Challenge the Constitution

b)

Defend the Constitution

c)

Defend the British government

d)

Challenge the British government

10.

Under the Articles of Confederation, each state's power in Congress was based on:

a)

one vote per state.

b)

the state's size.

c)

the state's total population.

d)

the state's voting population.

11.

The "supreme law of the land" is:

a)

the Constitution.

b)

the Bill of Rights.

c)

the Articles of Confederacy.

d)

the Preamble.

12.

The first version of government was ____ and the current version is ____.

a)

Unicameral // Bicameral

b)

Bicameral // Unicameral

c)

Multicameral // Single-Cameral

d)

Single-Cameral // Multicameral

13.

All of the following were advantages of the Americans during the Revolutionary War EXCEPT:

a)

Fighting on their own home turf

b)

Spirit of 1776

c)

Number of troops & supplies

d)

Fighting for their way of life

14.

Who was known as the great traitor of the American Revolution?

a)

Robert Sherman

b)

George Mason

c)

Edmond Andros

d)

Benedict Arnold

15.

Which battle is known as the turning point of the American Revolutionary War?

a)

Lexington and Concord

b)

Saratoga

c)

Yorktown

d)

Bunker Hill

16.

Which of the following European philosophers is associated with Enlightenment ideas used in colonies?

a)

Jonathan Edwards

b)

William Penn

c)

Thomas Paine

d)

John Locke

17.

Which of the following acts limited colonists’ westward movement past the Appalachian Mountains?

a)

Stamp Act

b)

Intolerable Act

c)

Declaration of Boundaries

d)

Proclamation of 1763

18.

Which of the following is in the correct order?

a)

Articles of Confederation --> Constitution --> Bill of Rights

b)

Articles of Confederation --> Bill of Rights --> Articles of Constitution

c)

Articles of Constitution --> Bill of Rights --> Articles of Confederation

d)

Bill of Rights --> Articles of Constitution --> Articles of Confederation

19.

What was the name of law passed by Parliament that required colonists to pay higher prices for goods by requiring them to have the approval of the government?

a)

Stamp Act

b)

Intolerable Act

c)

Townsend Act

d)

Grenville Act

20.

What was the name of the radical group founded by Samuel Adams in response to higher British taxes?

a)

Ku Klux Klan

b)

Adams’ Raiders

c)

Freedom Fighters

d)

Sons of Liberty