WorksheetsForming a New Government Quiz
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
The set of laws that established the first government of the United States.
The Constitution
The Articles of Confederation
The Bill of Rights
A loose alliance of states.
Confederation
Federalism
Republic
This was an anti-tax protest by farmers.
Shay´s Rebellion
The Farmers Revolt of 1787
The Anti-War Tax
Who is considered the ¨Father of the Constitution?¨
James Madison
Alexander Hamilton
George Washington
An agreement made at the Constitutional Convention in which states would have equal representation in one part of congress and representation based on population in the other.
The Virginia Plan
The New Jersey Plan
The Great Compromise
An agreement that allowed states to count three-fifths of their slaves as part of the population.
The Three-Fifths Compromise
The Slave Compromise
The Population Dispute
The branch of government that makes laws
Legislative
Executive
Judicial
The branch of government that enforces the laws
Legislative
Executive
Judicial
The branch of government that interprets laws and the Constitution.
Legislative
Executive
Judicial
Powers given to separate branches of government to keep any one from getting too much power.
Electoral College
Checks and Balances
Federalism
Which plan created the House of Representatives?
The Great Compromise
The Virginia Plan
The New Jersey Plan
Which plan created the U.S. Senate?
The Daws Plan
The New Jersey Plan
The Virginia Plan
This group at the Constitutional Convention was in favor of limiting the powers of the central government and keeping the Articles of Confederation.
Republicans
Federalist
Anti-Federalists
This group was in favor a strong central government and the creation of a new Constitution.
Federalists
Anti-Federalists
Republicans
Which document needed to be agreed upon before the Constitution could be officially ratified?
The Declaration of Independence
The Preamble
The Bill of Rights
