WorksheetsConstitutional Convention, Bill of Rights Review
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
The Articles of Confederation were eventually unsuccessful because...
the central government was too powerful.
the states could not agree who should be president.
the federal (national) government couldn't raise taxes, regulate trade between states, or draft soldiers into the military
the founders realized that they would rather join Britain again.
Which parts of the Virginia Plan were eventually included in the Great Compromise?
Checks and balances, bicameral legislature, and representation by population in Congress
The 3/5 Compromise and Fugitive Slave Law
Equal representation in Congress and U.S. law being supreme law over the states
Bill of Rights
The purpose of the Great Compromise was to...
ensure that both the large and small states could agree to the way to be represented in the legislature
allow Southern, larger states more power.
make runaway enslaved persons have to return to the South.
allow the Constitution to fail and to go back to the Articles of Confederation.
Created a strong federal government
The Virginia Plan
The New Jersey Plan
The Constitution created a "bicameral" Congress. What does this mean?
That Congress has 2 more powers than the judicial or executive branches
That Congress has only 2 powers
That Congress has 2 houses - House of Representatives and the Senate
That Congress has 2 representatives from every state
Why did the Northern "free" states agree to the Three-Fifths Compromise and the Fugitive Slave law?
They thought it was fair to give the South some representation for their enslaved people.
It didn't bother them that South had slaves and more representation.
They didn't think the South would continue to use slaves.
They realized that they would not be able to create a successful national government without the South.
True or False: Large states such as Virginia and Georgia preferred a strong Federal government.
True
False
Created to select our president through representatives
The 3/5 Compromise
New Jersey Plan
The Electoral Collage
The Bill of Rights
The document that created the federal government of the U.S.A and the supreme law of our country
Declaration of Independence
Magna Carta
Articles of Confederation
The Constitution
Provides protection against unreasonable searches and seizures
The First Amendment
The Fourth Amendment
The Fifth Amendment
The Ninth and Tenth Amendments
The system by which the Constitution tries to ensure that no one branch becomes too powerful; every branch - the judicial, the executive, and the legislative - has their own unique powers and some power of the other branches
The Great Compromise
checks and balances
The 3/5 Compromise
The Bill of Rights
Guarantees unspecified rights for citizens and states that are not listed already
The Ninth and Tenth Amendments
The Third Amendment
The Second Amendment
The Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Amendments
The right to own weapons
1st Amendment
2nd Amendment
5th, 6th, 7th, 8th Amendments
3rd Amendment
Right to free speech, press, religion, assembly, and petition
9th and 10th Amendments
2nd Amendment
1st Amendment
5th Amendment
What is the purpose of the Bill of Rights?
To name how to elect the president
To limit the states' power with specific details
Lists specifics limits on governmental power and reflects the grievances of the Declaration of Independence
To give more power to each of the states and limit the federal government
Which amendments give rights to accused persons?
5th, 6th, 7th, 8th Amendments
2nd and 3rd Amendments
9th and 10th Amendments
1st and 4th Amendments
