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WorksheetsUnit 2 Review Constitution
Total questions: 39
Worksheet time: 20mins
The original plan for America's government that was far too weak, had no power to tax, no executive, and was thrown out after the Constitutional Convention.
Common Sense
Declaration of Independence
Articles of Confederation
Potsdam Declaration
Integral to the ideal of self-government is the notion that ultimate government authority comes from?
people
rulers
institutions
laws
The Bill of Rights was added to the United States Constitution to
provide the president withpower to enforce laws
establish a presidential cabinet
protect individuals rights and liberties
guarantee voting privileges to all citizens
The Constitution was to be considered ratified as soon as it had been approved by:
the Constitutional Convention
the Continental Congress
all thirteen states
nine of the states
Power distribution among the three branches of government is referred to as
Separation of Powers
Supremacy
Federalism
Bicameralism
Much of the Declaration of Independence consists of
lists of rights for all people
complaints of wrongs that were done to colonists
threats of revenge
A desire to re-connect with England
"We the People of the United States. . ." This quote represents which of the following principles?
Popular Sovereignty
Federalism
Limited Government
Checks and Balances
Delegates gathered in Philadelphia in May of 1787 to do what?
Write a brand new plan for government
Write a brand new plan for government
Petition the King
revise the Articles of Confederation
Meeting of state delegates in 1778 to (at first) fix the Articles of Confederation. However, they quickly decided that they needed to draft a new system of government.
Philadelphia Convention
New Jersey Plan
Virginia Plan
Washington Convention
Plan outlined a strong national government with three branches: legislative, executive, and judicial. The plan called for a legislature divided into two bodies (the Senate and the House of Representatives) with proportional representation. Representation would be based on a states Population instead of its size.
Three-Fifths Compromise
Georgia Plan
New Jersey Plan
Virginia Plan
The Plan called for each state to have one vote in congress instead of the number of votes being based on population.
Virginia Plan
Commerce Clause
New Jersey Plan
Rule of law
Agreement on legislative representation, which included a two-house legislature, made up of the Senate and the House of Representatives.
New Jersey Plan
Great Compromise (Connecticut Compromise)
Virginia Plan
Washington Plan
A plan that determined three out of every five slaves was counted when determining a state's total population for legislative representation and taxation.
Three-Fifths Compromise
Three-Quarters Solution
Gettysburg Address
Commerce Compromise
This established that the power to regulate foreign and interstate (between states)
commerce would be a Congressional power.
Popular sovereignty
Commerce Compromise
Commerce Clause
Limited Government
Congress was forbidden the power to tax the export of goods from any state, and Congress would not be able to interfere with the slave trade for a period of at least twenty years.
Commerce Compromise
Federalism
Commerce Clause
Three-Fifths Compromise
No government is all-powerful and can only do those things that the people have given it power to do. The people are the sole source of the government's power and authority. The government is not above the law.
Parliamentary Government
Autocracy
Unitary Government
Limited Government
Demands for the calling of a Constitutional Convention in 1787 reflected the following belief that the?
national government needed to be strengthened
small and large states should be political equals
state governments had too little power
rights of businesses were not being protected
One major compromise at the Constitutional Convention settled the difference between large states and small states over the issue of
taxation
territorial expansion
represenetation in Congress
civil liberties
The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution. What are these words?
We the People
Congress shall make
We the British
We the Colonists
We elect a U.S. Senator for how many years? Choose one:
Ten (10)
Four (4)
Two (2)
Six (6)
Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the Federal government. what is one power of the federal government? Choose one
To issue driver's licenses
To make treaties with other countries
To provide police deparments
To provide public schools
What does the Constitution do?
Protects basic rights of Americans
Defines the government
Sets up the government
All of the above
What happened at the Constitutional Convention?
The Declaration of Independence was written
The Emancipation Proclamation was written
The Constitution was written
The Virginia Declaration of Rights was written
Under the Articles of Confederation most governmental power rested in:
the state governments
the judiciary
the president
the national government
Which of the following is one example of the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
The Articles stipulated a steep tariff on foreign
The Articles placed too much power in the hands of the central government, which threatened to become tyrannical
Amending the Articles required a unanimous vote of the states, which was nearly impossible
The Articles required that the United States maintain a standing army, which was too expensive to fund
Shay's Rebellion was:
the most decisive battle of the Revolution, after which British troops were never again able to mount a major offensive against American troops.
an uprising by small merchants demanding credit
a slave uprising in Virginia
an uprising by farmers to prevent judges from foreclosing on farms
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Julio Jones
Abraham Lincoln
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
What do we call the first 10 amendments to the Constitution? Choose one:
The Articles of Confederation
The Inalienable rights
The Declaration of Independence
The Bill of Rights
The people are sovereign and have all of the political power. The government only governs with the consent of the people.
Great Compromise
State
Limited Government
Popular sovereignty
A government and its officers are subject to the law and not above the law.
Bill of Rights
Checks and Balances
Rule of Law
Separation of Powers
A system within the government so that no branch gets too powerful because the other branches can "Check" it.
Rule of law
Executive Branch
Checks and Balances
Legislative Branch
A concept in which each of the three branches of government have separate powers and responsibilities. The powers assigned to each branch are outlined in the Constitution in Article I (legislative), Article II (executive), and Article III (judicial).
Limited Government
Separation of Powers
Popular sovereignty
Rule of law
A system of government in which power is shared between the federal government and the state governments.
Theocracy
Autocracy
Federalism
Dictatorship
A set of anonymous essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay defending the Constitution.
Federalist Papers
Common Sense
Magna Carta
The U.S Constitution
The first 10 Amendments to the constitution that were written to satisfy demands for protecting the rights of the people in America.
Declaration of Independence
Bill of Rights
Federalist Papers
Common Sense
Most anti-Federalists changed from opponents to supporters of the Constitution after they were promised?
a bill of rights
term limits on the office of president
good relations with Native Americans
a bicameral legislature
This term means a state has supreme and absolute authority within its territorial boundaries.
sovereignty
social contract
democracy
consensus
This is the institution through which the state maintains social order
republic
government
politics
sovereignty
When Southern states' representatives were contributing to drafting the Constitution, they tended to argue that?
slaves should be counted in the census
church and state should be separated
territories should be open to slave-holding
slave trade should be abolished
