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Chapter 8 SS test

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What problem in the U.S was highlighted by the events of Shay’s Rebellion?

a)

Strength of the government

b)

Smarts of the government

c)

Weakness of the government

d)

Monkey shoes of the government

2.

Who had to share the power to govern under the federal system?

a)

George Washington

b)

The national and state governments

c)

The federal government

3.

What question did the delegates try to resolve at the Constitutional Convention?

a)

The relationship between the states and the national government or how each state would be represented in the new government

b)

About having a strong national government

c)

How do cars move

4.

What role did Gouverneur Morris have at the Constitutional Convention?

a)

To make everything gloomy

b)

To eat bananas

c)

He expressed that the Constitution should outlaw slavery

5.

What branch of government is responsible for enforcing laws?

a)

Executive Branch

b)

Representative Branch

c)

Judicial Branch

d)

Crusty foot branch

6.

Ratify means__ ______

a)

to think

b)

To eat

c)

To approve

7.

Why did many delegates insist on adding ten amendments to the Constitution soon after it was ratified?

a)

To protect people

b)

To protect the rights of people

c)

To protect people’s food

8.

What amendment protects the right to free speech?

a)

2nd

b)

3rd

c)

88th

d)

1st

9.

Why did the writers of the Constitution add checks and balances to the federal government?

a)

To make one branch more powerful than another

b)

To make no money

c)

To keep every branch from getting too powerful

d)

To smell stinky toots

10.

What power does the executive branch have?

a)

To make laws

b)

To enforce laws

c)

To draw

d)

To talk like a baby

11.

What power does the legislature branch have?

a)

Decides if the laws are fair

b)

Makes laws

c)

Eats pickles

12.

What power does the judicial branch have?

a)

Decides if the laws are fair

b)

Likes the laws

c)

Believes in the laws

13.

What was the original purpose of the Constitutional Convention?

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14.

What agreement did the delegates at the Constitutional convention finally reach under the Great Compromise?

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15.

What does it mean that the U.S is a republic? Explain.

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16.

What rights are guaranteed to citizens under the first amendment to the constitution of the U.S?

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17.

Why are checks and balances important? How do they help each branch of the federal government make more thoughtful decisions?

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