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WorksheetsChapter 3 THE STORY OF OUR CONSTITUTION (Questionnaire) P2
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 10mins
What did the Colonists do after the Stamp Act?
Boycott British goods
Made their own goods
Decided they didn't need goods
Stopped paying all of their taxes
What are unalienable rights?
Rights that government cannot take away
Rights that government takes away
rights for aliens
Government is needed to promote equality
Forced colonists to give shelter (house) to British soldiers
Sugar Act
Townshend Act
Quartering Act
Housing Act
The colonial theory of government
The colonial theory of government
Grievances of the colonists against Britain
False rumors spread by colonial newspapers
The Declaration of Independence is most like a what?
Love Letter
Treaty
Break-up letter
Constitution
Which of the following weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation were corrected by creating the Executive Branch under the current Constitution?
different currencies per state
no national military
no ability to negotiate national treaties
no ability to collect taxes
Which of the following was not an outcome of the Constitutional Convention?
The federal government was broken into three branches
The US separated from England and became an independent country
The branches were able to limit the power of the others
An official amendment process was established
Which of the following was a shared concern among the disagreements between the Federalists and Anti-Federalists and the supporters of the New Jersey v. Virginia Plans?
Both centered around the idea of who would lead the federal government
Both centered around the way in which the legislative branch should be shaped
Both sets of discussions centered around the distribution of power between the federal government and the states
Both centered around the idea of giving the federal government legislative power
Which of the following parts of the Constitution contains the idea that the Constitution is the supreme law of the land?
Preamble
Article I
Article II
Article VI
Which part of the Preamble supports the idea of self-government?
We the people...
establish justice...
ensure domestic tranquility...
promote the general welfare...
