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VUS SOL 5

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How did Britain influence America’s first national government?

a)

Monarchy would be supported

b)

A strong central government was avoided

c)

One powerful national leader would rule

d)

Republican principles were eliminated

2.

Which demonstrates the correct outcome based on the graphic?

a)

Political leaders posted grievances against the King of England

b)

American leaders created the Articles of Confederation

c)

Led to the effort to draft a new constitution

d)

The Treaty of Alliance was signed with France

3.

This excerpt demonstrates –

“That all men are by nature equally free and independent and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot, by any compact, deprive or divest their posterity; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety.” -George Mason

a)

that governments should not violate basic human rights

b)

that government should not support or favor one church

c)

the creation of three branches of government

d)

the need to revise the Articles of Confederation

4.

The documents shown influenced –

a)

the Three-Fifths Compromise

b)

the Bill of Rights

c)

the Proclamation of 1763

d)

the Great Compromise

5.

Balance of power between large and small states was created by granting each state how many senators?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

5

d)

10

6.

How did the delegates of the Convention limit the federal government?

a)

Allowed state law to be the supreme law of the land

b)

Did not create executive or legislative branches

c)

Having the President to make all choices and decisions

d)

Giving powers only identified in the U.S. Constitution

7.

Who presided as president of the Convention lending prestige to the proceedings?

a)

George Washington

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

James Monroe

d)

James Madison

8.

Which person shown was considered to be the “Father of the Constitution?”

a)

George Washington

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

George Mason

d)

James Madison

9.

The “Virginia Plan” proposed –

a)

separation of church and state

b)

counting slaves in determining representation

c)

the three branches of government

d)

one vote per state regardless of size

10.

Who argued for separation of church and state?

a)

George Mason

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

James Madison

d)

George Washington

11.

A strong central government that advocates economic development and public improvements would most likely be supported by —

a)

Anti-Federalists

b)

Federalists

c)

Neutrals

d)

Cavaliers

12.

As political parties developed, which most likely supported a weak national government and an agricultural economy?

a)

Democratic-Republicans

b)

Federalists

c)

Patriots

d)

Cavaliers

13.

Which president’s election in 1800 was historic in that it was the first time power was transferred peacefully from one political party to another party?

a)

James Monroe

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

John Adams

d)

James Madison

14.

In the Marshall Court, the doctrine of judicial review was determined by –

a)

McCulloch v. Maryland

b)

Gibbons v. Ogden

c)

Marbury v. Madison

d)

Fletcher v. Peck

15.

Congress' power to regulate interstate commerce was determined by which case?

a)

McCulloch v. Maryland

b)

Gibbons v. Ogden

c)

Marbury v. Madison

d)

Fletcher v. Peck

16.

Which Supreme Court case set forth the principle of implied powers?

a)

McCulloch v. Maryland

b)

Gibbons v. Ogden

c)

Marbury v. Madison

d)

Fletcher v. Peck