WorksheetsVUS SOL 5
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
How did Britain influence America’s first national government?
Monarchy would be supported
A strong central government was avoided
One powerful national leader would rule
Republican principles were eliminated
Which demonstrates the correct outcome based on the graphic?
Political leaders posted grievances against the King of England
American leaders created the Articles of Confederation
Led to the effort to draft a new constitution
The Treaty of Alliance was signed with France
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
that governments should not violate basic human rights
that government should not support or favor one church
the creation of three branches of government
the need to revise the Articles of Confederation
The documents shown influenced –
the Three-Fifths Compromise
the Bill of Rights
the Proclamation of 1763
the Great Compromise
Balance of power between large and small states was created by granting each state how many senators?
1
2
5
10
How did the delegates of the Convention limit the federal government?
Allowed state law to be the supreme law of the land
Did not create executive or legislative branches
Having the President to make all choices and decisions
Giving powers only identified in the U.S. Constitution
Who presided as president of the Convention lending prestige to the proceedings?
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
James Monroe
James Madison
Which person shown was considered to be the “Father of the Constitution?”
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
George Mason
James Madison
The “Virginia Plan” proposed –
separation of church and state
counting slaves in determining representation
the three branches of government
one vote per state regardless of size
Who argued for separation of church and state?
George Mason
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
George Washington
A strong central government that advocates economic development and public improvements would most likely be supported by —
Anti-Federalists
Federalists
Neutrals
Cavaliers
As political parties developed, which most likely supported a weak national government and an agricultural economy?
Democratic-Republicans
Federalists
Patriots
Cavaliers
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?
James Monroe
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
James Madison
In the Marshall Court, the doctrine of judicial review was determined by –
McCulloch v. Maryland
Gibbons v. Ogden
Marbury v. Madison
Fletcher v. Peck
Congress' power to regulate interstate commerce was determined by which case?
McCulloch v. Maryland
Gibbons v. Ogden
Marbury v. Madison
Fletcher v. Peck
Which Supreme Court case set forth the principle of implied powers?
McCulloch v. Maryland
Gibbons v. Ogden
Marbury v. Madison
Fletcher v. Peck
