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Fifth Grade Government B
Test Description: Fifth Grade Government - Mrs. Stermitz
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) The Constitutional Convention took place in May, 1787 in _________________ at Independence
A
Chicago
B
Philadelphia
C
Virginia
D
Boston
2) The _______ delegates included some of the best known leaders in America
A
55
B
11
C
50
D
13
3) The president of the Constitutional Convention was
A
Gouverneur Morris
B
Ben Franklin
C
George Washington
D
James Madison
4) __________ wrote much of the final draft of the Constitution
A
Ben Franklin
B
George Washington
C
Gouverneur Morris
D
James Madison
5) One major disagreement was how strong should the government be? To solve this problem, the delegates decided to have
A
one, united strong government
B
each state to have their own government so they would not lose power
C
no governmnet
D
Both state and a strong national government with the national government divided into 3 branches.
6) One major disagreement during the Constitutional Convention was how many representatives each state should get. To solve this problem, they created
A
Congress - Senate (two reps per state) AND House of Representatives (determined by by the number of people in the state.
B
A Senate -two representatives for each state
C
A House or Representatives - representatives that are determined by how may people live in the state
D
One representative for each state
7) Finally on September 17, _______ the delegates signed the final Constitution.
A
1788
B
2004
C
1787
D
1776
8) By June 1788, _______ of 13 states approved the Constitution and the United States had a new government.
A
13
B
9
C
11
D
12
9) What was as unstable as a one-legged stool?
A
the Constitutional Convention
B
Articles of Confederation
C
the system of checks and balances
D
the Constitution
10) Why does the system of Checks and Balances work?
A
No one branch becomes too powerful
B
It balances the powers with the powers of other branches
C
All of these reasons explains why the system works!
D
Each branch has the power to stop actions of another branch.
11) What was the problem with the Article of Confederation?
A
No courts to settle disagreements
B
Trouble making laws that al 13 states would agree to follow
C
ALL of these reasons
D
They did not have 3 branches of government
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