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A New Nation Government Part 1
Test Description: Government
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) They make the laws and are divided into two parts
A
executive branch
B
judicial branch
C
preamble branch
D
legislative branch
2) They carry out the laws made by Congress. The President is the head of this branch.
A
judicial branch
B
constitutional branch
C
legislative branch
D
executive branch
3) They decide the laws and whether they have been followed. Headed by the Supreme Court.
A
legislative branch
B
bill of rights branch
C
judicial branch
D
executive branch
4) The first 10 amendments to the Constitution, it lists many of the individual rights the U.S. government promises to protect
A
Bill of Rights
B
Preamble
C
Constitution
D
Declaration of Independence
5) This protest led to farmers revolting because they were losing their farms because they could not pay their taxes.
A
Shay's Rebuttal
B
Pontiac's Rebellion
C
King Phillip's War
D
Shay's Rebellion
6) An early plan of government in which the state’s share with the central government. It gave the states more power.
A
Declaration of Independence
B
Preamble
C
The Constitution
D
Articles of Confederation
7) The land that the U.S. won after the Revolution.
A
California
B
Pacific Northwest
C
Northwest Territory
D
Pacific Territory
8) A document started by the small states that would give them as much power as the larger states.
A
Boston Plan
B
New Jersey Plan
C
Virginia Plan
D
Massachusetts Plan
9) Called for a federal system in which the national government had three parts. It was supported by larger states
A
New Jersey Plan
B
Northwest Territory
C
Delaware Plan
D
Virginia Plan
10) Roger Sherman’s suggestion of dividing Congress into two parts so that larger and smaller states could both agree.
A
Articles of Confederation
B
The Constitution
C
The Great Confederation
D
The Great Compromise
11) He was the main writer of the Constitution and helped write the Bill of Rights and was the 4th President of the United States.
A
Ben Franklin
B
Paul Revere
C
James Madison
D
Thomas Paine
12) He was a framer of the Constitution and helped forge the Great Compromise in which our legislature would have two parts. The Bill of Rights were important to him.
A
John Adams
B
George Mason
C
Ben Franklin
D
Thomas Jefferson
13) Supporters of the Constitution were called this.
A
Federalists
B
Anti-Federalists
C
Constitutionalists
D
Farmeralists
14) People who opposed the new Constitution were called this.
A
Federalists
B
Redcoats
C
Constitutionalists
D
Anti-Federalists
15) A leader of the Constitutional Convention and helped with the writing of the Constitution.
A
George Washington
B
Paul Revere
C
William howe
D
Gouverneur Morris
16) States that people have the freedom of speech, religion and expression.
A
4th Amendment
B
1st Amendment
C
3rd Amendment
D
2nd Amendment
17) States that people have the right to bear arms.
A
4th Amendement
B
2nd Amendment
C
7th Amendment
D
1st Amendment
18) States that people do not have to quarter soldiers in their home.
A
3rd Amendment
B
4th Amendment
C
6th Amendment
D
2nd Amendment
19) States that police cannot search people or their homes without good reason.
A
3rd Amendment
B
8th Amendment
C
5th Amendment
D
4th Amendment
20) States that people accused of a crime have the right to a fair trial. They cannot be tried more than once for the same crime.
A
7th Amendment
B
5th Amendment
C
6th Amendment
D
3rd Amendment
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