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Test Description: Day 3 STAAR Review
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1) The protection of individual freedoms from the federal government was a demand for the addition of what component to the Constitution?
A
The Bill of Rights
B
Preamble
C
Process of Ratification
D
Separation of Power
2) What were the AntiFederalists opposed to in 1787?
A
G. slave ownership
B
H. states’ rights
C
F. ratification of the Constitution
D
J. local control of government
3) Arguments for the ratification of the Constitution can be found in what historical document(s)?
A
D. The Bill of Rights
B
C. Declaration of Independence
C
A. The Article of Confederation
D
B. The Federalist Papers
4) How would the “Three-Fifths Compromise” affect Virginia, the most populous slave state in 1790?
A
Three-fifths of the slave population must be set free in order to ratify the Constitution.
B
Three-fifths of the slave population would count toward determining federal taxation and representation.
C
It would allow for the slave population of Virginia to count equally in federal taxation and representation.
D
Virginia would have three-fifths of the total representation in Congress.
5) The Magna Carta and the English Bill of Rights heavily influenced what provision in the US Constitution?
A
H. executive authority over taxation
B
F. Individual rights
C
G. congressional approval of all taxes
D
J. equal congressional representation
6) Which of the following quotes did not come from The Federalist Papers in support of ratification of the Constitution?
A
I had rather be a free citizen of the small republic of Massachusetts, than an oppressed subject of the great American empir
B
“You must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place, oblige it to control itself.”
C
. “To all general purposes we have uniformly been one people each individual citizen everywhere enjoying the same national ri
D
“The operations of the federal government will be most extensive and important in times of war and danger; those of the State
7) Anti-Federalists argued all of the following except:
A
Individual rights should be given priority over government authority.
B
The federal government is given too much control over local affairs.
C
The national legislative and executive branches are not given enough power.
D
The US Supreme Court should not be able to overturn decisions made in the state courts.
8) The following quote from Thomas Jefferson indicates that he supports what political position in 1788? “Our country is too large to have all affairs directed by a single government.” – Thomas Jefferson
A
Ratification
B
Federalism
C
Anti-Federalism
D
Republicanism
9) James Madison and Alexander Hamilton were instrumental in writing essays supporting what cause?
A
Creating strong state governments
B
Westward expansion
C
Protecting the rights of individual land ownership
D
Ratifying the Constitution
10) An agreement of governance that created a bond between states for foreign affairs, but could not tax or raise an army
A
Bill of Rights
B
The Federalists Papers
C
Articles of Confederation
D
Constitution
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