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Which states had to come to an agreement known as the 3/5 Compromise?
a) Large States and Small States
b) England and the Colonies
c) Northern and Southern States
d) Native Americans and the Europeans

What kind of states did the Virginia Plan favor?
a) Large states - it wanted representation in Congress to be based on population!
b) Small states - it wanted representation in Congress to be equal for all states
c) Slave states - slaves could increase a state's population
d) Free States - this was a chance to free the slaves!

What does the 4th Amendment protect citizens from?
a) Owning guns
b) Soldiers staying in your home
c) Cruel and unusual punishment
d) Illegal search and seizure

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
a) Thomas Paine
b) Thomas Jefferson
c) George Mason
d) Samuel Adams

What is an example of checks and balances?
a) Federalism
b) The President can veto a law written by Congress
c) There are 3 branches of government
d) A Supreme Court justice is appointed for life

Limited government means that
a) our government has to obey rules and laws, just like its citizens do
b) our government's power does not extend to other countries
c) we do not truly have freedom of speech
d) our government is weak

The Federalists were the political party that believed in
a) Protecting individual rights for citizens
b) A strong foreign policy
c) A strong national government
d) A weak national government

The Anti-Federalists were the political party that believed in
a) Protecting individual rights for citizens
b) A strong foreign policy
c) A strong national government
d) A weak national government

We demonstrate the principle of popular sovereignty when we -
a) serve on a jury
b) protest against an unjust law
c) vote for our representatives in Congress
d) sue the government

The 3 branches of government are -
a) President, Vice President, and the Cabinet
b) Congress, House of Representatives, and Senate
c) Legislative, Executive, and Judicial
d) National, State, and Local

What did the Great Compromise create?
a) A bicameral legislature - Congress has the House and the Senate!
b) A way to create states out of territories
c) A new way to impeach the president
d) A Congress where each state had only one vote

When do we show the consent of the people in a democratic society?
a) When the President vetoes a bill
b) When the Supreme Court determines a law constitutional
c) When we vote
d) When we add a new state

Federalism allows...
a) Checks and balances to happen
b) States to wage war with each other
c) The national government to have all the power
d) A state to solve its own problems

Because of the 3/5 Compromise...
a) Congress was divided into 3 parts
b) Northern states ended slavery
c) Slave states were able to get more representatives in Congress
d) The Articles of Confederation were created

The Anti-federalists forced the Federalists to add...
a) A preamble
b) The Northwest Ordinance
c) A Bill of Rights to the Constitution
d) The Proclamation Line of 1763

The 10th Amendment displays the principle of
a) Individual Freedom
b) Federalism
c) Checks and Balances
d) Republicanism

Alexander Hamilton, a Federalist, was in favor of...
a) A strong national government
b) A weak national government
c) A Bill of Rights
d) Open Borders

Which action can states AND the national government do?
a) Issue marriage licenses
b) Tax citizens
c) Open schools
d) Fire the President

The main job of the judicial branch is to...
a) Interpret the law
b) Stop the President
c) Write the law
d) Enforce the law

What is the difference between a direct democracy and a republic?
a) A direct democracy has a king
b) Nothing - they are the same!
c) In a republic, we elect someone to vote for us!
d) In a republic, every citizen is responsible for voting about every issue.

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