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What is the purpose of the Bill of Rights?
a) To protect the power of the national government
b) To protect the rights of the people against abuses by the national government
c) To give states more power
d) To provide power to the government like a king
Why did some people oppose ratification of the Constitution?
a) It didn't include protection of individual rights
b) It eliminated state governments
c) It made slavery illegal
d) It failed to include checks and balances
Wrote the Great Compromise
a) Thomas Jefferson
b) George Washington
c) Edmund Randolf
d) Roger Sherman
Wrote the Virginia Plan
a) Roger Sherman
b) James Madison
c) Benjamin Franklin
d) Alexander Hamilton
Wrote the Virginia Bill of Rights
a) George Mason
b) Roger Sherman
c) Benjamin Franklin
d) Edmund Randolf
System of courts to interpret the laws
a) Judicial branch
b) Legislative branch
c) Executive branch
d) constitution
Uprising of Massachusetts farmers over taxes
a) Constitutional Convention
b) Boston Tea Party
c) Shays Rebellion
d) New Jersey Plan
Person who runs a government and see that the laws are carried out
a) compromise
b) Senator
c) Shays Rebellion
d) executive
Protects basic liberties of citizens
a) bill of rights
b) judicial branch
c) constitution
d) executive
To approve a document
a) compromise
b) vote
c) elect
d) ratify
Specific rules under which a government will operate
a) compromise
b) constitution
c) principle
d) social contract
A period when business activity slow, prices and wages drop, and unemployment rises.
a) compromise
b) economic depression
c) Shays Rebellion
d) executive
Agreement in which each side gives up some demands
a) constitution
b) ratify
c) compromise
d) bill of rights
What is one reason many people called for changes to the Articles of Confederation?
a) they opposed the Northwest Ordinance
b) they wanted a plan of government made up of two branches
c) they believed that a weak central government was ineffective
d) they thought state governments were too weak
Under the Articles of Confederation, Congress lacked which powers
a) coin money and run a post office
b) make laws and declare war
c) regulate trade and collect taxes
d) deal with foreign nations and Native Americans
Under the Articles of Confederation the national government had
a) two branches
b) a two house legislature
c) a system of courts
d) one branch
The opening phrase of the Constitution, “We, the people,” means that the Constitution gets its authority from the
a) executive branch
b) state legislatures
c) citizens
d) congress
How did Shays’ Rebellion encourage people to push for a plan to revise the Articles of Confederation?
a) It made people worry about how a weak central government might respond to future rebellions.
b) It encouraged farmers to petition state governments for economic relief.
c) It gave members of the rebellion more political power.
d) It convinced leaders of the importance of individual rights and freedom of speech.
What did most state constitutions have that the original United States Constitution did not have?
a) bill of rights
b) legislature
c) power to declare war
d) power to make laws
As part of the Great Compromise, what fraction of the enslaved people in a state were included when determining representation in Congress?
a) one quarter
b) one half
c) three fifths
d) two thirds
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