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What happened after the Battle at Yorktown?
a) shipbuilders got a lot more orders
b) slavery ended
c) Treaty of Paris was signed ending the Revolutionary War
d) Shot heard 'round the world

Where did the Continental Army train to become a true fighting unit?
a) Valley Forge
b) Dallas
c) Boston
d) Bunker Hill

The Virginia Plan and New Jersey Plan were combined to make our current Constitution. What was it called when they combined them?
a) Marbury vs Madison
b) The Great Compromise
c) Republicanism
d) Federalism

George Mason, a leading Anti-Federalist, wanted a smaller government. The Anti-Federalists wanted what added to Constitution?
a) term limits
b) unalienable rights
c) Bill of Rights
d)

What was the 1st Amendment?
a) right to bear arms
b) right to jury trial
c) right to speedy trial
d) RAPPS-freedom of religion, assembly, press, petition and speech

What is the 5th Amendment?
a) Freedom of speech
b) you have other rights not listed in the Constitution
c) right to remain silent
d) right to speedy trial

Serving on a jury, paying taxes and voting are all examples of
a) freedom of speech
b) popular sovereignty
c) federalism
d) civic duty

An example of Popular Sovereignty is
a) shipbuilders
b) voting
c) serving on a jury
d) paying taxes

3 Branches of Government was an idea originally from whom?
a) Colombus
b) Baron de Montesquieu
c) Abraham Lincoln
d) Lucretia Mott, Susan B Anthony, and Abigail Adams

What was the 3/5ths Compromise?
a) how they counted slaves for representation in Congress
b) an advanced math class
c) how states are admitted to the United States
d) amount of tax paid at the Whiskey Rebellion

What is the 4th Amendment?
a) right to bear arms
b) no cruel and unusual punishment
c) right to jury trial in civil cases
d) no unreasonable search and seizures

Federalists wanted what?
a) a strong federal government
b) separation between church and state
c) slavery
d) voting for 16 year olds

2/3 of Congress can vote to propose a new amendment....true or false?
a) true
b) false
c)
d)

Unalienable Rights (life, liberty, pursuit of happiness) was listed in what document?
a) Mayflower Compact
b) Constitution
c) Writs of Solomon
d) Declaration of Independence

What document contained information about how states could be admitted to the United States?
a) Northwest Ordinance
b) Constitution
c) Common Sense
d) Mayflower Compact

The Sons of LIberty protested economic policies (taxes) imposed by whom after the French and Indian War?
a) French
b) Indians
c) Americans
d) British

What was the Mayflower Compact?
a) a supreme court case
b) an agreement that made laws for Plymouth Colony
c) the first Constitution
d) the basis for the English Magna Carta

What did Anti-federalists demand to be added to Constitution before they would agree to ratify it?
a) Bill of Rights to protect freedoms
b) a preamble to introduce it
c) words that 8th graders in the future would not understand
d) signatures

The president vetoing a bill is an example of what principle of the Constitutuion
a) republicanism
b) federalism
c) checks and balances
d) popular sovereignty

What does persecution mean?
a) to be treated harshly
b) the right to vote
c) illegal travel
d) an economic theory

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