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What revolt was started by farmers in three western Massachusetts counties?
a) Boston Massacre
b) Farmer's Rebellion
c) Shay's Rebellion
d) Shay's Sabotage

What is a set of basic principles and laws that states the powers and duties of the government?
a) Constitution
b) Declaration
c) Document
d) Manuscript

Signed by King John in 1215, this document was intended to limit the power of kings and queens:
a) Declaration of Rights
b) Magna Carta
c) Federalist Papers
d) Natural Rights Theory

What stated that no Virginian would be forced to attend a particular church nor to pay for one with tax money?
a) New Jersey Plan
b) Three-Fifths Compromise
c) Virginia Plan
d) Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom

The National Constitution created by the thirteen-member committee appointed by the Second Continental Congress.
a) Articles of Confederation
b) Land Ordinance of 1785
c) Magna Carta
d) Virginia Plan

System by which any one branch of government is prevented from becoming too powerful:
a) Checks and Balances
b) Federalism
c) Great Compromise
d) Popular Sovereignty

Responsible for proposing and passing laws
a) Executive Branch
b) Judicial Branch
c) Legislative Branch
d) None of the above

What three people wrote the Federalist Papers?
a) James Madison, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin
b) Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, Thomas Jefferson
c) James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson
d) Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay

Called for a bicameral legislature with representation in both houses based on population:
a) Federalist papers
b) Madison plan
c) New Jersey plan
d) Virginia plan

Called for a one-house legislature in which each state had an equal number of votes:
a) Federalist papers
b) Madison plan
c) New Jersey plan
d) Virginia

Gave each state an equal vote in the upper house of the legislature while granting to the lower house representation based on population:
a) Great Compromise
b) Magna Carta
c) New Jersey plan
d) Virginia plan

The idea that political authority belongs to the people is called what?
a) Checks and Balances
b) Federalism
c) Popular Sovereignty
d) None of the above

Agreement that slaves would not be counted as a whole person when determining representation:
a) Great Compromise
b) New Jersey Plan
c) Three-Fifths Compromise
d) Virginia Plan

Sharing of power between a central government and the states it is comprised of is called what?
a) Checks and Balances
b) Federalism
c) Popular Soveriegnty
d) Legislation

A group of essays that defended the Constitution was the:
a) Bill of Rights
b) Common Sense
c) Declaration of Independence
d) Federalist Papers

Division of power between states and the federal government.
a) Bicameralism
b) Checks and Balances
c) Federalism
d) National Government

Powers held by the National Government are…
a) Concurrent
b) Delegated
c) Empirical
d) Reserved

Powers held by the State Government are…
a) Concurrent
b) Delegated
c) Empirical
d) Reserved

Powers shared by the National and State governments are…
a) Concurrent
b) Delegated
c) Empiracal
d) Reserved

The “necessary and proper clause” of the Constitution is commonly referred to as what?
a) Elastic Clause
b) Enumerated Clause
c) Expansive Clause
d) Santa Clause

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