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Which debate at the Constitutional Convention was settled by the Great Compromise?
a) determining how to fairly represent both large and small states in Congress
b) determining participation by the average citizen in presidential elections
c) deciding whether or not Southern States could include slaves in their total population count
d) deciding which branch of government would have the final check in the system of checks and balances

Why did the Framers include a system of checks and balances in the Constitution?
a) to clarify which powers are reserved for the states
b) to give the states the power to remove corrupt officials from federal office
c) the prevent any branch of government from abusing its power
d) to provide a way for the Constitution to be amended

What was the main purpose of the Federalist Papers written by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison?
a) to encourage people to support independence from Great Britain
b) to convince people to support ratification of the Constitution
c) to educate people about their rights and responsibilities as citizens
d) to discourage people from supporting federal power over state power

The main disagreement between the Federalists and the Anti Federalists revolved around which topic?
a) the number of states there should be in the new nation
b) the manner in which slaves were counted as part of a state's population
c) how to fairly elect the President
d) the amount of authority the national government should have

On March 5th 1770, a crowd of colonists began taunting and throwing snowballs at British soldiers guarding a customs house, which resulted in the
a) Boston Tea Party
b) Boston Massacre
c) First Continental Congress
d) shot heard round the world

All of the following were causes of the American Revolution EXCEPT:
a) the end of salutary neglect
b) the Townshend Acts
c) the colonists right to no taxation without representation
d) Shay's Rebellion

Which of the following constitutional principles describes the idea that a government cannot do whatever it wants, but rather is constrained by a set of laws?
a) judicial review
b) federalism
c) limited government
d) representative democracy

According to the Declaration of Independence, from where do governments derive their power?
a) the might of the military
b) the people's consent
c) male land-owning citizens
d) divine authority

With what laws did the British intend to punish Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party and end colonial challenges to British authority?
a) the Intolerable Acts
b) the Tea Act
c) the Declaration of Rights and Grievances
d) the Navigation Acts

The United States first Constitution was called the
a) Bill of Rights
b) Federalist Papers
c) Declaration of Independence
d) Articles of Confederation

Why was the Bill of Rights added to the Constitution?
a) to give states power over the federal government
b) to protect voting rights of male landowners
c) to protect the individual rights of citizens
d) to settle the dispute between large and small states over representation

The Proclamation of 1763 declared that colonists could not settle west of what?
a) the Hudson River
b) the Ohio River
c) the Appalachian Mountains
d) the Mason-Dixon Line

The colonists protested the Stamp Act by
a) refusing to sell goods to Britain
b) boycotting British goods
c) dissolving the Massachusetts assembly
d) dumping British tea into Boston Harbor

In 1776, who wrote the pamphlet Common Sense?
a) Thomas Paine
b) John Locke
c) Samuel Adams
d) Alexander Hamilton

Which Enlightenment philosopher's ideas most influenced Thomas Jefferson when writing the Declaration of Independence?
a) Thomas Hobbes
b) Thomas Paine
c) Jean Jacques Rousseau
d) John Locke

Why were the Articles of Confederation so difficult to amend?
a) Amendment required approval of 3/4ths of all state legislatures
b) Amendment required specially called conventions in over half of the states
c) Amendment required unanimous consent of all 13 states
d) Amendment required the signature of the President

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