Vocabulary
the act of moving from one country to another country
to live
immigration
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
a legal promise
Right
A limited government depends on
a) consent of the people.
b) power of the king.
c) size of the country.
d) number of voters.
a) consent of the people.
What was the Great Compromise?
a) Southern states would be allowed to import enslaved people for twenty more years.
b) The national government would share power among three branches.
c) One house of Congress would base membership on state population while the other would grant the same number of members to each state.
d) Presidential and vice presidential candidates would be nominated from two political parties.
c) One house of Congress would base membership on state population while the other would grant the same number of members to each state.
having the power to make laws
legislative
Who led the fight for a bill of rights after the Constitution took effect?
a) Thomas Jefferson
b) Benjamin Franklin
c) Alexander Hamilton
d) James Madison
d) James Madison
Religious freedom means that you
a) believe in a god.
b) can build churches anywhere.
c) have the right to believe as you wish.
d) don’t have to pay to go to church.
c) have the right to believe as you wish.
What did the Second Continental Congress do?
a) write the Constitution and elect the president
b) convince Britain to lower taxes and pull out troops
c) nominate convention delegates and choose a meeting place
d) run the war and write the Articles of Confederation
d) run the war and write the Articles of Confederation
What idea in the Virginia Plan caused the most disagreement?
a) The central government should protect Americans against foreign enemies.
b) The central government should protect the liberties of Americans.
c) The central government should make laws to govern trade among states.
d) The central government should have higher powers than the states in certain areas.
d) The central government should have higher powers than the states in certain areas.
representative
delegate
Why didn’t Patrick Henry attend the Grand Convention of the States in 1787?
a) He didn’t want to strengthen the central government.
b) He didn’t have time to attend conventions.
c) He was serving as ambassador to England at the time.
d) He wasn’t elected as a delegate to the convention.
a) He didn’t want to strengthen the central government.
What freedom did most state governments protect under law?
a) freedom of speech
b) freedom of assembly
c) right to a trial by jury
d) All of the above
d) All of the above
A federal system of government is a system in which
a) power is divided between different levels of government.
b) the states have more power than the central government.
c) the central government holds all legislative power.
d) power is concentrated in one nationally elected leader.
a) power is divided between different levels of government.
What was the stated purpose, according to the Congress, of the Grand Convention of the States
in 1787?
a) to elect a president
b) to recommend changes to the Articles of Confederation
c) to write a new constitution
d) to petition the states for money to pay foreign debts
b) to recommend changes to the Articles of Confederation
a case of law decided by a group of one’s fellow citizens
“trial by jury”
Who opposed the creation of a stronger federal government and the ratification of the 1787 Constitution.
Anti-federalist
unable to be taken away or denied
unalienable
How many states had to ratify the Constitution for it to become law?
a) seven
b) nine
c) eleven
d) thirteen
b) nine
In 1787, what rights did the Congress guarantee to settlers of the Northwest Territory?
a) the same rights as people in the thirteen states
b) the right to settle all land west of the Mississippi River
c) the right to own and trade in enslaved people
d) the same rights as Native Americans on reservations
a) the same rights as people in the thirteen states
the ability of the people in a country to decide their
own government
self-determination
Who was the leader of the continental army?
George Washington
What document did each state write after gaining independence from Britain?
a) a declaration
b) a constitution
c) a will
d) a compromise
b) a constitution
Which power DOES NOT belong to the federal government of the United States?
a) the power to make marriage and divorce laws
b) the power to levy and collect taxes
c) the power to print currency
d) the power to declare war and peace
a) the power to make marriage and divorce laws
The Articles of Confederation
a) allowed people to elect their representatives to the Congress.
b) made the president of the Congress too strong.
c) gave the central government too little power to be effective.
d) failed to provide sufficient protections for states’ rights.
c) gave the central government too little power to be effective.