Vocab
Fans flocked to the convention.
A. meeting
B. museum
C. restaurant
D. warehouse
A. meeting
to go under the surface
A. subcontinent
B. subdue
C. submerge
D. subscribe
C. submerge
In what year did the Patriots dump tea into the Boston Harbor to protest being taxed for it?
A. 1770
B. 1771
C. 1772
D. 1773
D. 1773
What states believed so strongly in the Bill of Rights that they would not approve the Constitution at all unless it was added.
A. New York and North Carolina
B. Rhode Island and Virginia
C. North Carolina and Rhode Island
D. Virginia and Massachusetts
C. North Carolina and Rhode Island
In 1945 what was established in order to curb warfare and to protect human rights around the world?
A. United Nations
B. International Laws
C. Human Rights
D. Bill of Rights
A. United Nations
Delegates from many colonies signed the Declaration of Independence.
A. Kings
B. Farmers
C. Soliders
D. Representatives
D. Representatives
powers that are beyond a typical person's ability
A. supervisor
B. supersonic
C. superhuman
D. superintendent
C. superhuman
What is the Articles of Confederation?
A. It explained how the government and colonies would be organized and how laws are made
B. an article added to the US Constitution
C. the first ten amendments to the US Constitution
D. a body of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is acknowledged to be governed.
A. It explained how the government and colonies would be organized and how laws are made
In 1789 how many amendments were added and approved to the Constitution?
A. 10
B. 11
C. 12
D. 13
A. 10
Where is the United Nations building located?
A. New Hampshire
B. Rhode Island
C. Virginia
D. New York
D. New York
The city council voted for the ratification of new rules.
A. writing
B. removal
C. approval
D. alteration
C. approval
to take away or remove
A. subject
B. subtract
C. supervise
D. supermarket
B. subtract
Who was not involved on the decision of how the United States should be ran?
A. George Mason
B. Benjamin Franklin
C. Abraham Lincoln
D. George Washington
C. Abraham Lincoln
What are the first 10 amendments called?
A. Constitution
B. Freedom
C. Amendements
D. Bill of Rights
D. Bill of Rights
Who wrote the Bill of Rights?
A. George Washington
B. James Madison
C. George Mason
D. Martin Luther King Jr.
B. James Madison
Many people signed a petition to save the building.
A. old law
B. legal question
C. formal request
D.informal document
C. formal request
to keep watch over someone
A. superb
B. superstar
C. supervise
D. supermarket
C. supervise
In what year did the Constitutional Convention take place?
A. 1785
B. 1787
C. 1786
D. 1783
B. 1787
What amendment is freedom of speech protected in?
A. Amendement 1
B. Amendement 3
C. Amendement 5
D. Amendement 7
A. Amendement 1
Originally how many amendments was listed before voted on?
A. 13
B. 15
C. 17
D. 19
C. 17
Which word is a synonym for violations in the sentence below. Colonists viewed some British laws as violations of essential rights.
A. abuses
B. agreements
C. opportunities
D. misunderstandings
A. abuses
The prefix -sub helps a reader know that the word submarine involves objects that
A. fly quickly in the air
B. can be found underwater
C. are larger than most objects
D. are above the surface
B. can be found underwater
The federalists believed it was necessary to include a list of rights in the Constitution.
A. True
B. False
B. False
In what year did the General Assembly of the United Nations agree on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
A. 1928
B. 1935
C. 1941
D. 1948
D. 1948
How many states needed to approve the Bill of Rights for it to be ratified?
A. 7
B. 8
C. 10
D. 11
D. 11