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- 1. Multiple Choice
What year were the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union ratified?
1776
1781
1787
1763
- 2. Multiple Choice
What was created by the Northwest Ordinance that remains an institution in American Society?
Income Taxes
The Bill of Rights
The Public School System
The National Parks
- 3. Multiple Choice
What year was the Constitution ratified?
1776
1787
1781
1783
- 4. Multiple Choice
What important event in 1786-87 demonstrated the weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation?
Shay’s Rebellion
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Tea Party
All the above
- 5. Multiple Choice
What did the Virginia plan propose?
A bicameral national legislature
A single executive and independent national judiciary
A doctrine of national supremacy over state laws and taxing powers
All the above
- 6. Multiple Choice
What did the New Jersey plan propose?
A unicameral legislature
A plural executive removable by the legislature
A judiciary appointed by the executive
All the above
- 7. Multiple Choice
How were the Virginia and New Jersey plans reconciled at the Constitutional Convention?
By the Connecticut Compromise
By the Northwest Ordinance
By the Three Fifths Compromise
None of the above
- 8. Multiple Choice
This agreement allowed slaveholders to count each slave as a fraction of a white man for purposes of congressional representation.
The 4/5ths Compromise
The 2/3rds Compromise
The 3/5ths Compromise
None of the above
- 9. Multiple Choice
What is another term for representative government?
Democracy
Republicanism
Direct democracy
Constitutionalism
- 10. Multiple Choice
What name was given to the founders who advocated ratification of the Constitution and a strong central government?
Federalists
Antifederalists
Liberals
None of the above
- 11. Multiple Choice
What name was given to founders who were opposed to the idea of a central bank, a strong central government, and opposed ratification of the Constitution?
Federalists
Antifederalists
Tories
None of the above
- 12. Multiple Choice
These essays published in New York urged ratification of the Constitution and the creation of a strong national government.
The Pentagon Papers
The Antifederalist Papers
The Federalist Papers
None of the above
- 13. Multiple Choice
What is judicial review?
The power of Congress to overturn Supreme Court rulings
The power of the Supreme Court to rule on the constitutionality of
congressional acts and acts of government officials.
The constitutional basis for the Supreme Court to rewrite bad laws to conform to the Constitution
All the above
- 14. Multiple Choice
What part of the Constitution contains the major guarantees of personal freedoms?
The Preamble
The Articles of the Constitution
The Bill of Rights
None of the above
- 15. Multiple Choice
How are changes made to the Constitution?
All the above
By presidential order
By congressional statute
By an amendment process
All the above
- 16. Multiple Choice
Where are America’s Liberal values vividly expressed?
The Preamble
The Declaration of Independence
The Constitution
None of the above
- 17. Multiple Choice
Where do we find the purpose of the Constitution, as defined by the Founders?
The Preamble
The Declaration of Independence
The Federalist Papers
All the above
- 18. Multiple Choice
How many Articles are in the Constitution?
7
10
48
12
- 19. Multiple Choice
What year was the Armistice declared ending the war between England and The United States?
1776
1781
1783
1791
- 20. Multiple Choice
When did the USA declare its independence?
1787
1783
1776
1791
- 21. Multiple Choice
When was the Bill of Rights ratified into the Constitution?
1787
1783
1776
1791
- 22. Multiple Choice
What happened during the Second Continental Congress in 1776?
The Colonies tried to reconcile their differences with England
The Colonies created the Articles of Confederation
The Colonies declared their independence
None of the above
- 23. Multiple Choice
What is the main difference between how liberals and conservatives interpret the Constitution?
Liberals interpret the Constitution as a living document that must be understood with changing times while conservatives interpret the Constitution the way they believe the authors intended
Liberals and conservatives interpret the Constitution the same way
Conservatives interpret the Constitution as a living document that must be understood with changing times while liberals interpret the Constitution the way the authors intended
None of the above
- 24. Multiple Choice
How many Amendments are now in the Constitution?
25
27
28
32
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