Constitution and Convention
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- Q1
What happened first?
Articles of Confederation
Declaration of Independence
Constitution
30s - Q2
Which document set up the first new government of the American Colonies, now called the United States of America?
Constitution
Declaration of Independence
Articles of Confederation
30s - Q3
Which document replaced the Articles of Confederation?
Articles of Confederation
Declaration of Independence
Constitution
30s - Q4
Which group of delegates is responsible for the writing of the Constitution?
First House of Representatives
Second Constitutional Convention
The Senate
Continental Congress
30s - Q5
How many years after the Declaration of Independence was signed was the Constitution ratified?
2
10
11
5
30s - Q6
The word ratification means:
an act of signing or giving formal consent or agreement
a result of disagreement
a separation
an establishment of consensus
30s - Q7
The word consensus means
minority agree
nobody agrees
agreement of all
majority agree
30s - Q8
How many states were needed to ratify the constitution in order for it to proceed?
13
a consensus
6
9
30s - Q9
What is the result of the demand that the constitution specify rights given to the people, and necessary to secure the vote of certain states to ratify?
Both answers
Amendments
Neither answer
Bill of Rights
30s - Q10
Who were the federalists?
Those who were loyal to the Britain
Those who did not want a strong central government
Those who wanted a strong central government
Those who thought a president was like a king
30s - Q11
Who were the anti-federalists?
Those who were loyal to Britain
Those who wanted to create the office of president
Those who approved a strong central government
Those who wanted most rights and laws to be reserved for the states
30s - Q12
What was one of the ideas of the anti-federalists?
That they would have a strong central government
That they would have to fight the next war by themselves
That the supreme court could overturn state laws
That states would have too much power
30s - Q13
How was notice of the new Constitution spread throughout the country?
pamphlets
all of the above
talking to the people
newspapers
30s - Q14
Which new branch of government did the Constitution establish?
Judicial
Legislative
Executive
State
30s - Q15
How many branches of government did the Constitution create?
4
2
5
3
30s