
Know Your Constitution
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- Q1The document of laws and rights that the Americans borrowed from the English when writing the Constitution.Articles of ConfederationHouse of BurgessesMagna CartaMayflower Compact30s
- Q2What earlier colonial document created by the Pilgrims did Americans use in writing the Constitution?Parliament LawsMagna CartaMayflower CompactRoman Order30s
- Q3America's first constitution signed in 1777.Articles of ConfederationColonial PactMayflower CompactFundamental Orders30s
- Q4Who was president of the Constitutional Convention?George WashingtonAlexander HamiltonBenjamin FranklinThomas Jefferson30s
- Q5All of the following are one of the 3 branches of government except...ConstitutionalExecutiveLegislativeJudicial30s
- Q6This plan allowed large states to have more votes.Fundamental Orders of ConnecticutVirginia PlanMayflower CompactNew Jersey Plan30s
- Q7Each state had to have one vote3/5 CompromiseNew Jersey PlanGeorgia PlanVirginia Plan30s
- Q8The Great Compromise created this...Supreme Courta PresidentBill of Rights2 houses of congress30s
- Q9Division of power between federal government and states.Limited GovernmentFederalismRepublicanismDemocracy30s
- Q10Slaves would count for 3/5 of the vote.Congressional CompromiseGreat CompromiseJudicial Compromise3/5 Compromise30s
- Q11Supporters of the ConstitutionPatriotsWhigsCongressmenFederalists30s
- Q12Anti-Federalists wanted this added to the Constitution.Bill of RightsSupreme Court2-house legislaturePresident30s
- Q13How many states, out of 13, had to ratify it?13910730s
- Q14Known as the "Father of the Constitution."James MadisonThomas JeffersonGeorge WashingtonBenjamin Franklin30s
- Q15A form of government in which citizens rule themselves through elected representatives.DemocracyRepublicOligarchyTheocracy30s