Check Understanding - Constitution & Bill of Rights

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What is the Bill of Rights?

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The first 10 amendments to the Constitution

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Other laws written by what two people influenced the Bill of Rights?

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George Mason and Thomas Jefferson

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What is the purpose of the Bill of Rights?

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To provide a written guarantee of individual rights

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What is an Amendment?

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An official change or addition to the Constitution.

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Who had more power under the Articles of Confederation? Options: Federal Government, State Governments, Individual people, States with larger populations

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State Governments

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What is the name of the first written plan of government for the newly independent U.S.A.?

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Articles of Confederation

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What did the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 establish?

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The process for admitting new states

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How many states had to vote in favor of the Constitution for it to be ratified?

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9 out of 13

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Colonists met in Philadelphia for this meeting to try to fix the Articles.

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Constitutional Convention