Unit 3: Founding Documents Study Guide

Unit 3: Founding Documents Study Guide

11th - 12th Grade

7 Qs

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Unit 3: Founding Documents Study Guide

Unit 3: Founding Documents Study Guide

Assessment

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Social Studies

11th - 12th Grade

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7 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What are unalienable rights?

Rights that are given by the government.

Rights that we are born with and can not be taken away.

Life, Liberty and Chocolate Ice Cream

Rights that only certain people are granted.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What are the four sections of the Declaration of Independence in the correct order?

Preamble, Theory, Grievances, and Declaration of War

Preamble, Grievances, Theory, and Declaration of War

Declaration of War, Theory, Grievances, and Preamble

Preamble, Declaration of War, Grievances, and Theory

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What were the Articles of Confederation?

A letter to King George III explaining the plan for how the U.S. Government would work.

The first constitution of the United States.

A legal document that promised not to tax the citizens of the U.S. any longer.

A document that contains the natural rights of U.S. citizens.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which compromise attempted to solve the dispute over representation between small and large states?

Montana Compromise

The BEST Compromise

The GREAT Compromise

The New Jersey Plan

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which compromise attempted to solve the dispute over how to count slaves in the population for congressional representation and taxation?

New Jersey Plan

Virginia Plan

The Great Compromise

The 3/5s Compromise

6.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Identify three weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation.

No power to levy taxes.

No power to coin money.

No national court system.

No legislative branch.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Identify how one of the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation lead to its failure.

Congress could not regulate trade; states refused to pay for goods they purchased abroad.

Congress could coin their own money, but so could states. This created a confusing currency system.

Congress could tax the states, but the states refused to pay.

There was no national court system, but states did a great job of getting along with each other.