Creating the Constitution Test Review #1

Who has the power to declare war?

• National Government

• State Government

• Local Government

• Shared both state and national level

Under the Articles of Confederation, congress could not

• Coin money or set up a postal system

• Raise and army or navy

• Regulate trade or levy taxes

• control foreign affairs

Anti-Federalist feared that the Constitution would give

• The states too much power

• Ordinary people too much voice in government

• the national government too little power

• the national government too much power over the states

The Bill of Rights was added to the constitution

• Allow for the separation of powers

• fulfill promises the federalists had made to get the constitution ratified

• ensure the rights of state governments

• give the executive branch the power to veto laws

The Bill of Rights guarantees

• individual rights

• the general welfare

• The right to vote

• Trial by jury in all civil cases

How many members are in the House of Representatives

• 455

• 50

• 435

• 100

What is considered the 'supreme law of the land'?

• Constitution

• Declaration of Independence

• Articles of Confederation

• Common Sense

Who is considered the father of the constitution?

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Dickinson

• James Madison

• John Hancock

What branch of government writes the laws

• Executive

• Legislative

• Judicial

How many states were needed to ratify the constitution

• 9

• 13

• 3/4

• half