STAAR Review Constitution

Which of the following should we place it question mark in this diagram

• direct democracy

• Great Compromise

• e checks and balances

• Missouri compromise

What does the list suggest about the drafters of the Articles of Confederation

• They did not want a judicial system based upon data Great Britain

• they feared that a strong central government would abuse its power

• they were uncertain that democracy would continue to be the best type of government

• t they did not think that state governments could provide for the general welfare

Why did the Anti-Federalists demand that a Bill of Rights be added to the US Constitution

• to strengthen the authority of the federal government
• to improve the organization of the Judiciary
• to give each state equal amount of power
• to protect individual freedom from the federal government

Which correctly identifies reasons for and against ratification of the proposed US Constitution? Should the proposed US Constitution be should be ratified?

• For- the proposed document expands State Authority Against- the proposed document lacks a provision for the central bank

• For- the proposed document prevents foreign entanglement Against- the proposed document restrict the legislative Branch

• For- of those document increases the power of the national government Against- their post document lacks at Bill of Rights

• For- the proposed document expands the power of the local government

  Against- the proposed document limits the authority of the executive branch

After the end of the Revolutionary War states were eager to expand into newly available territory. The states of New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Virginia argued over the competing claims to land west of the Appalachian Mountains. The conflict was addressed by the

• Missouri Compromise
• Wilmot Proviso
• Northwest Ordinance
• Kansas-Nebraska Act

The author is expressing her opinion about

• recalling members of Congress

• impeaching the president

• disobeying the Supreme Court

• amending the Constitution

Your document completes as excerpt

• Declaration of independence

• treaty of Ghent

• Northwest Ordinance

• Louisiana Purchase

Which action is one part of the official path to the US citizenship through the naturalization process

• Attending college in the United States
• being employed in the United States
• passing the US Civics exam
• working for the US government

The Northwest Ordinance established guidelines for ordinary expansion of the United States by instituting a

• method to purchase territory from foreign powers
• procedure for military takeover of existing countries
• process through which states could be added to the union
• compromise line of that prohibited slavery in the West

Which of falling correctly describes a 3/5 compromise

• a portion of slave population was counted for legislative representation
• a federal law enforcing the return of future slaves was passed
• the Census Bureau was established to help a apportion representation
• the elected Senators was delegated to the state legislatures