5th Grade: The Constitution k12 Unit 4 test study guide

Who is often called the 'Father of the Constitution'?

• John Adams

• James Madison

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

What does the Bill of Rights guarantee?

• Right to equal pay, freedom of assembly, right to healthcare, right to housing

• Right to freedom of speech, religion, press, and a fair trial

• Right to a fair trial, freedom of religion, right to protest, right to education

• Right to bear arms, freedom of speech, right to privacy, right to vote

What is NOT true about the Great Compromise?

• It was between the New Jersey and Virginia Plans

• It formed the House (which as representation based on population) and the Senate (which as representation based on states)

• To determine the representation of states in the legislature

• It established the President as the head of the Executive Branch and the Supreme Court as the head of the Judicial Branch

What is the role of the Judicial branch of government?

• To enforce the laws

• To declare war

• To make the laws

• To interpret the laws

What is the significance of the Three-Fifths Compromise?

• It established the Bill of Rights

• It determined the representation of states in the legislature

• It counted a slave as three-fifths of a person for taxation and representation purposes

• It decided the method of electing the President

Who was unanimously elected as the first President of the US and also served as the president of the constitutional Convention?

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Adams

• George Washington

• James Madison

What is the purpose of checks and balances in the government?

• To ensure equal representation for each state

• To prevent the branches from having too much power

• To make the laws

• To limit the power of the President

Select all examples of civic responsibility:

• To pay taxes

• To sign the Constitution

• To vote in elections

• To support the political party in power

The head of the Executive Branch is:

• The Supreme Court

• The Senate

• The President

• The House of Representatives

What inspired the U.S. Constitutional Convention?

• The United Federation Peace Agreement

• The French Revolution

• The Massachusetts constitutional convention

• The American Revolution