Unit 2 - Foundations of the Constitution Review

Most anti-Federalists changed from opponents to supporters of the Constitution after they were promised

• a bill of rights

• term limits on the office of president

• good relations with Native Americans

• a bicameral legislature

When Southern states' representatives were contributing to drafting the Constitution, they tended to argue that

• church and state should be separated

• slave trade should be abolished

• slaves should be counted in the census

• territories should be open to slave-holding

Demands for the calling of a Constitutional Convention in 1787 reflected the frowing belief that the

• small and large states should be political equals

• rights of businesses were not being protected

• national government needed to be strengthened

• state governments had too little power

One major compromise at the Constitutional Convention settled the difference between large states and small states over the issue of

• representation in Congress

• taxation

• territorial expansion

• civil liberties

Who is in charge of the executive branch?

• The Speaker of the House

• The Prime Minister

• The President

• The Chief Justice

What do we call the first 10 amendments to the Constitution?

• The Articles of Confederation

• The Inalienable rights

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Bill of Rights

Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the states. What is one power of the states? Choose one:

• Make Treaties

• Provide public education

• Create an army

• Coin of print money

The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution. What are these words?

• We the People

• Congress shall make

• We the British

• We the Colonists

What is the highest court in the United States?

• Federal Appeals Court

• Supreme Court

• Circuit Court

• International Court of Justice

Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the Federal government. what is one power of the federal government? Choose one

• To provide police departments

• To issue driver's licenses

• To make treaties with other countries

• To provide public schools