Constitution Day 5

Who wrote the excerpt?

• James Madison

• Thomas Jefferson

• Alexander Hamilton

• John Adams

Established the idea of self-government.

• English Bill of Rights

• Magna Carta

• Mayflower Compact

• Declaration of Independence

Protected citizens' liberties from the government.

• English Bill of Rights

• Magna Carta

• Mayflower Compact

• Articles of Confederation

Limited the power of the monarch and expanded citizens’ rights.

• English Bill of Rights

• Magna Carta

• Mayflower Compact

• Constitution

What are unalienable rights AND how was the theory used in the Declaration of Independence?

• Rights that can be transferred; used to justify the monarchy.

• Rights that cannot be taken away; used to justify independence.

• Rights that are given by the government; used to support taxation.

• Rights that are earned through service; used to promote loyalty.

The __________________________________________ created a bicameral legislature to satisfy both large and small states.

• Federalist Papers

• Stronger Government Act

• Declaration of Independence

• Articles of Confederation

• Great Compromise

______________________________ wanted slaves to count towards their population so they could have more representation in Congress.

• Northerners

• Southerners

• Quakers

• Founding Fathers

The Constitutional Convention is where the Founding Fathers came together to revise the __________________________________________.

• Articles of Confederation

• Declaration of Independence

• Constitution

• Great Compromise

• Bill of Rights

Shays’ Rebellion resulted in many Americans wanting a ________________________ national government.

• Weaker

• Stronger

• Independent

• Democratic

The first anti-slavery group who lived in Pennsylvania were called __________________________________________.

• Quakers

• Abolitionists

• Southerners

• Colonists

• Founding Fathers