Constitution Written Assessment

Which of the following DID NOT influence the Founders in their shaping of the Constitution?

• Ancient Greece and Rome

• The French Revolution

• The Bible

• John Locke

Natural Rights include the right to

• Freedom

• Property

• Life

• All of these

"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."

What does this "Preamble" to the Constitution capture?

• A confederate government

• Natural Rights

• Monarchy

• Representative Democracy

The use of _____ is what distinguishes government from all other institutions.

How government power is exercised, its limits and how those limits are enforced, depend on the ______ of government.

• principles

• form

• issues

• strength

What is the difference between a confederate and a national government?

______ are the challenges humans seek to solve with principles and forms.

• Governments

• Snowstorms

• Elections

• Issues

How does the United States government contain elements of representative democracy?

Which of the following is NOT a "Principle" that the Founders based the Constitution of the United States on?

• Power must check power

• All men and women are created equal

• Social classes should all be equal

• A mixed form of government is the most secure and free

Which of the following is NOT a "Principle" that the Founders based the Constitution of the United States on?

• Democracy is the ideal form of government

• Power should be separated and divided

• Only moral and virtuous people are capable of freedom

• Local government is the bedrock of freedom