United States Constitution

The Preamble

• states the purpose of the Constitution.

• States the purpose of the Declaration of Independence.

• Concludes the Constitution.

• Influenced the War for Independence.

The man who wrote the Declaration of Independence was

• James Madison

• James Monroe

• Thomas Jefferson

• Thomas Paine

The war in which the colonies won their independence from England was the

• French and Indian War

• Revolutionary War

• Civil War

• Crimean War

Before the adoption of the Constitution, the newly independent states were joined by the

• Articles of Confederation

• Magna Carta

• Mayflower Compact

• Bill of Rights

The Constitutional Convention was held in the city of

• Philadelphia

• New York

• Boston

• Trenton

The plan of government proposed during the Constitutional Convention which called for a bicameral Congress based on population was the

• Florida Plan

• Great Compromise

• New Jersey Plan

• Virginia Plan

Power in the United States government is divided among

• two branches

• three branches

• two houses

• three houses

Congress is divided into

• two branches

• three branches

• two houses

• three houses

The number of amendments that have been added to the Constitution is

• twenty-five

• twenty-seven

• ten

• sixteen

The number of representatives each state has in the House depends on

• how big the state is

• the population of the state

• when the state was admitted

• how rich the state is