Question
Select the best answer.
“The proposed Constitution, therefore, is, in strictness, neither a national nor a federal Constitution, but a composition of both” is a statement likely taken from the ___.
Articles of Confederation
U.S. Constitution
Federalist Papers
2.
Drag and drop the amendments from the Bill of Rights with the descriptions.
People have a right to freedom of religion, press, speech, and assembly, and may also petition the government.
People have the right to own a weapon to protect themselves.
The government cannot arrest one or search one’s property without probable cause.
A person has the right to a speedy and public trial in a criminal case.
A person has the right to a trial by jury in a civil case.
The government cannot demand excessive bails or use cruel and unusual punishment.
Choices
Eighth Amendment
First Amendment
Seventh Amendment
Second Amendment
Sixth Amendment
Fourth Amendment
3.
Select the best answer.
What advantage did the Framers intend in establishing the Electoral College?
Most Framers were from large states and believed the Electoral College would favor their states.
Knowledgeable, informed electors could select a President based on merit and not along party or state lines.
Trusting electors to select a President ensured that the two major parties would maintain power.
4.
Select the best answer.
The ______ Amendment gave women the right to vote.
Third
Tenth
Nineteenth
5.
Select the best answer.
Which statement does NOT describe the U.S. Constitution?
The government is held to the same laws as the people and is accountable to the people.
It is the written rule of law—the supreme law of the land.
The states maintain a firm control over the central government.
6.
Select the best answer.
The ______ Plan based the representation in Congress on population and wealth.
Georgia
Virginia
New Jersey
7.
Select the best answer.
____ was an author of The Federalist Papers, supporter of the ten amendments of the Bill of Rights, and father of the Constitution.
James Monroe
John Adams
James Madison
8.
Select the best answer.
Which of these is NOT part of the Constitution?
Preamble
Bill of Rights and other amendments
Separation of Powers manifesto
9.
Select the answer that best completes the graphic.
Graphical organizer
Great Compromise (Connecticut Compromise)
Three-Fifths Compromise
Massachusetts Compromise
10.
Select the best answer.
The ______ of the Constitution declared that the Founders sought to “form a more perfect union” than that formed under the Articles of Confederation.
Article II
footnotes
Preamble
11.
Select the best answer.
____ were opposed to the ratification of the Constitution because they feared a strong central government like the one they endured under English rule.
Federalists
Tories
Anti-Federalists
12.
Select the best answer.
Which description is NOT a fact about George Washington?
president of the Constitutional Convention
Revolutionary War hero
Framer who conceived of the Great Compromise
13.
Select the best answer.
The ______ Plan proposed equal representation among states.
New Jersey
Franklin
Virginia
14.
Select the best answer.
City officials refusing to allow citizens to hold public meetings in a public park for any reason is a violation of the ____ Amendment.
Second
Third
First
15.
Select the best answer.
The ____ Plan proposed to retain a unicameral legislature as prescribed by the Articles of Confederation.
New York
South Carolina
New Jersey
16.
Select the best answer.
_______ of the Constitution required approval of 9 of the 13 states.
Dissolution
Ratification
Jurisdiction
17.
Select the best answer.
In a ______ democracy, citizens choose men or women to represent them in the government.
commissioner
delegate
representative
18.
Select the answer that best completes the graphic.
Graphical organizer
Great Compromise (Connecticut Compromise)
Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise
Massachusetts Compromise
19.
Select the best answer.
The Virginia Plan supported ____.
strong state governments
a unicameral legislature
equal representation among the states
20.
Select the answer that best completes the graphic.
Graphical organizer
Massachusetts Compromise
Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise
Three-Fifths Compromise
“The proposed Constitution, therefore, is, in strictness, neither a national nor a federal Constitution, but a composition of both” is a statement likely taken from the ___.
Articles of Confederation
U.S. Constitution
Federalist Papers
2.
Drag and drop the amendments from the Bill of Rights with the descriptions.
People have a right to freedom of religion, press, speech, and assembly, and may also petition the government.
People have the right to own a weapon to protect themselves.
The government cannot arrest one or search one’s property without probable cause.
A person has the right to a speedy and public trial in a criminal case.
A person has the right to a trial by jury in a civil case.
The government cannot demand excessive bails or use cruel and unusual punishment.
Choices
Eighth Amendment
First Amendment
Seventh Amendment
Second Amendment
Sixth Amendment
Fourth Amendment
3.
Select the best answer.
What advantage did the Framers intend in establishing the Electoral College?
Most Framers were from large states and believed the Electoral College would favor their states.
Knowledgeable, informed electors could select a President based on merit and not along party or state lines.
Trusting electors to select a President ensured that the two major parties would maintain power.
4.
Select the best answer.
The ______ Amendment gave women the right to vote.
Third
Tenth
Nineteenth
5.
Select the best answer.
Which statement does NOT describe the U.S. Constitution?
The government is held to the same laws as the people and is accountable to the people.
It is the written rule of law—the supreme law of the land.
The states maintain a firm control over the central government.
6.
Select the best answer.
The ______ Plan based the representation in Congress on population and wealth.
Georgia
Virginia
New Jersey
7.
Select the best answer.
____ was an author of The Federalist Papers, supporter of the ten amendments of the Bill of Rights, and father of the Constitution.
James Monroe
John Adams
James Madison
8.
Select the best answer.
Which of these is NOT part of the Constitution?
Preamble
Bill of Rights and other amendments
Separation of Powers manifesto
9.
Select the answer that best completes the graphic.
Graphical organizer
Great Compromise (Connecticut Compromise)
Three-Fifths Compromise
Massachusetts Compromise
10.
Select the best answer.
The ______ of the Constitution declared that the Founders sought to “form a more perfect union” than that formed under the Articles of Confederation.
Article II
footnotes
Preamble
11.
Select the best answer.
____ were opposed to the ratification of the Constitution because they feared a strong central government like the one they endured under English rule.
Federalists
Tories
Anti-Federalists
12.
Select the best answer.
Which description is NOT a fact about George Washington?
president of the Constitutional Convention
Revolutionary War hero
Framer who conceived of the Great Compromise
13.
Select the best answer.
The ______ Plan proposed equal representation among states.
New Jersey
Franklin
Virginia
14.
Select the best answer.
City officials refusing to allow citizens to hold public meetings in a public park for any reason is a violation of the ____ Amendment.
Second
Third
First
15.
Select the best answer.
The ____ Plan proposed to retain a unicameral legislature as prescribed by the Articles of Confederation.
New York
South Carolina
New Jersey
16.
Select the best answer.
_______ of the Constitution required approval of 9 of the 13 states.
Dissolution
Ratification
Jurisdiction
17.
Select the best answer.
In a ______ democracy, citizens choose men or women to represent them in the government.
commissioner
delegate
representative
18.
Select the answer that best completes the graphic.
Graphical organizer
Great Compromise (Connecticut Compromise)
Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise
Massachusetts Compromise
19.
Select the best answer.
The Virginia Plan supported ____.
strong state governments
a unicameral legislature
equal representation among the states
20.
Select the answer that best completes the graphic.
Graphical organizer
Massachusetts Compromise
Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise
Three-Fifths Compromise
Answers
GPT-4o mini
Here are the best answers to each question:
1. “The proposed Constitution, therefore, is, in strictness, neither a national nor a federal Constitution, but a composition of both” is a statement likely taken from the ___.
**Federalist Papers**
2. Drag and drop the amendments from the Bill of Rights with the descriptions.
- People have a right to freedom of religion, press, speech, and assembly, and may also petition the government.
**First Amendment**
- People have the right to own a weapon to protect themselves.
**Second Amendment**
- The government cannot arrest one or search one’s property without probable cause.
**Fourth Amendment**
- A person has the right to a speedy and public trial in a criminal case.
**Sixth Amendment**
- A person has the right to a trial by jury in a civil case.
**Seventh Amendment**
- The government cannot demand excessive bails or use cruel and unusual punishment.
**Eighth Amendment**
3. What advantage did the Framers intend in establishing the Electoral College?
**Knowledgeable, informed electors could select a President based on merit and not along party or state lines.**
4. The ______ Amendment gave women the right to vote.
**Nineteenth**
5. Which statement does NOT describe the U.S. Constitution?
**The states maintain a firm control over the central government.**
6. The ______ Plan based the representation in Congress on population and wealth.
**Virginia**
7. ____ was an author of The Federalist Papers, supporter of the ten amendments of the Bill of Rights, and father of the Constitution.
**James Madison**
8. Which of these is NOT part of the Constitution?
**Separation of Powers manifesto**
9. Select the answer that best completes the graphic.
**Great Compromise (Connecticut Compromise)**
10. The ______ of the Constitution declared that the Founders sought to “form a more perfect union” than that formed under the Articles of Confederation.
**Preamble**
11. ____ were opposed to the ratification of the Constitution because they feared a strong central government like the one they endured under English rule.
**Anti-Federalists**
12. Which description is NOT a fact about George Washington?
**Framer who conceived of the Great Compromise**
13. The ______ Plan proposed equal representation among states.
**New Jersey**
14. City officials refusing to allow citizens to hold public meetings in a public park for any reason is a violation of the ____ Amendment.
**First**
15. The ____ Plan proposed to retain a unicameral legislature as prescribed by the Articles of Confederation.
**New Jersey**
16. _______ of the Constitution required approval of 9 of the 13 states.
**Ratification**
17. In a ______ democracy, citizens choose men or women to represent them in the government.
**representative**
18. Select the answer that best completes the graphic.
**Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise**
19. The Virginia Plan supported ____.
**strong state governments**
20. Select the answer that best completes the graphic.
**Three-Fifths Compromise**
1. “The proposed Constitution, therefore, is, in strictness, neither a national nor a federal Constitution, but a composition of both” is a statement likely taken from the ___.
**Federalist Papers**
2. Drag and drop the amendments from the Bill of Rights with the descriptions.
- People have a right to freedom of religion, press, speech, and assembly, and may also petition the government.
**First Amendment**
- People have the right to own a weapon to protect themselves.
**Second Amendment**
- The government cannot arrest one or search one’s property without probable cause.
**Fourth Amendment**
- A person has the right to a speedy and public trial in a criminal case.
**Sixth Amendment**
- A person has the right to a trial by jury in a civil case.
**Seventh Amendment**
- The government cannot demand excessive bails or use cruel and unusual punishment.
**Eighth Amendment**
3. What advantage did the Framers intend in establishing the Electoral College?
**Knowledgeable, informed electors could select a President based on merit and not along party or state lines.**
4. The ______ Amendment gave women the right to vote.
**Nineteenth**
5. Which statement does NOT describe the U.S. Constitution?
**The states maintain a firm control over the central government.**
6. The ______ Plan based the representation in Congress on population and wealth.
**Virginia**
7. ____ was an author of The Federalist Papers, supporter of the ten amendments of the Bill of Rights, and father of the Constitution.
**James Madison**
8. Which of these is NOT part of the Constitution?
**Separation of Powers manifesto**
9. Select the answer that best completes the graphic.
**Great Compromise (Connecticut Compromise)**
10. The ______ of the Constitution declared that the Founders sought to “form a more perfect union” than that formed under the Articles of Confederation.
**Preamble**
11. ____ were opposed to the ratification of the Constitution because they feared a strong central government like the one they endured under English rule.
**Anti-Federalists**
12. Which description is NOT a fact about George Washington?
**Framer who conceived of the Great Compromise**
13. The ______ Plan proposed equal representation among states.
**New Jersey**
14. City officials refusing to allow citizens to hold public meetings in a public park for any reason is a violation of the ____ Amendment.
**First**
15. The ____ Plan proposed to retain a unicameral legislature as prescribed by the Articles of Confederation.
**New Jersey**
16. _______ of the Constitution required approval of 9 of the 13 states.
**Ratification**
17. In a ______ democracy, citizens choose men or women to represent them in the government.
**representative**
18. Select the answer that best completes the graphic.
**Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise**
19. The Virginia Plan supported ____.
**strong state governments**
20. Select the answer that best completes the graphic.
**Three-Fifths Compromise**