Constitution Review

Question 1

What is the purpose of the Bill of Rights?

Accepted Answer

Protect the citizens from the government

Question 2

The 3/5 Compromise stated that:

Accepted Answer

3/5 of slaves would be counted toward representation

Question 3

How many states were required to ratify the Constitution to make it official?

Accepted Answer

9

Question 4

This freedom allows the newspapers and television broadcast to criticize the government.

Accepted Answer

Press

Question 5

The Legislative Branch's power is to:

Accepted Answer

make laws

Question 6

Your freedom from self-incrimination (testifying against yourself) is from which amendment?

Accepted Answer

5th

Question 7

A change to the Constitution is called a/an

Accepted Answer

amendment

Question 8

Under the Virginia Plan, each state's representation was based on what?

Accepted Answer

population

Question 9

The power of the Supreme Court to declare laws unconstitutional is called

Accepted Answer

Judicial review

Question 10

Which two groups make up the Congress of the United States?

Accepted Answer

House of Representatives and Senate

Question 11

Who gets the powers that are not specifically given to the federal government (10th amendment)?

Accepted Answer

The states and the people

Question 12

What important power did the government lack under the Articles of Confederation?

Accepted Answer

collect taxes

Question 13

This court order allows police to enter private property and collect evidence of a crime.

Accepted Answer

search warrant

Question 14

What best explains why Americans feared a strong national government?

Accepted Answer

their experiences under earlier British rule.

Question 15

Under the New Jersey Plan, each state received how many votes in Congress?

Accepted Answer

1

Question 16

What did the Northwest Ordinance make possible?

Accepted Answer

the creation of several new states

Question 17

The Constitution says that federal laws are __________ to state laws.

Accepted Answer

superior

Question 18

If someone's hand was cut off for stealing a candy bar, this would be an example of what?

Accepted Answer

cruel and unusual punishment

Question 19

Antifederalists would only support the Constitution if

Accepted Answer

there was a Bill of Rights

Question 20

Smaller states liked the New Jersey plan because it based representation on a state's wealth.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 21

Freedom of speech and religion are unlimited and can not be stopped in any way.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 22

It was difficult to make changes to the Articles of Confederation because

Accepted Answer

It required all 13 states to agree on any changes to the AOC

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