Constitution Cards

Question 1

An increased price for goods and services combined with the reduce value of money is called

Answer 1

Inflation

Question 2

Under what 3 conditions stated in the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 could a state enter the Union?

Answer 2

1. 60,000 free inhabitants w/a state constitutions and Bill of Rights
2. Public education for all citizens
3. Slavery banned

Question 3

Once the U.S. had declared it independence, what document was created to rule the new country?

Answer 3

The Articles of Confederation

Question 4

What era refers to the intellectual movement which advocated reason as the basis of authority and influenced political changes?

Answer 4

The Enlightenment

Question 5

A weakness of the Articles of the Confederation was that it gave too much governmental power to what group?

Answer 5

Individual state governments

Question 6

What was the original intention of James Madison’s meeting, which later became known as the Constitutional Convention?

Answer 6

To revise the Articles of Confederation

Question 7

What law called for all newly acquired land to be surveyed and divided?

Answer 7

The Land Ordinance of 1785

Question 8

This farmer’s revolt caused Americans to evaluate the effectiveness of the Articles of Confederation.

Answer 8

Shays’ Rebellion

Question 9

Who presented the Great Compromise at the Constitutional Convention?

Answer 9

Roger Sherman

Question 10

This compromise in the Constitutional Convention proposed two houses, one based on population and the other based on equal representation.

Answer 10

The Great Compromise

Question 11

The Declaration of Independence guaranteed all people what three unalienable rights?

Answer 11

Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness

Question 12

What is considered to be the founding document of the U.S. and who is considered the primary author?

Answer 12

The Declaration of Independence/Thomas Jefferson

Question 13

What ideas of the English philosopher John Locke influenced the Framers of the Constitution that are expressed in the first section of the Declaration of Independence?

Answer 13

1. Government should protect people’s natural rights
2. People have the right to reject a government that’s fails to do so

Question 14

What era was the precursor to the War of Independence and what amendment did it eventually influence?

Answer 14

The Great Awakening
1st Amendment-freedom of religion

Question 15

This Compromise during the Constitutional Convention decided that Congress would count 3 of every 5 slaves for representation and taxation

Answer 15

The 3/5’s Compromise

Question 16

Often referred to as the foundation of the U.S. Constitution, this social contract was the 1st document written by common people for self-government

Answer 16

The Mayflower Compact

Question 17

What were both the Magna Carta and the English Bill of Rights designed to do

Answer 17

Limit the power of the monarch

Question 18

Three major English parliamentary traditions that influenced our government were:

Answer 18

Magna Carta, English Parliament, English Bill of Rights

Question 19

Congress is to the U.S. as ________ is to England

Answer 19

Parliament

Question 20

In designing the Legislative Branch, the Framers of the Constitution mainly based their ideas on ________.

Answer 20

English Parliament

Question 21

Name the French philosopher whose belief that powers of government should be separated into branches influenced the Framers of the Constitution.

Answer 21

Montesquieu

Question 22

Citizens choosing their representatives to make laws is known as a _________.

Answer 22

Republic

Question 23

The division of power between the federal and state governments is called

Answer 23

Federalism

Question 24

Direct Democracy, a system of government where ordinary citizens make decisions by voting, is also known as _________.

Answer 24

Popular Sovereignty