Constitution test

Question 1

What rights was the Constitution created to protect?

Answer 1

Natural Rights

life, liberty, pursuit of happiness - idea came from 1600s English philosopher John Locke

Question 2

A formal plan for government

Answer 2

Constitution

Question 3

A state run by the people. In which citizens elect representatives to make laws.

Answer 3

republic

Question 4

The first president of the United States. He led the continental army in the revolutionary war. He was unanimously elected president and all the powers given to the president were designed for him.

Answer 4

George Washington

Question 5

Term meaning “the right to vote in an election”

Answer 5

suffrage

Question 6

What was the name of the very flawed predecessor to the Constitution?

Answer 6

Articles of Confederation

Question 7

The adoption of a document making it official and valid.

Answer 7

Ratification

Question 8

In 1787 the congress passed this ordinance. It is considered the greatest accomplishment of the Articles of Confederation.

Answer 8

North West Ordinance

Question 9

The land from the Ohio River to the Great Lakes that was East of the Mississippi. Later it was made into Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Ohio.

Answer 9

Northwest Territory

Question 10

A writ requiring a fair trial for a person under arrest. The idea was first brought up in the Magna Carta and is included in the Constitution

Answer 10

Habeas Corpus

Question 11

He wrote the preamble and was a young delegate from Pennsylvania. He fought in the revolutionary war and was a strong believer in National unity. He was an opponent to slavery

Answer 11

Gouverneur Morris

Question 12

A term for the trade between states.

It was not regulated in the AOC, but is regulated by congress in the Constitution.

Answer 12

Interstate Commerce

Question 13

Establishes an independent National government

Answer 13

National sovereignty

Question 14

In 1786-1787 Daniel Shay organizes a group of vetren farmers to revolt against the government. The AOC is too weak to put down the rebellion, so it leads to the constitutional convention.

Answer 14

Shays’s Rebellion

Question 15

Where was our nation’s first capital?

Answer 15

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Question 16

What is the name of the convention that took place in 1787 where 55 delegates assembled to write the constitution?

Answer 16

Constitutional Convention also known as the Philadelphia Convention

Question 17

An agreement reached by taking points from both sides

Answer 17

compromise

Question 18

What is called when all states get the same amount of votes regardless of population and size.

Answer 18

Equal representation

Question 19

Also called the small states plan it called for equal representation.

Answer 19

The New Jersey Plan

Question 20

Representation based off of population

Answer 20

Proportional Representation

Question 21

The plan that called for proportional representation. Also called the large state plan.

Answer 21

The Virginia Plan

Question 22

Introduced by Benjamin Franklin it created a house with equal representation and a house with proportional representation.

Answer 22

The Great Compromise

Question 23

A proposed law

Answer 23

bill

Question 24

The idea was first thought of in the Magna Carta. It created checks and balances and made it so government did not have absolute power

Answer 24

Limited Government

Question 25

This compromise dealt with the issue of slavery for the purposes of taxes and representation

Answer 25

3/5 Compromise

Question 26

Under article 4 it gave slave owners the ability to go after slaves in free states

Answer 26

The Fugitive Slave act

Question 27

The delegates who wrote the Constitution

Answer 27

The Framers

Question 28

The powers of Congress which allow them to make laws. There are 18 of these listed powers

Answer 28

Enumerated Powers of Congress

Question 29

Allows Congress to make laws that do not directly related to the enumerated powers.

Answer 29

The Necessary and Proper Clause

Question 30

Powers that congress has that are not directly written

Answer 30

Implied Powers

Question 31

The 4th President who is known as the Father of the Constitution.

Answer 31

James Madison

Question 32

To remove someone from office because of a crime. The person must be charged in the house and tried in the Senate. If the President is being impeached the Chief Justice leads the proceedings.

Answer 32

Impeachment

Question 33

The group of 538 delegates who actually elect the president

Answer 33

Electoral College

Question 34

Powers shared by the state and federal government. They include the power to tax, build infrastructure, and establish courts.

Answer 34

Concurrent powers

Question 35

As part of Article 6 it establishes that the Constitution is the supreme law of the land

Answer 35

Supremacy Clause

Question 36

This is an unchecked power of the president where they are able to clear someone of all charges and future prosecution

Answer 36

Pardon

Question 37

The only crime outlined in the Constitution. Requiring two witnesses to the same act or a confession to having acted against your government.

Answer 37

Treason

Question 38

The belief in a strong central government.

Answer 38

Federalism

Question 39

The branch of government that is comprised of the senate and the house it passes laws.

Answer 39

Legislative Branch

Question 40

The branch of government with a chief executive that is the President and it is outlined in article 2. The president is responsible for diplomacy and approving laws as well as judge appointments.

Answer 40

Executive Branch

Question 41

In article 3 of the constitution it establishes a national court system with district courts, appeal courts, and the Supreme Court. These all belong to THIS branch of government?

Answer 41

Judicial Branch

Question 42

This is the way we keep any one branch from getting too much power. A way this works is the president has to approve laws past by congress and the judicial can strike them down for violating the constitution.

Answer 42

Checks and Balances

Question 43

The term for chopping up the government so that no one branch has too much control.

Answer 43

Separation of Power

Question 44

The first part of the Constitution that outlines the purposes of the Constitution. It was written by Gouveneur Morris

Answer 44

Preamble

Question 45

Every 10 years the government takes a survey of the population. The data gathered helps determine funding for infrastructure, representation, and taxation

Answer 45

The Census

Question 46

The majority of the house of congress needed to pass legislation. In the senate it is 51 and in the house it is 238

Answer 46

A Quorum

Question 47

The term leader of the majority party in the House of Representatives who is next in line for the presidency AFTER the VP. What is this person's name?

Answer 47

Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi

Question 48

Who acts as president of the Senate in the Vice Presidents absence? Who is this person currently?

Answer 48

President Pro Tempore, Patrick Leahy

Question 49

The proportional house where members are elected every 2 years

Answer 49

House of Representatives

Question 50

The building where the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were signed

Answer 50

Independence Hall

Question 51

Who was the "father of our country"

Answer 51

George Washington

Question 52

When was George Washington elected?

Answer 52

1789

Question 53

What was the ONE good thing that the Articles of Confederation did?

Answer 53

Establish the Northwest Ordinance

Question 54

How many states were needed to ratify an amendment to the Articles of Confederation?

Answer 54

All 13 (made this nearly impossible!)

Question 55

How many states were needed to ratify an amendment to the Constitution?

Answer 55

3/4 (easier than ALL states for the Articles of Confederation but still nearly impossible to pull off which is why we so very rarely get new amendments)

Question 56

What amendment outlines the priocess for adopting new amendments?

Answer 56

7th

Question 57

What are the two most important things the Northwest Ordinance did?

Answer 57

1. Created four new FREE states: Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, Michigan 2. Outlined the formal process of how a territory becomes an actual state

Question 58

Where did Shay's Rebellion take place?

Answer 58

Massachusetts

Question 59

What kind of government did southerners always seem to want? (and still do)

Answer 59

LIMITED Government