United States Constitution

Question 1

Abridge

Answer 1

To reduce or cut short

Question 2

Bill of Rights

Answer 2

The first ten amendments to the constitution, based strongly on the personal freedoms of the citizen

Question 3

Currency

Answer 3

A medium of exchange for purchases

Question 4

Endowed

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To be equipped with a talent or quality

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Neutrality

Answer 5

The state of not belonging to either side in a dispute

Question 6

Parochial

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A school usually supported by or located in a church or parish

Question 7

Persecuted

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Harassed or annoyed

Question 8

Petition

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Request

Question 9

Redress

Answer 9

To set right; a reparation for a wrong that was done

Question 10

Tranquility

Answer 10

Calmness; peacefulness (note: the early American spelling has two “L’s”)

Question 11

Unalienable

Answer 11

The which cannot be lost or transferred away

Question 12

When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?

Answer 12

July 4, 1776

Question 13

One of the most treasured documents in American history?

Answer 13

Declaration of Independence

Question 14

America announced what through The Declaration of Independence?

Answer 14

Its intention to become a free and self-supporting nation

Question 15

When was independence won?

Answer 15

1783

Question 16

Leaders met?

Answer 16

In Philadelphia in 1787

Question 17

What problems did the leaders face?

Answer 17

Collecting taxes, enforcing laws, and establishing trade between the states

Question 18

Preamble to the Constitution:

Answer 18

“We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.”

Question 19

What does the Constitution do?

Answer 19

Lays down the fundamental laws of the United States

The rights and freedoms of the individual citizen are defined and the goals of the government

Question 20

First ten amendments of the Constitution (Bill of Rights) limit the powers of?

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The federal government

Question 21

Some signers of the Constituion?

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George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, James Madison, and Alexander Hamilton

Question 22

Who presided over the Convention?

Answer 22

George Washington

Question 23

The leaders had originally met with the intention of?

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Modifying and amending the Articles of Confederation

Question 24

The leaders had originally met with the intention of?

Answer 24

Modifying and amending the Articles of Confederation

Question 25

What was wrong with the Articles of Confederation?

Answer 25

It extended so much independence to the individual states that the national government was weak and ineffective

Question 25

What does the Preamble of the Constitution show?

Answer 25

The intent of the leaders to create an honorable government

Question 26

How is the word “ensure” spelled in the constitution?

Answer 26

Insure

Question 27

The Supreme Court has decided that neither the Federal nor State governments can?

Answer 27

Deprive any individual of his freedom of religion, speech, press, petition, assembly, or several other rights

Question 28

Initial assembly in Philadelphia looked like a little more than?

Answer 28

A gathering of 13 independent little countries

Question 29

Were the states united before the Constitution? What problems did they face?

Answer 29

No

Trading between states and printing of state currency instead of federal money

Question 30

How many delegates singed the Constitution?

Answer 30

39

Question 31

When was the Constitution singed?

Answer 31

1787

Question 32

Delegates who refused to sing the constitution because they felt it gave too much power to the federal government?

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Elbridge Berry, George Mason, and Edmund Randolph

Question 33

First amendment

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Adopted in 1791

Freedom of speech, press, and freedom of assembly

Question 34

The Constitution

Answer 34

Method for electing the president

Lays out the rules for organizing congress and guidelines for potential members of congress

Explains making laws, establishing copyrights for inventors, and extraditing criminals back to states for trials