1.) How does the Constitution of the United States provide for changes, so that it may be fluid with time and appropriate for future generations?
2.) In the form of government expressed in the Declaration of Independence and defined by the Constitution, power flows:
a.) From God to the elected officials, then to the people
b.) From the elected officials to the people - God is not involved
c.) From God to the people, then to the elected officials
d.) From the people to the elected officials - God is not involved
3.) The powers which are not specifically enumerated in the Constitution as powers of the federal government are:
4.) Choose the only power in the following list which the Constitution does not give to the states.
a.) The power to create a Social Security system
b.) The power to create a Welfare system
c.) The power to enter into an agreement with a foreign power
d.) The power to build its own roads
5.) The Constitution states that:
a.) The right of the people to keep and bear arms for the purpose of gaining sustenance and for self-defense shall not be infringed
b.) The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed unless Congress shall, by a simple majority, deem it necessary for the safety of the people
c.) The right of the military to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed
d.) The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed
6.) The Constitution states that the people have a right to be secure against unreasonable searches and seizures, and requires that warrants specify:
7. The Supreme Court has the power to
8.) The Constitution suggests that no person may be deprived of:
9.) To whom does the Constitution guarantee a right to vote:
10.) Which of the following phrases does not appear in the Constitution?
a.) ...a wall of separation between Church and state
b.) All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States,...
c.) No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States:...
d.) No money shall be drawn from the treasury, but in consequence of appropriations made by law;...
11. Women, African Americans, and Native Americans did not take part in the
Constitutional Convention because they
The Land Ordinances of 1785 and 1787
12. According to the map, which of the following statements is true?
a. Michigan was the last northwestern territory to become a state.
b. Indiana was the first northwestern territory to be surveyed.
c. The southern boundary of the Northwest Territory is the Ohio River.
d. The Northwest Territory is divided in two by the Mississippi River.
13. According to the map, how did the Land Ordinance of 1785 divide western land?
14. The map demonstrates that the US government recognizes the importance of ______.
15. Based on the information presented in the map which is the most likely explanation for the fact that Kentucky was not included in the Land Ordinance acts?
16. This system establishes the sharing of power between central and state governments.
17. The Federalist Papers tried to reassure Americans about the new federal government created under the Constitution by stating that it would
18. Shays’ Rebellion inspired most Americans to call for the establishment of ______.
19. This branch of government is responsible for interpreting the laws
20. ______became known as the Father of the Constitution for his ideas about government.
21. This agreement created a two-house legislature and ended the debate between large and small states.
22. The ______opposed the Constitution partly because it did not have a section protecting individual rights
23. Identify the founding father conspicuous in his absence from the Constitutional Convention
24. This branch of government proposes and passes the laws
25. Identify the document created to protect the rights of citizens
26. Identify the term for the idea that political power belongs to the people
27. This is the system created to keep any one branch of government from becoming too powerful.
28. The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 established territorial representation, public education and prohibited ______in the Northwest Territory.
Use the chart to answer the following questions
State Populations in 1790
State Population
Virginia 747,550
Pennsylvania 433,611
North Carolina 395,005
Massachusetts 378,556
New York 340,241
Maryland 319,728
South Carolina 249,073
Connecticut 237,655
New Jersey 184,139
New Hampshire 141,889
Georgia 82,548
Rhode Island 69,112
Delaware 59,096
—US Bureau of Census, 1790
29. If every state got one vote in a national legislature, how many people would Pennsylvania’s vote represent?
30. If each state were given one vote in a national legislature for every 30,000 of its citizens, about how many votes would Virginia get?
31. How many times larger was the population of the most populated state in comparison to the least populated state.
On a separate sheet of paper, answer each of the following questions in complete sentences.
Document-Based Questions
“If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself. A dependence on the people is, no doubt, the primary control on the government; but experience has taught mankind the necessity of auxiliary precautions.”
― James Madison, The Federalist Papers, #51
Based on the passage above describe what Madison implies with each phrase;
3. you must first enable the government to control the governed;
4. and in the next place oblige it to control itself.
5. A dependence on the people is, no doubt, the primary control on the government