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CONSTITUTION QUIZ 1 RETAKE STUDY GUIDE

PART 1: Articles of Confederation

  1. What were the Articles of Confederation? ______
  2. Define Constitution: ______
  3. Who created the Articles? ______
  4. What was the overall problem with the Articles? ______
  5. Define Amendment: ______
  6. Define Unanimous: ______
  7. Define Commerce: ______
  8. Which three countries did the U.S. have foreign problems with? ______
  9. Define Domestic: ______
  10. What event proved that the Articles and the federal government was too weak? ______
  11. Define Federal: ______
  12. Why were the Articles of Confederation so weak? ______

PART 2: Constitutional Convention

  1. What were the causes of the Constitutional Convention?
  2. ______
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  5. Where was the Convention held? ______
  6. How many states attended? ______
  7. Which state did not, and why? ______
  8. What was the intent (purpose) of the Convention? ______
  9. Define Sovereignty: ______
  10. Who had sovereignty under the Articles of Confederation? ______
  11. Who has sovereignty under the Constitution? ______
  12. Who was President of the Constitutional Convention? ______
  13. Who is considered to be “Father of the Constitution?” ______
  14. Which compromise dealt with the issue of how stats would be represented in the legislature? ______
  15. The Large State Plan was also known as ______
  16. How did the Large State Plan propose to deal with the issue of representation in the legislature? ______
  17. The Small State Plan was also known as ______
  18. How did the Small State Plan propose to deal with the issue of representation in the legislature? ______
  19. Define Bicameral: ______
  20. How did the Great Compromise solve the dispute as to how states would be represented in the legislature? ______
  21. The Great Compromise is also known as ______
  22. How did the Three-Fifths Compromise solve the issue of counting slave populations in a state for representation in Congress and taxation? ______
  23. Define Ratify / Ratification: ______
  24. How many states needed to ratify the Constitution for it to be approve? ______
  25. Wealthy well-educated supporters of a powerful federal government were known as ______
  26. Farmers who were loyal to their state governments and feared taxation and a strong federal government were known as ______
  27. Influential political literature printed in newspapers by the Federalists to convince people that the Constitution would guarantee limits on the power of government: ______
  28. What convinced the opponents of the Constitution to ratify it? ______
  29. Who drafted the Bill of Rights? ______

PART 3: STRUCTURE OF THE CONSTITUTION

  1. What are the three parts of the Constitution?
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  5. Where can you find the six goals of the Constitution? ______
  6. What does “Form a more perfect Union” in the Preamble mean? ______
  7. What does “establish justice” in the Preamble mean? ______
  8. What does “insure domestic tranquility” in the Preamble mean? ______
  9. What does “provide for the common defense” in the Preamble mean? ______
  10. What does “promote the general welfare” in the Preamble mean? ______
  11. What does “secure the blessing of liberty for ourselves and our posterity” in the Preamble mean? ______
  12. What is Article 1 (I)? ______
  13. What is Article 2 (II)? ______
  14. What is Article 3 (III)? ______
  15. What is Article 4 (IV)? ______
  16. What is Article 5 (V)? ______
  17. What is Article 6 (VI)? ______
  18. What is Article 7 (VII)? ______
  19. Define Federalism: ______
  20. Define Full Faith and Credit Clause: ______
  21. According to Article 5 (V), how can amendments be proposed?
  22. ______
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  24. According to Article 5 (V), how must amendments be ratified? ______
  25. According to Article 7 (VII), how many states were required to ratify the Constitution? ______