Required Foundational Documents

Question 1

Declaration of Independence

Answer 1

Document that declares that the colonies are free from Britain and have certain unalienable rights

Question 2

Articles of Confederation

Answer 2

Founding document for the first government in the new world

Question 3

Brutus No. 1

Answer 3

Anti federalist paper that was concerned with how the federal government could take rights away from the people.

Question 4

Federalist No. 10

Answer 4

Pro-constitution paper that displayed how the constitution reduced the impacts of factions

Question 5

Federalist No. 70

Answer 5

Pro-constitution paper that argued for a vigorous executive

Question 6

Federalist No. 51

Answer 6

Pro-constitution paper that displayed how the constitution had checks and balances

Question 7

Federalist 78

Answer 7

Pro-constitution paper that displayed how the Judicial Branch protects the rights of the people

Question 8

Letter from Birmingham Jail

Answer 8

A letter from a social rights activist to clergymen who criticized him