Unit 6 - American Government

Question 1

What is the name of England’s law making body?

Answer 1

Parliament

Question 2

How many amendments have been added since the Bill of Rights?

Answer 2

17 amendments

Question 3

How many states have to vote for a proposal to become an amendment?

Answer 3

Three-Fourths

Question 4

What is another word for money paid by an arrested person to guarantee they will return for trial?

Answer 4

Bail

Question 5

What is another name for a lawyer?

Answer 5

Counsel

Question 6

What is another word for fair treatment under the law?

Answer 6

Due- Process

Question 7

Freedoms of the 4th Amendment.

Answer 7

No illegal search and seizure

Question 8

Freedoms of the 3rd Amendment.

Answer 8

NO quartering of troops

Question 9

Freedom of the 2nd Amendment.

Answer 9

bear arms

Question 10

Freedoms of the 1st Amendment. (5 questions)

Answer 10

Freedom to religion, Speech, Press, Petition, Right to assembly

Question 11

What is a system in which more than half of a group holds the power to make decisions?

Answer 11

Majority Rule

Question 12

Which was the first state to approve the Constitution?

Answer 12

Delaware

Question 13

The three writers of the Federalist papers. (3 questions)

Answer 13

James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay

Question 14

What are the people who supported the Constitution called?

Answer 14

Federalists

Question 15

What is the name of a system of government in which power is shared between the central government and the states?

Answer 15

Federalism

Question 16

What are people who opposed the Constitution called?

Answer 16

Anti-Federalists

Question 17

What was the name of the compromise that allowed slaves to count toward population?

Answer 17

Three-Fifths Compromise

Question 18

Under the Great Compromise, name of the two houses of Congress. (2 questions)

Answer 18

Senate, House of representatives

Question 19

Who presented the New Jersey Plan?

Answer 19

William Paterson

Question 20

Name of the three branches of government, under the Virginia Plan. (3 questions)

Answer 20

Executive branch, Judicial branch, Legislative branch

Question 21

Who proposed the Virginia Plan?

Answer 21

Edmund Randolph

Question 22

Which three groups of people were not present at the Convention? (3 questions)

Answer 22

Women, Native Americans, African Americans

Question 23

What was the name of the outspoken Virginian who was against the Constitution?

Answer 23

Patrick Henry

Question 24

Which two famous patriots were not present at the Philadelphia Convention? (2 questions)

Answer 24

Thomas Jefferson, John Adams

Question 25

What is the name for a government system in which the people rule?

Answer 25

Popular sovereignty

Question 26

Another name for the writers of the U.S. Constitution.

Answer 26

Founders

Question 27

How many delegates showed up in Philadelphia?

Answer 27

55 delegates

Question 28

Who was elected president of the Convention in Philadelphia?

Answer 28

George Washington

Question 29

Which was the only state which refused to send delegates to Philadelphia?

Answer 29

Rhode Island

Question 30

What is another word for weapon storage?

Answer 30

arsenal

Question 31

What is the name of the soldier who led a revolt?

Answer 31

Daniel Shays

Question 32

Under the Articles, who had the power to tax.

Answer 32

States

Question 33

Another word for collecting taxes.

Answer 33

Levy

Question 34

Who did the government owe the most money to?

Answer 34

Soldiers

Question 35

The two countries who created problems for the new nation. (2 questions)

Answer 35

England, Spain

Question 36

Who was promised fair treatment under the Northwest Ordinance?

Answer 36

Native Americans

Question 37

How many adult free males need to move in before moving to step two?

Answer 37

60,000

Question 38

How many adult free males need to move in before moving to step one?

Answer 38

5,000

Question 39

Name of the plan which created a way for territories to become states.

Answer 39

Northwest ordinance

Question 40

The 13th state to approve the Articles of Confederation.

Answer 40

Maryland

Question 41

What is another word for formal approval?

Answer 41

Ratify

Question 42

Name of the legislative body under the new government.

Answer 42

Confederation Congress

Question 43

What is the name of the plan which created our first government?

Answer 43

Articles of Confederation

Question 44

What is the name of the land west of the Appalachian Mountains?

Answer 44

Northwest Territory

Question 45

Who said “By uniting we stand, by dividing we fall!”?

Answer 45

John Dickinson

Question 46

The five voting requirements. (5 questions)

Answer 46

Male, White, 21 years, Property Owner, Protestant Religion

Question 47

What is another name for an important and well-known person?

Answer 47

Prominent

Question 48

What was the name of the famous writer during the Enlightenment?

Answer 48

John Locke

Question 49

What is the name for a country in which the people choose representatives to govern them?

Answer 49

Republic

Question 50

Compare the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution in terms of the decision-making powers of the National Government (10 questions)

Answer 50

The difference between the articles of confederation and the constitution are that the articles of confederation No president just a congress, Congress made most decisions, most important powers to the states(taxes), 9-13 states to make any changes. In the Constitution there are 3 branches with equal power, presidents make the decisions, power shared between states and central government, three-fourths of the states have to agree to make changes.