Constitution Quiz

25 Multiple Choice Questions

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At the Constitutional Convention of 1787, which problem was solved by the Great Compromise?

Disagreement at the Constitutional Convention of 1787 over the Virginia and New Jersey plans was resolved by a compromise that...

The first amendment of the Constitution deals primarily with...

The basic purpose of the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution is to...

The due process clause in the 5th Amendment and the right to an attorney in the 6th Amendment were designed to....

The Federalist Papers were published in 1787 and 1788 to help gain support for...

The major reason Antifederalists opposed ratification of the Constitution was because they believed....

The Land Ordinance of 1785 and the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 are considered achievements under the Articles of Confederation because they...

The government created by the Articles of Confederation was unsuccessful at solving many major problems because...

 Which governmental problem occurred under the Articles of Confederation?

The main criticism of the Articles of Confederation was that they failed to...

 A major criticism of the Articles of Confederation was that too much power had been given to the...

To address the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation, delegates at the Constitutional Convention agreed to

The adoption of the Bill of Rights (1791) addressed Antifederalist criticism of the new Constitution by...

One similarity between the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights is that both documents...

 The Bill of Rights was added to the United States Constitution to...