The Land Ordinance of 1785 required that land be surveyed and divided into standard units for sale. The smallest unit was known as a "section" and a total of 36 sections (6 x 6) is known as a ________________ (each of these still exist today and have a lo
township
The Bill of Rights makes it illegal for the government to do which of the following?
Search your home without a search warrant� Quarter soldiers in your home during time of peace without your permission� Setting the bail for a person accused of stealing a candy bar at $1,000,000
One of the major political stances of the Federalist party was...
To ratify the Constitution
You are the Speaker of the House. While watching T.V. you see a report that says both the President and the Vice President have been injured in an automobile accident and are unable to perform the duties of their offices. You urgently get in your car and
Take over the responsibilities of President of the United States
The Great Compromise saved the Constitutional Convention. It was based on a plan proposed by Roger Sherman. The plan suggested:
A two-house congress with one house based on population and one house in which each state had equal voting rights
All the electoral votes for a state (with the exception of Maine and Nebraska) will go to the candidate who receives the most votes in that state.
True
Each state's number of electors is determined by how many representatives that state has in the House of Representatives alone, for a total number of 435 electors nationally.
FALSE
Jim Bob Roe is tried for stealing a pair of shoes that retail $49.99 from the local Shoe Locker. He is put on trial and found guilty. His punishment is 25 years in prison with no parole. What amendment does this violate?
8th Amendment
This famous founding father was not at the Constitutional Convention
Thomas Jefferson
English philosopher who's theory of government by the consent of the governed as a means to protect "life, liberty and estate" deeply influenced the United States' founding documents.
John Locke
This group was not included in the writing of the Constitution
Native Americans
Wrote many of the Federalist Papers trying to convince people to ratify the new Constitution later he was killed in a duel with Burr
Alexander Hamilton
Presided as President over the Constitutional Convention
George Washington
Strong Anti-Federalist
Patrick Henry
initially an Anti-Federalist who was against the Constitution because it did not contain a Bill of Rights; with the promise of a Bill of Rights he approved of the Constitution
George Mason
Author of much of the Constitution; wrote the Bill of Rights
James Madison
The Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan were both presented for consideration as the framework for a new constitution in Philadelphia during the summer of 1787. Which plan favored states with large populations of people?
The Virginia plan