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Grade 5 Democratic Foundations
Federalists believed that our country should:
  1. have everyone be happy
  2. have a few powerful people in charge of the government
  3. have many people share power among the states
  4. not get along
Grade 5 Democratic Foundations
Which of the following is NOT considered a framer?
  1. Ben Franklin
  2. James Madison
  3. George Washington
  4. Abraham Lincoln
Grade 5 Democratic Foundations
This man was a former farmer who became an Anti-Federalist in our government:
  1. Alexander Hamilton
  2. John Jay
  3. Eli Whitney
  4. Thomas Jefferson
Grade 5 Democratic Foundations
The Bill of Rights was influenced by the                          .
  1. Spanish Constitution
  2. British Magna Carta
  3. Italian Bill of Rights
  4. French political practice
Grade 5 Democratic Foundations
Which section of Congress is based on the Virginia Plan?                            House of Representatives                           
Grade 5 Democratic Foundations
After the Virginia Plan and New Jersey Plan were rejected,                 Roger Sherman                 created a bicameral Congress for our Constitution.
Grade 5 Democratic Foundations
Who was the major author of the Declaration of Independence?
  1. John Adams
  2. Thomas Jefferson
  3. Patrick Henry
  4. Thomas Paine
Grade 5 Democratic Foundations
A major issue that was debated in the Constitutional Convention was the issue of how states were to be represented. Explain the Virginia Plan (what it wanted, who it favored), the New Jersey Plan (what it wanted, who it favored), and the Great Compromise (What it is, what it created, how it solved the problem).
Grade 5 Democratic Foundations
Which section of Congress is based on the New Jersey plan?          Senate         
Grade 5 Democratic Foundations
There are      10      amendments in the Bill of Rights.
Grade 5 Democratic Foundations
John Jay, Alexander Hamilton and James Madison wrote 85 newspaper articles promoting the Constitution called                    Federalist Papers                    .
Grade 5 Democratic Foundations
What is the document that the United States is governed by?                  {Constitution}                 
Grade 5 Democratic Foundations
A                constitution                is a set of laws that people can live by.
Grade 5 Democratic Foundations
       14th       This amendment states that the government can not limit the right of citizens.
Grade 5 Democratic Foundations
How did Washington force the British out of Boston?
  1. Ethan Allen and his men attacked the city
  2. The Green Mountain Boys captured the German mercenaries
  3. Washington's army constantly raided the British army in Boston
  4. Washington put cannons on hills above the city
Grade 5 Democratic Foundations
The 12th amendment allows citizens to vote for vice president and president separately.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Democratic Foundations
Many ideas about rights and government expressed in the Declaration of Independence came from the Virginia Declaration of Rights, written by:
  1. Thomas Paine
  2. Benjamin Franklin
  3. Thomas Jefferson
  4. George Mason
Grade 5 Democratic Foundations
"E pluribus unum" means out of many, one.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Democratic Foundations
The 24th amendment gave people living in Washington D.C. the right to vote.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Democratic Foundations
The               legislative               branch makes the laws of our country.
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