Constitution Basics: Trivia Quiz!

1. The first 10 Amendments to the Constitution are called the:

Unalienable rights

Preamble

Bill of Rights

Article II

2. Under the Constitution the founding fathers decided to include:

An executive branch.

Judicial branch.

Legislative branch.

All of these

3. Congress is made up of two houses. They are called the

Senate and House of Burgesses

House of Representatives and Senate

House of Representative and Supreme Court

Senate and the Congress

4. Larger states favored representation based on:

Equal numbers for each state

Population of each state

Size of the state

None of these

5. The Virginia Plan called for a ___________________ legislature; meaning two houses.

Bicentenial

Bicameral

Unicameral

Uniterian

6. The Constitution replaced which document?

Virginia Declaration of Rights and Freedoms

Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom

Articles of Confederation

Bill of Rights

7. Which two powers did the founding fathers give to the federal government?

Coining and printing money

Taxing citizens

Trade regulations

All of these

8. Who favored a strong central government?

Anti-Federalists

House of Representatives

Federalists

The entire Continental Congress.

9. The smaller states favored representation based on:

An equal number for all states.

A states population.

Congresses needs.

A states size.

10. Who favored a government that protected the rights of the people and the power of the states?