Block 3: Quiz Chapter 5 on Thursday
Block 2: Sections 3 and 4 of Chapter 6 for Friday - Vocabulary is uploaded under HUSH Documents. Please note! There is a special way I want you to do the vocabulary - rather than simply defining it, or cut and pasting, I want you to use each word in a COMPLEX sentence.
Example:
A complex sentence is a sentence that contains one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.
On Line Quiz Answers
1) Which of the following indicated that our new nation needed a
government with a stronger policing power? > Shays' Rebellion
2) In what respect did the work of the delegates at the Constitutional
Convention in Philadelphia differ from their original mission? > They created a new national government instead of fixing the old one.
3) On which fundamental principle is the Preamble based?
> consent of the governed
4) The Federalist Papers written by James Madison and others were
written in an attempt to > persuade states to ratify the Constitution
5) In 1787 our Founding Fathers created a new Constitution mainly to
provide a feature that the Articles of Confederation lacked. This
was > a strong central government
6) Which of the following most influenced Madison in drafting the Bill
of Rights?> The Va Declaration of Rights
7) The group most likely to approve of the Articles of Confederation
would be? > those who feared a return of a monarchy
8) Those who opposed ratification of the Constitution were called? > Anti-Federalists
9 Who was the first person to sign the U.S. Constitution?> George Washington
10) Which state’s plan was the model for the U.S. House of
Representatives? Virginia
11) Which of the following Revolutionary-War heroes and patriots argued
against the Constitution? > Samuel Adams, Patrick Henry, and George Mason
12) Put the following events in the correct chronological order.
There was no correct answer sorrry
13) Put the following events in the correct chronological order.
W. The Articles of Confederation are adopted
X. Shays' Rebellion
Y. The Constitutional Convention begins.
Z. The Great Compromise is reached.
> WXYZ
14) Which of the following is correctly matched?
I.The Virginia Plan - had a bicameral legislature with votes in both
houses awarded to each state on the basis of population
II. The New Jersey Plan - had a unicameral legislature with each
state having one vote
III. Great Compromise - had a lower house with seats based on
population and an upper house with each state having equal
representation
> Only III
15) The 3/5 Compromise of the Constitutional Convention of 1787 provided
that
> for purposes of representation and taxation, five slaves would be counted as three free persons.
HW: 12/3/09 - 2nd Block due 12/7, 3rd Block due 12/8
1. On Line "QUIZ" from WebPage - this is a homework grade, you may use your books, notes.
2. Create an email address or a screen name for the following founding fathers using the historical facts we have just learned about them. Thus, your screen name for Jefferson would have NOTHING to do with the Declaration of Independence, or for Washington nothing to do with his being the President or a general in the Revolutionary War.
Example: shortydaddy@constitution.org would be?
George Washington
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
George Mason
John Marshall
William Marbury
Mr. McCulloch
3. Extra Credit: Memorize and recite to me the first two verses of the Collegiate Song, Gaudeamus Igitur. This is a song that our Founding Fathers would have known in its entirety. It was a "hit" in 1781. A link is provided for the word ans music under HUSH Links. Due on or before December 18.
CONSTITUTION GAMES ARE ON LINE UNDER "HUSH DOCUMENTS."