THE US CONSTITUTION- Comprehension Questions

MGiordanoThe US ConstitutionComprehension QuestionsThe US Constitution-Comprehension QuestionsORIGINS OF THE CONSTITUTION1) What happened during the XVIII century to the 13 American colonies?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________2) What did the colonists demand?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________3) How was the British colonial rule brought to an end?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION 17814) What was the first American constitution?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________5) What type of government was created?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________6) What powers had the States? And the Congress?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________THE PHILADELPHIA CONVENTION 17877) What happened at the Philadelphia Convention?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________8) Who are the Founding Fathers?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________9) What is the difference between the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________10) What was the result of the Philadelphia Convention?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ADOPTING THE CONSTITUTION 178911) When was the American Constitution drafted? When was it ratified?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________12) How many of the 13 States ratified the document at the beginning?PDF created with pdfFactory Pro trial version www.pdffactory.com1

MGiordano2The US Constitution-Comprehension Questions________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________13) What was the debate about?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________14) What were the supporters and the opponents of the Constitution called?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________15) What did the Federalists argue?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________16) What did the Antifederalists argue?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________17) What was added to the Constitution in 1791 in order to satisfy the opponents?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________THE PRINCIPLES OF THE CONSTITUTION18) Regarding the principles of the Constitution, what is the “separation of powers”?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________19) What are the three branches of the US Government?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________20) What does the principle of “checks and balances” mean?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________STRUCTURE OF THE CONSTITUTION21) What are the component parts of the U.S. Constitution?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________22) What can you say about the Preamble? What are the two key features of the Preamble?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ARTICLE I23) What is Article I about?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________24) What are the two chambers of the American Congress?________________________________________________________________________________PDF created with pdfFactory Pro trial version www.pdffactory.com

MGiordanoThe US Constitution-Comprehension Questions________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________25) How are Representatives and Senator chosen or elected?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ARTICLE II26) What is Article II about?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________27) Who is the President?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________28) What are the President’s foreign policy powers?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________29) What are the President’s domestic powers?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________30) For how many terms of office can the President be re-elected?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________31) Who can substitute the President in the event of death, resignation or inability of thePresident?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ARTICLE III32) What is Article III about?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________THE AMENDAMENTS33) What are the Amendments? How many amendments are there?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________34) Which rights are preserved in the Bill of Rights?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________PDF created with pdfFactory Pro trial version www.pdffactory.com3