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In my fascination of history I thought I would like to review what most all of us studied either in grade school or later. Most of us have seen movies Like “National Treasure” or “Lincoln” that conjure up feelings of Colonial early America. This is our history; it is who we are and how we came to be. Movies dramatize and romanticize the era. After all, it is entertainment. But, in researching our history, it is also important understand the context. I've come up with a quiz for myself and I invite you to take it as well. I will not provide the answers nor grade you. I hope that in the following quiz that you will at least seek the right answers if you do not know.
I will
provide links where I have looked. You are welcome to decide whether these
sources are credible or not. And, you are
welcome to site your own searches and conclusions. Perhaps in seeking these answers you will look further into times and events of the era; to better understand the context our
The Constitution
Quiz
1.
What year was the Constitution written?
(a) 1776 (b) 1780 (c)1787
2.
What document did the Constitution replace?
3.
(a) Articles of Congress (b)The Delaware Plan
(c)The Rhode Island Plan (d) none of these
4.
What were the Articles of Confederation?
(a) the constitution of the Confederate States
(b)the laws enforced by militias
(c)the first draft of the Constitution
5.
What were the two plans considered for the
Constitution?
6.
(a) The Delaware Plan and the Georgia Plan
(b) The Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan
(c) Charles Pinckney’s Plan and The British Plan
7.
How many articles were there in the original
Articles of Confederation?
(a) 10 (b) 12 (c) 13 (d) 15
8.
Who was Edmond Randolph?
(a) The Governor of Virginia who presented the Constitution in Philadelphia.
(b)An Anti-Federalist who favored States rights.
(c) A Federalist who favored a centralized government
9.
The Connecticut Compromise was a compromise between
the…
(a) The Delaware Plan and the Georgia Plan
(b) The Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan
(c) Charles Pinckney’s Plan and The British Plan
10.
Article IV of the Articles of Confederation
declares that…
(a) only Congress can declare an act of war
(b) each states retains its sovereignty
(c)the Articles of Confederation will be observed by every state
1.
Who wrote The Articles of Confederation?
(a) Benjamin Franklin
(b) James Madison
(c) John Hancock
(d) none of the above
(d) none of the above
12.
Who were “the old patriots”, what were they
later called?
(a) The Federalists
(b) The Anti-Federalists
(c) the Tories
13.
Who put forth the Virginia Plan?
(a) James Madison
(b) Thomas Jefferson
(c) Edmond Randolph
14.
In what year was the Articles of Confederation
replaced with the U.S. Constitution?
(a) 1776
(b)1787
(c) 1789
http://www.usconstitution.net/articles.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_Constitution
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_Constitution
Bill of
Rights (the first 10)
Match the
correct Answer:
| Amendment 1 | Bail, fines, punishment |
| Amendment 2 | States' rights |
| Amendment 3 | Search and arrest |
| Amendment 4 | Rights in criminal cases |
| Amendment 5 | Rights in civil cases |
| Amendment 6 | Right to a fair trial |
| Amendment 7 | Rights retained by the People |
| Amendment 8 | Quartering of soldiers |
| Amendment 9 | Right to bear arms |
| Amendment 10 | Freedoms, Petitions, Assembly
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Did you know
our system of Government was adapted from tribes of Native Americans?
I feel that
regardless of subject, if one is to boast about knowledge, one should be
knowledgeable.
Here are some
interesting things about our history.
http://www.landofthebrave.info/colonial-times.htm
http://www.landofthebrave.info/colonial-times.htm
