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Newsela Social Studies & Civics MCAS Practice
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Local Level Classroom Performance Task
Unit Review: Legacies of the American Revolution [Articles of Confederation]
Unit Review: Path to the Constitution [Federalist/Anti-Federalist]
Enhanced Inquiry Did the U.S. Constitution create a just Government?
Enhanced Inquiry: Federalism- Who has the power?
State Level Computer Practice Test
1-2 Documents
3-4 Documents
5+ Documents
Utilize Text Sets: Curating multiple sources to synthesize + using evidence to support claims
Based on the source and your knowledge of civics, describe one weakness of the government under the Articles of Confederation.
During the Constitutional Convention, states voted on the Virginia and New Jersey plans.
Based on the text and the graph, select the plan each state would most likely support.
Describe one difference between the Federalist and the Anti-Federalist positions expressed in the essays. Explain your reasoning.
Delegates that attended the Constitutional Convention disagreed about how the government should be structured. These disagreements forced the delegates to compromise on several issues. Answer Parts A through D.
Part A:
Based on the sources, describe one compromise the delegates made during the Constitutional Convention.
Part B:
Explain how the compromise you described in Part A strengthened the U.S. Constitution. Use information from one of the sources to support your reasoning.
Part C:
Based on the sources, describe another compromise the delegates made during the Constitutional Convention.
Part D:
Explain how the compromise that you described in Part C strengthened the U.S. Constitution. Use information from one of the sources to support your reasoning.
Many important events in U.S. history took place around the time that James Madison wrote his letter.
An incomplete timeline is shown.
Drag and drop each event into the box in the timeline to show the order in which the events took place.
Which of the following describes one purpose of the Articles of Confederation?
Based on the source, which of the following questions were the delegates to the Constitutional Convention trying to resolve when they proposed the Virginia and New Jersey plans?
Delegates from North Carolina supported the Virginia Plan. Explain one reason why the state most likely supported that plan. Include data from the graph to support your reasoning.
Which of the following would the author of the Anti-Federalist essay most likely support?
Which of the following changes to the Constitution did the Federalists propose to help convince the Anti-Federalists to ratify the document?