Constitution Era STAAR Review

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15 questions

analyze the arguments for and against ratification.

analyze how the U.S. Constitution reflects the principles of limited government, republicanism, checks and balances, federalism, separation of powers, popular sovereignty, and individual rights.

analyze the arguments of the Federalists and Anti-Federalists, including those of Alexander Hamilton, Patrick Henry, James Madison, and George Mason; and

summarize rights guaranteed in the Bill of Rights;

analyze the impact of the First Amendment guarantees of religious freedom on the American way of life.

summarize the strengths and weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation;

analyze how the U.S. Constitution reflects the principles of limited government, republicanism, checks and balances, federalism, separation of powers, popular sovereignty, and individual rights.

analyze the impact of the First Amendment guarantees of religious freedom on the American way of life.

analyze the arguments of the Federalists and Anti-Federalists, including those of Alexander Hamilton, Patrick Henry, James Madison, and George Mason; and

identify colonial grievances listed in the Declaration of Independence and explain how those grievances were addressed in the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights; and

summarize the strengths and weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation;

identify the influence of ideas from historic documents, including the Magna Carta, the English Bill of Rights, the Mayflower Compact, the Federalist Papers, and selected Anti-Federalist writings, on the U.S. system of government;

Constitution Era STAAR Review

Constitution Era STAAR Review

Which speaker is in favor of ratifying the Constitution?

In the debate over ratification of the U.S. Constitution, which point would have been made by a Federalist?

Why did the Anti-Federalists demand that a bill of rights be added to the U.S. Constitution?

The excerpt provides one example of which constitutional principle?

Which principle of the U.S. government is most clearly reflected in the amendment above?

George Mason refused to sign the Constitution and opposed its ratification because he believed that it --

Which of these is a guarantee of the First Amendment?

This information was included in a slide-show presentation to a high school history class. Which documenet was the focus of this presentation?

Which excerpt from the U.S. Constitution best illustrates the principle of popular sovereignty?

Which headline provides the best example of a First Amendment guarantee in action?

Patrick Henry was criticizing which aspect of the Constitution in this excerpt?

Which provision of the U.S. Constitution reflects this grievance?

The Articles of Confederation allowed each state only one vote in Congress. Which question reflects a major concern states had about this arrangement?

With which of the arguments would the authors of The Federalist Papers most likely have agreed?