TEST April 20/21
Name:
Birth of a Nation Study Guide
Articles of Confederation: In your own words, explain some of the reasons and/or
causes about why the Articles of Confederation was not successful.
Shays' Rebellion
What events led up to Shays' Rebellion?
What happened during the rebellion?
How did Shays' Rebellion show people that the Articles needed to be fixed?
What meeting came as a result of this rebellion?
Constitutional Convention
Where and when did the delegates meet?
Who presided over the Constitutional Convention?
TEST April 20/21
Name:
What were the three issues that needed to be overcome to find an agreement on a new
government?
1.
2.
3.
The Great Compromise provide a solution to some of the above issues? (THINK: How is our
government set up today?)
How did the Three Fifths Compromise resolve the issue of slavery?
Identify and describe the seven Articles of the Constitution.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
TEST April 20/21
Executive Branch
Name:
Legislative Branch
Judicial Branch
Who is in charge?
What is their main
job?
Bill of Rights
How many amendments are there in the Bill of Rights?
What are the freedoms that are provided in the first amendment?
1.
2.
3.
4.
Identify and describe the remaining 10 Amendments in the Bill of Rights.
2nd Amendment –
3rd Amendment –
4th Amendment –
5th Amendment –
6th Amendment –
7th Amendment –
TEST April 20/21
Name:
8th Amendment –
9th Amendment –
10th Amendment –
Directions: Using the key below, place the appropriate name with the appropriate
accomplishment.
GW – George Washington
JMad – James Madison
JA – John Adams
JMo – James Monroe
TJ – Thomas Jefferson
BB – Benjamin Banneker
1. ______ Secretary of War during 1812
2. ______ Defended soldiers after the Boston Massacre
3. ______ helped design our nation’s capital city
4. ______ hired Lewis and Clark
5. ______ Father of the Constitution
6. ______ saw Bill of Rights added
7. ______ led the U.S. in an undeclared war against France
8. ______ told Europe to KEEP OUT of the Western Hemisphere in his Doctrine
9. ______ helped set up federal court system
10. ______ bought Louisiana Purchase from France
11. ______ fled the White House before the British burned it down during the War of 1812
12. ______ founded the University of Virginia
13. ______ author of the Bill of Rights
14. ______ resident of Aldie, Virginia at Oak Hill Plantation
Three Branches of Government
Write E if it is Executive Branch, L if it is Legislative Branch, and J if it is Judicial Branch.
1. ______ led by the president and vice president
2. ______ makes the laws
3. ______ led by Congress (House and Senate)
4. ______ carries out the laws
5. ______ led by the Supreme Court
6. ______ interprets the laws
7. ______ military
8. ______ 9 justices
9. ______ how a bill becomes a law
10. ______ Cabinet members
TEST April 20/21
Name:
Preamble
Provide a synonym for the bold words in the blanks.
We the People, in order to form a more perfect
union(___________________), establish justice(____________________),
insure domestic tranquility(___________________), provide for the
common defense(___________________), promote the general
welfare(___________________), and secure the Blessings of
Liberty(___________________) to ourselves and our
Posterity(___________________), do ordain(___________________) and
establish(___________________) this Constitution for the United States
of America.