Constitutional Guide Questions and Answers

1. Constitutional Guide Questions and Answers The questions cover areas in state sovereignty and individual liberty related to the Constitution. There are 20 questions. Have a pen or pencil available. The answers to the questions are located at the end of the slide.

2. Question 1 Who wrote "The Conciliation with the Colonies" prior to the American Revolutionary War? A – John Hancock B – John Adams C – Edmund Burke D – John Witherspoon

3. Question 2 Who was the Founding Father that wrote the "Virginia Resolution"? A – Thomas Jefferson B – James Madison C – Richard Henry Lee D – Patrick Henry

4. Question 3 Who was the Founding Father that wrote the "Kentucky Resolutions"? A – Henry Clay B – Daniel Webster C – James Monroe D – Thomas Jefferson

5. Question 4 The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions denounced what act? A – The Tea Act B – The Stamp Act C – The Alien and Seditions Act D – The Coinage Act

6. Question 5 What amendment in the Bill of Rights reserves power to the States? A – 1st Amendment B – 2nd Amendment C – 8th Amendment D – 10th Amendment

7. Question 6 Who was the Founding Father that was noted for the famous speech at St. Johns Church, Virginia? A – George Washington B – Patrick Henry C – Thomas Jefferson D – James Madison

8. Question 7 What Anti-Federalist Paper dealt with a "lack of Bill of Rights" pertaining to the U.S. Constitution? A – Anti-Federalist Paper No. 4 B – Anti-Federalist Paper No. 8 C – Anti-Federalist Paper No. 84 D – Anti-Federalist Paper No. 10

9. Question 8 Who was the Founding Father that was quoted for the following passage: "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death"? A – Patrick Henry B – Thomas Jefferson C – George Washington D – Richard Henry Lee

10. Question 9 Who was the Founding Father that was quoted for the following passage: "The State governments, under their original constitutions, are invested in their complete sovereignty"? A – Alexander Hamilton B – George Washington C – Thomas Jefferson D – James Madison

11. Question 10 Who was the Founding Father that was quoted for the following passage: "Each State had its own political and cultural life and each was sovereign"? A – Thomas Jefferson B – Robert Yates C – Samuel Adams D – Patrick Henry

12. Question 11 What Article No. in the "Articles of Confederation" consists of the following text: "Each state retains its sovereignty, freedom, and independence, and every power, jurisdiction, and right, which is not by this Confederation expressly delegated to the United States, in Congress assembled."? A – Article I B – Article II C – Article III D – Article IV

13. Question 12 What year was the Virginia Resolutions written? A – 1796 B – 1797 C – 1798 D – 1799

14. Question 13 Who was Founding Father that wrote "The Rights of Colonists"? A – Samuel Adams B – Thomas Jefferson C – Patrick Henry D – John Hancock

15. Question 14 Who was the Founding Father that provided the famous speech "Eulogy of the Dead Lesson for the Living"? A – John Hancock B – Edmund Burke C – Samuel Adams D – Patrick Henry

16. Question 15 Who was the Founding Father that was quoted for the following passage: "The mass of the citizens is the safest depository of their own rights."? A – Samuel Adams B – Patrick Henry C – Thomas Jefferson D – Richard Henry Lee

17. Question 16 Who wrote the "Second Treatise of Civil Government"? A – John Lock B – Edmund Burke C – John Witherspoon D – Adam Smith

18. Question 17 Who was the Founding Father that was quoted for the following passage: "A democracy is a volcano which conceals the fiery material of its own destruction. These will produce an eruption and carry desolation in their way"? A – Fisher Ames B – Noah Webster C – Richard Henry Lee D – Alexander Hamilton

19. Question 18 Who was instrumental in the attempt to have Britain reconcile their difference with the American Colonies? A – John Witherspoon B – Edmund Burke C – Elbridge Gerry D – John Dickinson

20. Question 19 Who was the Founding Father that wrote the "Virgina Declaration of Rights"? A – James Madison B – Richard Henry Lee C – George Mason D – Patrick Henry

21. Question 20 What document served as a framework to the Bill of Rights in the U.S. Constitution? A – Articles of Confederation B – Magna Charta C – Virginia Declaration of Rights D – Kentucky Resolutions

22. Answers 1) C - Edmund Burke 2) B- James Madison 3) D – Thomas Jefferson 4) C - The Alien and Seditions Act 5) D - 10th Amendment 6) B - Patrick Henry 7) B - Anti-Federalist Paper No. 84 8) A - Patrick Henry 9) A - Alexander Hamilton 10) B- Robert Yates 11) B - Article II 12) C - 1798 13) A – Samuel Adams 14) A – John Hancock 15) C – Thomas Jefferson 16) A – John Locke 17) A – Fisher Ames 18) B – Edmund Burke 19) C – George Mason 20) C – Virginia Declaration of Rights