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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I: Introduction to the Constitution.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Together the group in Philadelphia constructed the Constitution requiring a federal government comprised of which three branches?
(a) Democratic, Republican, and Independent.
(b) Executive, legislative, and judicial.
(c) Democratic, Republican, and Whig.
(d) President, Senate, and House of Representatives.

2. The U.S. government is currently located where?
(a) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
(b) Washington, the District of Columbia.
(c) New York, New York.
(d) Boston, Massachusetts.

3. Cullop states that the Constitution is meaningless unless who enforces it?
(a) The President.
(b) The Supreme Court.
(c) The legislative branch.
(d) The people it represents.

4. On what date did the Constitution go into effect?
(a) March 4, 1788.
(b) July 4, 1789.
(c) July 4, 1788.
(d) March 4, 1789.

5. The author stipulates that how many different kinds of democracy exist?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did people eventually refer to this initial document?

2. The government under the Articles of Confederation would be supervised by an assembly of people called a Congress, restricted in what fashion?

3. Drafting the Constitution was a difficult task, and there had to be how many main compromises in order to arrive at a final decision?

4. Elections give all citizens the opportunity to make their voices known, and to choose the official that would do what?

5. Under the Articles of Confederation, there would be what?

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