Constitutional Guide Questions and AnswersThe questions cover areas in state sovereignty and individual liberty related to the Constitution. There are 20 questions.

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The answers to the questions are located at the end of the slide.

Question 1Who wrote "The Conciliation with the Colonies" prior to the American Revolutionary War?

A – John HancockB – John AdamsC – Edmund BurkeD – John Witherspoon

Question 2Who was the Founding Father that wrote the "Virginia Resolution"?

A – Thomas JeffersonB – James MadisonC – Richard Henry LeeD – Patrick Henry

Question 3Who was the Founding Father that wrote the "Kentucky Resolutions"?

A – Henry ClayB – Daniel WebsterC – James MonroeD – Thomas Jefferson

Question 4The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions denounced what act?

A – The Tea ActB – The Stamp ActC – The Alien and Seditions ActD – The Coinage Act

Question 5What amendment in the Bill of Rights reserves power to the States?

A – 1st AmendmentB – 2nd AmendmentC – 8th AmendmentD – 10th Amendment

Question 6Who was the Founding Father that was noted for the famous speech at St. Johns Church, Virginia?

A – George WashingtonB – Patrick HenryC – Thomas JeffersonD – James Madison

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. 4B – Anti-Federalist Paper No. 8C – Anti-Federalist Paper No. 84D – Anti-Federalist Paper No. 10

Question 8Who was the Founding Father that was quoted for the following passage: "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death"?

A – Patrick HenryB – Thomas JeffersonC – George WashingtonD – Richard Henry Lee

Question 9Who 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 HamiltonB – George WashingtonC – Thomas JeffersonD – James Madison

Question 10Who 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 JeffersonB – Robert YatesC – Samuel AdamsD – Patrick Henry

Question 11What 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 IB – Article IIC – Article IIID – Article IV

Question 12What year was the Virginia Resolutions written?

A – 1796B – 1797C – 1798D – 1799

Question 13Who was Founding Father that wrote "The Rights of Colonists"?

A – Samuel AdamsB – Thomas JeffersonC – Patrick HenryD – John Hancock

Question 14Who was the Founding Father that provided the famous speech "Eulogy of the Dead Lesson for the Living"?

A – John HancockB – Edmund BurkeC – Samuel AdamsD – Patrick Henry

Question 15Who 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 AdamsB – Patrick HenryC – Thomas JeffersonD – Richard Henry Lee

Question 16Who wrote the "Second Treatise of Civil Government"?

A – John LockB – Edmund BurkeC – John WitherspoonD – Adam Smith

Question 17Who 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 AmesB – Noah WebsterC – Richard Henry LeeD – Alexander Hamilton

Question 18Who was instrumental in the attempt to have Britain reconcile their difference with the American Colonies?

A – John WitherspoonB – Edmund BurkeC – Elbridge GerryD – John Dickinson

Question 19Who was the Founding Father that wrote the "Virgina Declaration of Rights"?

A – James MadisonB – Richard Henry LeeC – George MasonD – Patrick Henry

Question 20What document served as a framework to the Bill of Rights in the U.S. Constitution?

A – Articles of ConfederationB – Magna ChartaC – Virginia Declaration of RightsD – Kentucky Resolutions

Answers

1) C - Edmund Burke2) B- James Madison3) D – Thomas Jefferson4) C - The Alien and Seditions Act5) D - 10th Amendment6) B - Patrick Henry7) B - Anti-Federalist Paper No. 848) A - Patrick Henry9) A - Alexander Hamilton10) B- Robert Yates11) B - Article II12) C - 179813) A – Samuel Adams14) A – John Hancock15) C – Thomas Jefferson16) A – John Locke17) A – Fisher Ames18) B – Edmund Burke19) C – George Mason20) C – Virginia Declaration of Rights