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5th grade · Social Studies · Unit 9 of 11

Building a Government

Articles, Constitution and Bill of Rights

What your child practices

Why the Articles of Confederation were replaced, the compromises of 1787, the three branches, checks and balances, federalism and the Bill of Rights (1791).

California Content Standards learning standard: 5.7.1; 5.7.2; 5.7.3; 5.7.4 · the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation, the Constitution of 1787, and how it protects liberty

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    What was the first plan of government for the United States, used from 1781?

    • The Constitution
    • The Articles of Confederation
    • The Magna Carta
    • The Mayflower Compact

  2. Question 2

    Which branch can declare war?

    • The Supreme Court
    • The president
    • Each state
    • Congress

  3. Question 3

    Why did some people refuse to support the Constitution without a Bill of Rights?

    • They wanted written protection of people's freedoms
    • They wanted a king
    • They wanted to rejoin Britain
    • They wanted higher taxes

  4. Question 4

    Why did the writers of the Constitution separate power into three branches?

    • Because Britain told them to
    • To keep any one person or group from becoming too powerful
    • To make government slower for fun
    • To have more kings

  5. Question 5

    Why was Shays' Rebellion (1786–1787) important?

    • It created the Bill of Rights
    • It showed the national government was too weak to keep order
    • It ended the Revolution
    • It started the French Revolution

  6. Question 6

    Who were the Federalists?

    • French soldiers
    • People who wanted no government
    • People loyal to the king
    • People who supported the new Constitution

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