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8th grade · Social Studies · Unit 3 of 9

Founding Ideals

Declaration, Constitution and their roots

What your child practices

The Magna Carta, English Bill of Rights and Mayflower Compact, the Declaration of Independence, the debates of 1787, the Federalist Papers, and the principles of the Constitution.

California Content Standards learning standard: 8.1.2; 8.2.1; 8.2.2; 8.2.3; 8.2.4; 8.2.7 · the Declaration of Independence, the roots and principles of the Constitution, and the debates over it

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

    Which founding ideal did the women at Seneca Falls (1848) use to argue for their rights?

    • "No taxation without representation"
    • "Manifest Destiny"
    • "Divine right of kings"
    • "All men and women are created equal"

  2. Question 2

    Checks and balances means…

    • Each branch can limit the powers of the other two
    • The president controls the courts
    • Congress controls everything
    • Banks check spending

  3. Question 3

    The idea that government gets its power from the people is called…

    • Divine right
    • Mercantilism
    • Popular sovereignty
    • Feudalism

  4. Question 4

    Why did the founders make the Constitution hard to amend?

    • So it could never change
    • So it would change only with broad agreement
    • So the president could change it alone
    • To keep it secret

  5. Question 5

    The Federalist Papers were written to persuade New York to…

    • ratify the Constitution
    • join Canada
    • reject the Constitution
    • declare war

  6. Question 6

    Anti-Federalists worried the Constitution would…

    • create a king
    • make states too strong
    • end elections
    • make the national government too strong

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