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Grade 3 Democratic Foundations
Who was able to vote under the constitution of 1790?
  1. all citizens
  2. all women and men
  3. all adults
  4. all white men
Grade 3 Democratic Foundations
Who wrote the first draft of the U.S. Constitution?
  1. George Washington
  2. James Madison
  3. Barack Obama
  4. Thomas Jefferson
Grade 3 Democratic Foundations
What did the United States become after winning its independence from Britain?
  1. Colony
  2. Revolution
  3. Republic
  4. Suffrage
Grade 3 Democratic Foundations
How long were the Articles of Confederation used as law?
  1. a hundred years
  2. twenty-five years
  3. eleven years
  4. one year
Grade 3 Democratic Foundations
What famous document did the Second Continental Congress adopt on July 4, 1776?
  1. The Declaration of Independence
  2. The Magna Carta
  3. The Philadelphia Document
  4. The Louisiana Purchase
  5. The Bill of Rights
Grade 3 Democratic Foundations
Who was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence?
Grade 3 Democratic Foundations
The Bill of Rights is not used to protect the rights of citizens.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 3 Democratic Foundations
What was the Declaration of Independence?
  1. A document that stated that Great Britain wanted freedom from the colonies
  2. A document that stated that the colonies wanted freedom from Great Britain
  3. A document that stated that each colony wanted to be independent of one another
  4. A document that stated that South Carolina wanted to form a new nation
Grade 3 Democratic Foundations
The purpose of the Declaration of Independence was:
  1. to give a name to the new country
  2. to declare independence from England
  3. to make a new community in America
Grade 3 Democratic Foundations
The document that lists rights of the citizens of the United States is called:
  1. the Bill of Rights
  2. the Constitution
  3. the Declaration of Independence
Grade 3 Democratic Foundations
Consent of the Governed means...
  1. the process by which citizens agree to become soldiers
  2. the process by which citizens agree to be ruled by a government by choosing or voting for their leaders
  3. the process by which citizens choose the governor
  4. the process by which citizens choose where they live
Grade 3 Democratic Foundations
One reason we have the                  Bill of Rights                  is to protect the rights of citizens.