1. Unit Test Review 5 th Grade Social Studies

2. True or False

3. The Chief Argument used by Antifederalists was that the Constitution had no Preamble.

4. False

5. The Constitution can be changed by a majority vote in the Senate

6. False

7. The Spinning Jenny was an invention that made it possible to spin many balls of yarn at once.

8. True

9. Numismatists studies currency – bills, coins, medals and tokens.

10. True

11. Yellow Fever is spread by Chickens

12. False

13. The Tenth Amendment guarantees rights such as freedom of religion, freedom of speech, and freedom of the press.

14. False

15. Amendments 5 through 8 protect people accused of crimes and brought to trial.

16. True

17. The Federalists wanted a stronger Federal government.

18. True

19. The Americans lost some battles during the Revolutionary War but still won the war.

20. True

21. Shay’s Rebellion drew attention to the need for a stronger naational government.

22. True

23. George Washington believed that the Articles of Confederation were too weak to govern the new nation.

24. True

25. The Constitution states that any powers not specifically given to the federal government are given to the state governments.

26. True

27. Only states can print money and declare war.

28. False

29. The Articles of Confederation provided for a firm league of friendship.

30. True

31. Philadelphia was the city where the first mint was built in 1792.

32. True

33. Which two men were involved in writing the Declaration of Independence?

34. Thomas Jefferson & Benjamin Franklin

35. King George reacted to the signers of the Declaration of Independence by doing what?

36. burning their houses, ruining their businesses and hurting their families.

37. George Washington was the commander of what?

38. Continental Army

39. This Revolutionary War soldier- farmer led a rebellion against the government in 1786-1787.

40. Daniel Shays

41. The post Revolutionary War government of the early 1780s was based on which document?

42. The Articles of Confederation

43. What was the original purpose of the Constitutional Convention?

44. to make changes to the Articles of Confederation.

45. The first 10 amendments to the Constitution are known as

46. The Bill of Rights

47. The “Father of the Constitution” was

48. James Madison

49. What is the main duty of the legislative branch?

50. To make the laws

51. What is the main duty of the Executive branch?

52. To enforce the laws

53. What is the main duty of the Judicial branch?

54. To interpret the laws

55. Good Luck!

56. If the President of the United States disagrees with a law passed by Congress, he or she can ____________ this law.

57. veto

58. What did the Cotton Gin do?

59. increased cotton production and increased slavery

60. What is a responsibility of all U.S. citizens?

61. To pay taxes

62. How many times has the Constitution been amended since it was ratified?

63. 27

64. Quill pens are made from what?

65. the flight feathers of a goose

66. Ethan Allen’s group that helped the Patriots was who?

67. The Green Mountain Boys

68. system of courts

69. Judicial Branch

70. agreement in which each side gives up some demands

71. Compromise

72. to approve a document

73. ratify

74. rules under which a government will operate

75. constitution

76. person in government who carries out laws

77. executive

78. the fort Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold took from the British

79. Ticonderoga

80. a duty or task to be fulfilled

81. responsibility

82. against the constitution

83. unconstitutional

84. another word for freedom

85. liberty

86. a machine that could do the work of 50 people

87. Cotton Gin

88. river crossed by Washington and his troops in the winter of 1776

89. Trenton

90. representative

91. delegate

92. to change

93. amend