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AP US Government and Politics The Constitution and Its Origins — practice questions

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Order the founding documentsRead the answer and worked solution →Match each founding ideaRead the answer and worked solution →Count the ConstitutionRead the answer and worked solution →True or false: the ConstitutionRead the answer and worked solution →Complete the founding factsRead the answer and worked solution →

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Order the founding documents

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Steps
  1. English Bill of Rights
  2. Articles accepted 1777
  3. Convention meets 1787
  4. Constitution is written
Instructions
Tap the events in the order they happened.
_Source: OpenStax American Government 4e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 2 'The Constitution and Its Origins'_

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Match each founding idea

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Matching pairs
  1. Left
    Separation
    Right
    Three branches, three jobs
  2. Left
    Checks
    Right
    Each can restrict the others
  3. Left
    Articles
    Right
    The first national framework
  4. Left
    Ratification
    Right
    Approval by the states
  5. Left
    Convention
    Right
    Philadelphia, May 1787
Instructions
Tap a term on the left, then tap its meaning on the right.
_Source: OpenStax American Government 4e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 2 'The Constitution and Its Origins'_

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Count the Constitution

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Questions
  1. Answer
    7
    Question
    How many articles does the Constitution have?
  2. Answer
    3
    Question
    How many branches of national government?
  3. Answer
    55
    Question
    How many delegates came to Philadelphia in 1787?
Instructions
Type the number for each question.
_Source: OpenStax American Government 4e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 2 'The Constitution and Its Origins'_

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