Constitution STAAR review.

By Kevin Gilbert
Last updated about 7 years ago
10 Questions

Virginia Plan + New Jersey Plan =.......

Due Process of Law= Guarantee of a speedy trial, Freedom from unreasonable search and seizure, ?
Which right best completes the question mark

When citizens report for jury duty, they are helping uphold a constitutional right guaranteed
by the —

Patrick Henry opposed ratifying the U.S. Constitution because he believed that under it —

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it
to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

—Tenth Amendment, U.S. Constitution

Which principle of U.S. government is most clearly reflected in the amendment above?

Which precedent was established by the Supreme Court ruling in Marbury v. Madison?

BERWYN, Pennsylvania: A new mosque recently opened in this . . . suburb of
Philadelphia. . . .
[The] leaders . . . did not seek publicity for the happy occasion, only continued peace
with their neighbors: a Jewish synagogue next door and Baptist church across the street.
—Kathy Matheson, Associated Press, September 10, 2010

This event best demonstrates which feature of the American way of life?

In 1787 the United States was at a crossroads. Farmers in western Massachusetts had
rebelled the year before over property taxes. The state struggled to end the rebellion. Events
such as this one contributed to the decision to —

George Mason refused to sign the Constitution and opposed its ratification because he
believed that it

The first political parties in the United States were established in the 1790s largely because of
political differences between —