from America's Constitution: A Biography (with an excerpt from The United States Constitution: A Graphic Adaptation)

According to America's Constitution: A Biography, what was the purpose of the series of Federalist essays written by "Publius" (Madison, Hamilton, and Jay)?

The Federalist argued in favor of ratifying the Constitution.

According to America's Constitution: A Biography, ratifying the Constitution was a multistep process. What had to happen for the Constitution to take

effect? Choose two options.

A. The states had to set eligibility rules for their voters.

B. Nine of the states had to vote in favor of ratification.

According to America's Constitution: A Biography, which of the following best describes James Wilson's role in the creation of the Constitution?

Wilson wrote the original draft of the Preamble.

According to America's Constitution: A Biography, what was most noteworthy and unusual about the process of ratifying the Constitution?

Voting restrictions were relaxed to allow a greater number of citizens to take part.

According to America's Constitution: A Biography, which best describes the

vote on ratification among the various states?

Ratification passed easily in about half the states but by narrow margins in the rest.

Which of the following is the best example of a conclave?

Colleagues meet in the conference room for a policy discussion.

What is the most likely meaning of eminent in the following sentence? Due to his brilliant grasp of strategy and his success in leading the French army to several major victories, Napoleon quickly became the most eminent military leader of his era

respected, admired

Part A America's Constitution: A Biography states: "The ancient world had seen small-scale democracies in various Greek citv-states and pre-imperialRome...

.." Which of the following best describes the crucial difference between the ancient governments and the American government?

Ancient democracies did not ask citizens to design a government.

Part B Which sentence from America's Constitution: A Biography best supports the answer to Part A?

Before the American Revolution, no people had ever explicitly voted on their own written constitution.

Read this excerpt from America's Constitution, A Biography

Virtually no arch-loyalist went on to become a particularly noteworthy political leader in independent America. By contrast, many who would vigorously oppose the Constitution in 1787-88 .. moved on to illustrious post-ratification careers.

Based on this excerpt, which is the most reasonable inference to draw about the success of early American political leaders?

Early American political leaders could disagree with one another and still be professionally successful.

In America's Constitution: A Biography, the author states the following.

Like the phrases "I do" in an exchange of wedding vows and "I accept" in a contract, the Preamble's words actually performed the very thing they described.

What is the main effect of the author's use of analogy in describing the Preamble?

The analogy helps readers understand that the Preamble was both a statement of intention and a binding document.

Which of the following excerpts from America's Constitution: A Biography is the clearest example of an analogy?

As the ultimate sovereign of all had once made man in his own image, so now the temporal sovereign of America, the people themselves, would make a constitution in their own image.

Which of the following statements best explains why America's Constitution:

A Biography is an example of a historical narrative used as an argument?

It presents a claim about a historical event and supports it with facts and details.

What does the author achieve by including the historical details in thefollowing sentence from America's Constitution: A Biography?After deliberating behind closed doors for months, the Philadelphia conferees unveiled their joint proposal in mid-September in a document signed by ... George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, James Wilson, Roger Sherman, James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, Gouverneur Morris, John Rutledge, and Nathaniel Gorham

The author presents specific, verifiable evidence to bolster the main ideas his article presents.

Both America's Consintion: A Biography and The United Stares Constintion:

A Graphic Adaptation point out that many American leaders opposed the new Constitution. Which best describes the difference in how the two selections describe the opposition?

Only the graphic adaption lists multiple specific reasons why the leaders

opposed ratification.

If a family vacation is planned in a populist manner, which of the following must be true? Base your answer on the meaning of populist.

Each person gets an equal say in the vacation planning.

Part A America's Constitution: A Biography quotes from the Preamble to the Constitution: We the People of the United, States, ... do ordain and establish this Constitution.

Which of the following best describes the special

importance of the Preamble?

The Preamble emphasizes that the citizens have decided how they will be ruled.

Part B Which sentence from America's Constitution: A Biography best supports the answer to Part A?

Ordinary citizens would govern themselves ... under rules that the populace would ratify and could revise.

in America is Constitution: A Biography the author says that during the Revolutionary War, while the individual states were writing their constitutions, conditions often made it impossible to achieve inclusive deliberation or scrupulous tabulation." Which of the following is the best paraphrase of this statement

With the new nation under military attack, state governments were unable to hold debates on new laws or count votes accurately.

In America's Constitution: A Biography, the author states the following.

As Benjamin Franklin and other Americans had achieved famous advances in the natural sciences-in Franklin's case, the invention of bifocals, the lightning rod, and the Franklin stove so with the Constitution America could boast a breakthrough in political science.

Why does the author refer to the Constitution as a "breakthrough in political science"?

Ordinary people were being asked to think about, and vote on, the law that would affect them and generations to come.

The word pragmatist comes from the Latin root word pragmaticus, meaning

"busy, active, practical." Use this information as well as your knowledge of the suffix -ist to choose the correct definition of pragmatist.

a person who believes in practical action

The word anarchist comes from the Greek root word anarkhos, meaning

*without a ruler." Choose the person who most clearly could be defined as an anarchist. Base your answer on your knowledge of the suffix -ist.

Midori thought that all organized government was unnecessary.

Which of the following quotations from America's Constitution: A Biography is the clearest example of the author's use of historical details?

In late 1787 and early 1788, supporters of the Constitution won relatively easy ratifications in Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia, and Connecticut.

Both America's Constitution: A Biography and The United States Constitution:A Graphic Adaptation highlight The Federalist. Which best describes the difference in how the two selections treat this series of essays?

Only the graphic adaptation shows portraits of The Federalist authors.

Both America's Constitution: A Biography and The United States Constitution:A Graphic Adaptation address the topic of the ratification of the United States Constitution. Which best describes the difference in how the two selections treat this topic?

Only the graphic adaptation supports the text with images.