This page shows a list of test questions in the 8th Grade Social Studies public release collection at MSDE. 8th Grade Social Studies
Standard "1.0 Civics," Indicator "FNG.4 …"
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Show me that age and country where the . . . liberties of the people were placed on the sole chance of their rulers being good men without a . . . loss of liberty! I say that the loss of that dearest privilege has ever followed, with absolute certainty, every such mad attempt.
—Patrick Henry, 1788
Patrick Henry wanted to prevent the problem described in this excerpt by
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Use your knowledge of U.S. history to answer the constructed-response question.
- Describe two issues regarding the power of government over which the Federalists and Anti-Federalists did not agree.
- Explain how the Bill of Rights was a compromise for both the Federalists and Anti-Federalists.
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The only answer that can be given is . . . that its [the Constitution’s individual] parts may, by their mutual relations, be the means of keeping each other in their proper places.
— Federalist No. 51, 1788
How did this idea in Federalist No. 51 address the powers of the proposed national government?
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The Convention do therefore recommend that the following alterations and provisions [changes and requirements] be introduced into the said Constitution:
First. That it be explicitly [clearly] declared, that all powers not expressly delegated [given] by the . . . Constitution are reserved to the several states . . .
—Convention of the Delegates of the People of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1788
This proposal helped remove Anti-Federalist fears over the ratification of the Constitution by
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Use your knowledge of U.S. history to answer the constructed-response question.
- Identify an argument for the addition of a bill of rights to the Constitution.
- Explain how the Bill of Rights affected the ratification of the U.S. Constitution.
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Which statement was most likely made by a Federalist during the debates over the ratification of the U.S. Constitution?