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Which Branch of government enforces the law?
a) Executive
b) Legislative
c) Judicial
d) Congress

Which Branch of government proposes (makes) the law?
a) Executive
b) Legislative
c) Judicial
d) Congress

Which word means to approve?
a) Nullify
b) Decline
c) Dismiss
d) Ratify

Which meeting was held in Philadelphia in 1787 (delegeates wrote the US Constiution)?
a) Declaration Convention
b) Constitutional Convention
c) Constitutional Meeting
d) Constitutional Decision

Which Branch of government interprets the law?
a) Executive
b) Legislative
c) Judicial
d) Congress

Which of the following is a freedom promised in the 1st Amendment (RAPPS)?
a) Assembly
b) Education
c) Voting
d) Trial

What is the 'AGE OF REASON'?
a) Freedom
b) Colonization
c) Renaissance
d) Enlightment

Who holds the nickname 'FATHER OF THE CONSTITUTION'?
a) Daniel Shays
b) James Madison
c) Thomas Jefferson
d) James Monroe

Which republican party supported states' right?
a) Tea Pary
b) Democratic-Republicans
c) Anti Federalists
d) Federalists

Who is the primary author of the Federalist Papers?
a) James Madison
b) Alexander Hamilton
c) Daniel Shays
d) George Washington

Which plan for government suggested 3 branches of government (1 house of legislature, based on equal representation)?
a) Albany Plan
b) New Jersey Plan
c) Virginia Plan
d) Great Compromise

Which plan for government suggested 3 branches of government (2 house legislature, representation based on population)?
a) Albany Plan
b) New Jersey Plan
c) Virginia Plan
d) Great Compromise

Which plan for government suggested a balance between the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan?
a) Albany Plan
b) New Jersey Plan
c) Virigina Plan
d) Great Compromise

Which compromise was a plan on how to count slave population as representative population within slave states?
a) Great Compromise
b) Missouri Compromise
c) 3/5ths Compromise
d) Northwest Ordinance

Which is a plan by the American government to govern the new territory as well as a process to admit them as new states?
a) Missouri Compromise
b) 3/5ths Compromise
c) Northwest Ordinance
d) Ohio Plan

What is the system of Checks and Balances?
a) System that allows each branch of government to limit the power of the others
b) System that divides the government into 3 branches
c) Systems that promises each person certain rights.
d) Systerm that allows people to vote for representation.

Who was the farmer that led a revolt in Massachusetts over taxes on his farm? His revolt proved to be a weakness for the Articles of Confederation.
a) Daniel Shays
b) James Madison
c) Thomas Jefferson
d) James Monroe

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