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Principles Of Government And The Constitutional Convention
Test Description: Review the 7 Principles of Government and how the Constitution was formed
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) The power comes from the people
A
Republicanism
B
Separation of Powers
C
Limited Government
D
Popular Sovereignty
2) The people vote for representatives to make laws and conduct government
A
Popular Sovereignty
B
Republicanism
C
Checks and Balances
D
Limited Government
3) Congress makes laws for the nation
A
Limited Government
B
Checks and Balances
C
Republicanism
D
Separation of Powers
4) The president and all gov't officials must obey the law like all American citizens
A
Republicanism
B
Limited government
C
Federalism
D
Individual Rights
5) Voters in Virginia elected the first black governor to office in 1989
A
Individual Rights
B
Checks and Balances
C
Republicanism
D
Separation of Powers
6) The Supreme Court can declare laws unconstitutional
A
Individual Rights
B
Checks and Balances
C
Federalism
D
Republicanism
7) Congress can't make laws that violate the right of free speech
A
Popular Sovereignty
B
Limited Government
C
Individual Rights
D
Republicanism
8) Who is remembered as the Father of the Constitution for all of his input and ideas?
A
Thomas Jefferson
B
John Adams
C
George Washington
D
James Madison
9) This meeting called for replacing the Articles of Confederation with a new government:
A
Philadelphia Convention
B
Stamp Act Congress
C
Confederation Congress
D
Continental Congress
10) This house in Congress gave states equal representation in the government:
A
House of Representatives
B
New Jersey Plan
C
Virginia Plan
D
Senate
11) This house of Congress gave states representation based on their population:
A
House of Representatives
B
Senate
C
Virginia Plan
D
New Jersey Plan
12) Under the Great Compromise what was created to represent states?
A
Cabinet
B
Executive Order
C
Congress
D
Supreme Court
13) How were slaves counted for representation in the new government?
A
Missouri Compromise
B
Great Compromise
C
3/5th compromise
D
Great Compromise
14) What allowed for both large and small states to be equally represented in the government?
A
The Great Compromise
B
The Missouri Compromise
C
The Compromise of 1850
D
The 3/5th Compromise
15) Under the Virginia Plan how many votes did states get for representation in the government?
A
One
B
Thirteen
C
Equal representation
D
Based on population
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