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The Virginia Plan called for a government with _____ branch(es).
a) one
b) two
c) three
d) five
The Great Compromise was proposed by _____.
a) Roger Sherman
b) Patrick Henry
c) Benjamin Franklin
d) James Madison
The Constitutional Convention was held in ______.
a) 1777
b) 1781
c) 1787
d) 1788
The president and vice president head the ____.
a) legislative branch
b) executive branch
c) judicial branch
d) all three branches
To amend the Constitution, a proposal must be made by ____ of the members of Congress.
a) two-thirds
b) three-forths
c) a majority
d) all
Article I describes the ____ branch.
a) executive
b) federalist
c) legislative
d) judicial
Which person defended the Constitution in The Federalist?
a) Baron de Montesquieu
b) John Tyler
c) Roger Sherman
d) John Jay
What does Article I of the Constitution outline?
a) The relationship of the state and the national governments.
b) The lawmaking powers of the legislative branch.
c) The law-enforcing powers of the executive branch.
d) The purposes of the federal government.
What principal divides the function of government among three branches?
a) separation of powers
b) rule of law
c) federalism
d) popular sovereignty
All of the following are examples of the principle of checks and balances EXCEPT _____.
a) Congress impeaching a president
b) the Supreme Court declaring a law unconstitutional
c) the president vetoing a bill
d) Congress passing a bill
The agreement about how to represent enslaved persons was the _____.
a) Great Compromise
b) Three-Fifths Compromise
c) rule of law
d) Electoral College Compromise
How were most early state governments different from the British government?
a) They had bicameral legislatures.
b) They had written constitutions.
c) They protected private property.
d) They guaranteed trial by jury.
Those who supported ratifying the new Constitution were called _____.
a) Federalists
b) Loyalists
c) Patriots
d) Anti-Federalists
What does the supremacy clause state?
a) The federal and state governments have the power to tax.
b) Only the national government can raise an army.
c) The Constitution is the highest law of the land.
d) States keep powers not given to the federal government.
Which proposal at the Constitutional Convention described a system with a president, courts, and bicameral legislature?
a) New Jersey Plan
b) Virginia Plan
c) Albany Plan
d) Connecticut Compromise
Powers specifically granted only to the national (federal) government are called ______.
a) expressed powers
b) reserved powers
c) concurrent powers
d) exclusive powers
What part of the Constitution explains the purposes of the government?
a) The Supremacy Clause
b) The Amendments
c) The Preamble
d) The Articles
According to the Constitution, establishing schools is a(n) _____.
a) enumerated power
b) concurrent power
c) reserved power
d) exclusive power
The Second Continental Congress made plans for a ______.
a) bill of rights
b) confederation
c) territorial government
d) constitutional government
What was a significant achievement under the Articles of Confederation?
a) Establishment of a plan for organizing territories.
b) Uniform enforcement of laws throughout the states.
c) Economic security for American farmers.
d) Payment of all Revolutionary War debts.
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