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What rules did the Framers establish for the Constitutional Convention?
a) Try to find ways to improve the Articles of Confederation instead of writing a new Constitution
b) Keep the record of what was said at the convention a secret
c) Not discuss the topic of slavery
d) Make the record of what was said at the convention public
What basic ideas about government did the Framers agree should be included in a new constitution?
a) The national government would be an autocratic government
b) Individual state governments should hold more power than the national government
c) A system of separation of powers and check and balances and a strong national government
d) A weak national government was needed to avoid the abuse of power
The Virginia Plan:
a) Proposed a strong federal government with three branches
b) Favored a weak national government and one house of congress
c) Let Virginia out of the Union
d) Favored letting Virginia rule itself
Proportional Representation means
a) The small states wanted each state to have the same numbers of representatives in congress
b) The large states wanted to base the number of representatives in congress on the population
c) Every state gets 1 representative for every year it has been a state
d) Every state gets 2 senators
Equal representation means
a) The small states wanted each state to have the same numbers of representatives in congress
b) The large states wanted to base the number of representatives in congress on the population
c) 1 representative for every 100,000 people
d) 1 representative per state
How did the Great Compromise solve the problem of representation?
a) It divided Congress into two houses, one house with equal representation and one with proportional
b) It created a Congress based on equal representation
c) It created a Congress based on proportional representation
d) It divided the national government into three equal branches
What is the three fifths clause?
a) States that slaves did not count as a whole person when determining the representatives a state got
b) States that the Southern states would receive three fifths of the revenue brought in by tariffs
c) States that the Northern states would receive three fifths of the revenue brought in by tariffs
d) States that the Twilight Series books only count as three fifths of a book due to poor writing
What is the fugitive slave clause
a) States that persons who escaped from slavery to non-slave state had to be returned
b) Sates that persons who escaped to a non-slave state were free
c) States that slaves who escaped became the property of the person who caught them
d) States that the person who caught a runaway slave would get a reward from the government
The executive branch has the power
a) to manage conflicts about the meaning application and enforcement of laws
b) to make the laws
c) to carry out and enforce laws
d) to print money
The judicial branch
a) has the power to make laws
b) has the power to carry out and enforce laws
c) has the power to manage conflicts about the meaning, application, and enforcement of laws
d) doesn't do anything
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