US Government - Foundations / Constitution - Unit 2

Front

The Three-Fifths Compromise was created to resolve which of the following topics?
Options:
the rights of women to vote,
powers of the president,
congressional representation for slave states,
national commerce between the states

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congressional representation for slave states

Front

Many of the institutions, customs, and legal concepts found in the United States government structure are based upon which European nation?

Back

England

Front

What concept from the Magna Carta did we utilize in the American government?

Back

Limited Government

Front

Which assembly of representatives created the Constitution and national government structure of the United States?

Back

The Philadelphia Convention of 1787

Front

to stop buying or using the goods or services of a certain company or country as a protest

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Boycott

Front

to refuse to admit or approve

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Veto

Front

a theory that government is created by and subject to the will of the people.

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Popular Sovereignty

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The power of the US Supreme Court to review the constitutional validity of a legislative act.

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Judicial Review

Front

Under the Articles of Confederation, most power was held by the: Foreign nations, Federal Government, State Governments, John Adams

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State Governments

Front

Who is known as the “father” of the Constitution due to the volume of notes he took at the convention?

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James Madison