Constitution Test

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The Three-Fifths Compromise resolved the issue of

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how enslaved people were to be counted in the population.

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Which of the following was designed to ensure that the President would not gain dictatorial powers over government? Options: the system of checks and balances, the elastic clause, the electoral college, the Cabinet

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the system of checks and balances

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Shays’ Rebellion grew out of unrest among Massachusetts farmers over taxes and the Article of Confederation being to weak to address the issue.

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unrest among Massachusetts farmers over taxes and the Article of Confederation being to weak to address the issue.

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Delegates to the Constitutional Convention were initially supposed to

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amend the Articles of Confederation.

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The system of checks and balances is designed to ensure that

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no one branch of government will gain too much power.

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Following the War for Independence, most Americans wanted the power of government to be held by

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state governments.

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Under the Articles of Confederation, the national government was

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weak and consisted of a loose alliance of states.

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James Madison is called the “Father of the Constitution” because he

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strongly influenced and shaped Constitution with ideas from Enlightenment.

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According to the Great Compromise, the number of representatives in the Senate would be

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the same number for every state (equal)

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According to the Constitution, the number of representatives in the House of Representatives would be

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based on a state’s population.