Assessment: The Constitution - Building Vocabulary

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A weakness of the Articles of Confederation was that the central government

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could not pay its bills.

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The men in Shays' Rebellion were fighting to

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keep their homes.

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Why did the states call a Constitutional Convention?

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to improve the Articles of Confederation

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Which delegate from Virginia had a plan for a strong central government?

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James Madison

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The Great Compromise was an agreement between

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large and small states.

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Whose main job is to make laws?

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Congress

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The advisors to the head of the executive branch make up the

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cabinet.

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After a government official is impeached, what happens next?

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The Senate holds a trial.

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The judicial branch can decide whether a law is

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unconstitutional.

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Which term refers to the principle that nobody is above the law?

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rule of law