U.S. Constitution 8.15

U.S. Constitution

TEKS 8.15

Multiple Choice

The Great Compromise addressed disagreements over federal representation by -

• creating a bicameral legislative

• enumerating the powers of the central government

• giving veto power to the executive

• establishing three branches of government

The Great Compromise

TEKS 8.4

​Provided a dual system of congressional representation. In the House of Representatives each state would be assigned a number of seats in proportion to its population.

In the Senate, all states would have the same number of seats. Today, we take this arrangement for granted; in the wilting-hot summer of 1787, it was a new idea

Constitutional Convention of 1787

TEKS 8.4

• Drafted in secret by delegates to the Constitutional Convention during the summer of 1787, this four-page document, signed on September 17, 1787, established the government of the United States.

• Through discussion and debate it became clear by mid-June that, rather than amend the existing Articles, the Convention would draft an entirely new frame of government. All through the summer, in closed sessions, the delegates debated, and redrafted the articles of the new Constitution

The Three-Fifths Compromise

TEKS 8.4

The Three-Fifths Compromise was reached among state delegates during the 1787 Constitutional Convention. It determined that three out of every five slaves was counted when determining a state's total population for legislative representation and taxation

Multiple Choice

Why did the Constitutional Convention agree to the Three-Fifths Compromise?

• To settle debates over the issue of counting the enslaved population for representation

• To settle debates over the issue of abolishing the importation of enslaved people

• To create a government based on the principle of federalism

• To create a government with a bicameral legislature

The Constitutional Convention assembled in Philadelphia in 1787 to revise America's first constitution, the Articles of Confederation - but they decided to draft an entirely new frame of government. On September 17, 1787, thirty-eight delegates signed the new United States Constitution.

On July 4, 1776, the Second Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence. The document was engrossed on parchment and, one by one, 56 representatives from all 13 colonies signed it.

​Declaration of Independence

Declaration of Independence vs. Constitution

Constitution

Multiple Choice

The President...shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur.

- U.S. Constitution, Article II, Section 2

This excerpt provides one example of which constitutional principle?

• Federalism

• Checks and Balances

• Popular Sovereignty

• Individual rights

Multiple Choice

Which historic document had the greatest influence on the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution?

• The English Bill of Rights

• The Mayflower Compact

• The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

• The Articles of Confederation

Multiple Choice

The Twelfth Amendments established a new process for choosing a president and a vice president. The purpose of this amendment was to -

• prevent the concentration of power in the executive branch

• ease the eligibility requirements for holding federal office

• keep state officials for exerting undue influence on presidential elections

• reduce the likelihood of disputed outcomes in presidential elections

Bill of Rights - 8.19

The First Ten Amendments:

Multiple Choice

- Unreasonable searches and seizures are legal.

- Search warrants may not be issued without probable cause.

- The place to be searched and the people or items to be seized must be described in a warrant.

Which amendment provides for the protections described in this list?

• First Amendment

• Fourth Amendment

• Fifth Amendment

• Tenth Amendment

Multiple Choice

Why was the Third Amendment prohibiting the quartering of troops added to the U.S. Constitution?

• To address colonial treatment by the British military

• To maintain control over members of the British military

• To ensure the national government could pay for the U.S. military

• To reinforce the need for state militias in the United States