Constitution

Our Country's first plan of government was

• The Constitution
• Articles of Confederation
• The Senate
• Separation of Powers

Which one of the following was a problem of the Articles of Confederation?

• Other countries took advantace
• conflicts between states
• money problems
• all of these answers are correct

The meeting called to revise the Articles of Confederation was called

• The Democratic Convention
• The Republican Convention
• The Constitutional Convention
• The Continental Congress

Agreement of a two-house legislature

• Great Compromise
• Great Pumpkin
• Compromise Convention
• two house rule

Government in which people elect representatives to govern them

• Republic
• Dictatorship
• Federalism
• Communism

Power is shared between the states and national government

• Republic
• Power play
• Checks and Balances
• Federalism

Each branch of government should have its own duties

• Checks and balances
• Republic
• Extradition
• Separation of Powers

The Supreme Law of the land

• Common Law
• The Constitution
• The Articles of Confederation
• None of the above.

The Constitution had to be approved by how many states?

• 7 out of 13
• 9 out of 13
• 25 out of 50
• 75 out of 50

Each branch of government has some way to control the other two.

• Separation of power
• Republic
• Convention
• Checks and balances