Newspaper 9 Test Review

What was the purpose of the Constitutional Convention?

• To ensure that backcountry farmers that they had rights
• To make sure each branch has equal power
• To set up a stronger goverment under the US Constitution
• To decide to move the capitol from Chas. to Columbia

How does the system of checks and balances protect the government?

• It allows the people of S.C. to decide what laws are passed. 
• It allows for each state to select representatives in the legislative branch.
• It makes sure people have their basic rights protected.
• It creates a balance in government so that no branch becomes to powerful.

What is the document added to the Constitution that states the people's basic rights like the right of freedom of speech?

• The Bill of Rights
• The Articles of Confederation
• The Executive branch
• The Constitutional Convention

Who is in charge of the Executive branch?

• President
• SC Supreme Court
• The Governor
• General Assembly

Why was the capital moved from Charleston to Columbia?

• They felt that the capital was better protected in the middle of the state.
• Most of the elite that participate in the government lived in Columbia
• Charleston was too destroyed from the battling during the war. 
• To give backcountry peoplel more of an opportunity to participate in the government.

Which one of the following is not a branch of the government?

• Legislative 
• Judicial
• Executive
• Governor

Who is in charge of the Legislative Branch?

• President
• General Assembly
• Governor
• Supreme Court

What does the Legislative branch do?

• read laws
• enforce laws
• judge laws
• make laws

Who is in charge of the Judicial branch?

• Governor
• SC Supreme Court
• General Assembly
• President

What does the Judicial Branch do?

• judge laws
• make laws
• enforce laws
• reads laws