2016 US History STAAR Review

What plan called for a two house legislature with representation based on population?

• New York Plan
• New Jersey Plan
• Virginia Plan
• Georgia Plan

What is another word for two-house?

• quadcameral
• tricameral
• bicameral
• unicameral

Having more representatives in Congress gives a state more

• power
• food
• tax money
• fun

This plan called for equal representation in the legislature

• New York Plan
• Virginia Plan
• Georgia Plan
• New Jersey Plan

According to the 3/5 Compromise what would the slaves count for?

• Representation & Taxation
• Representation ONLY
• Taxation ONLY
• Property ONLY

We have this to make sure no branch has power over the others

• Checks & Balances
• Weights & Measures
• President & Cabinet
• Military & Votes

What was one major problem with the Articles of Confederation?

• National Government can't collect taxes
• States have more power than National Government
• National government had to ask for $ and troops
• All of the above

At the Constitutional Convention, the Great Compromise settled the dispute over

• representation in Congress
• the issue of slavery
• the presidential veto power
• judicial review

Where does a government’s power come from?

• states
• Supreme Court
• president
• people

During the struggle over ratification of the Constitution, Federalists and Antifederalists disagreed mainly over the

• wisdom of maintaining friendship with England
• need for the continuation of slavery
• election of George Washington as the first president
• division of power between the national government and the states