Chapter 7 Test-Creating the Constitution

Person in government who carries out laws

• compromise
• judicial branch
• executive

an agreement in which each side gives up some demands

• compromise
• executive
• raitfy

to approve a document

• executive
• ratify
• compromise

the rules under which a government will operate

• judicial branch
• consititution
• executive

system of courts

• judicial branch
• constitution
• executive

Why were people against the approval of the Constitution?

• It did not include protection of individual rights.
• It failed to include checks and balances.
• It made slavery illegal.

One obstacle to approving the Articles of Confederation was that

• some stated did not want to give up their claims to land west of the Appalachian Mountains. 
• most states did not want a one-house legislature. 
• most states preferred to stay independent. 

How did the Bill of Rights become part of the Constitution?

• It was agreed upon in the Great Compromise.
• It was copied from a number of state constitutions. 
• It was added through the amendment process. 

Under the Bill of Rights, which of the following is NOT protected?

• freedom of speech
• freedom of military
• freedom of religion

What is one reason many people called for changes to the Articles of Confederation?

• They thought the state governments were too weak. 
• They wanted a plan of government made up of two branches. 
• They believed that a weak central government was ineffective.