Chpt. 14 Social Studies Test Review

This system keeps any one part of the national government from becoming too powerful.

• Constitutional Convention
• checks and balances
• judicial branch
• George Washington

This Branch of the government makes sure the laws are obeyed and include the President and Vice President.

• Legislative Branch
• Congress
• Executive Branch
• Judicial Branch

The biggest problem with the Articles of Confederation was that it made the national government too....

• weak
• strong
• large
• small

The U.S. Government is divided into 3 parts, or ________________________, each with it's own powers and responsibilities.

• parts
• houses
• camps
• branches

This Branch makes the laws and consists of both the Senate and House of Representatives.

• Judicial Branch
• Congress
• Legislative Branch
• Executive Branch

James Madison, ___________________, and Gouverneur  were three important key people at the Constitutional Convention.

• Abraham Linoln
• President Trump
• George Washington
• Leif Erikson

This Branch makes sure the laws agree with the Constitution and includes the Supreme Court.

• Judicial Branch
• The President
• Legislative Branch
• Executive Branch

The document that described the first government of the United States is called the _________________________________________.

• Constiution
• Articles of Confederation
• Constitutional Convention
• Dictionary

This is the meeting where delegates from most of the United States met to work on a document that created a stronger government.

• The White House
• Senate
• House of Representatives
• Constitutional Convention

During the Constitutional Convention, there were many ___________________ because the delegates all had different ideas for how the Constitution should be written.

• parties
• agreements
• disagreements
• high fives