We The People Part III

The Framers resolved the conflict between the Northern and the Southern states by

• Exempting the South from certain parts of the Constitution 
• Prohibiting the expansion of slavery into new territories
• Expanding trade with Southern states
• Allowing the slave trade to continue 

Powers that are specifically granted to Congress by the Constitution are called

• Executive powers
• Bureaucratic powers
• Judicial powers
• Enumerated powers

The general welfare clause of the Constitution allows Congress to 

• override the president's veto by a two-thirds vote of both houses.
• provide for the common defense and common good of the United States.
• declare a person guilty of violating the law and set the punishment without a court trial.
• make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the other powers of Congress.

The Constitution grants the president the power to

• make laws that congress refuses to make.
• veto laws passed by congress. 
• declare war.
• put people in jail without a trial. 

The system the Framers created for choosing the president is known as  

• the electoral college. 
• voter registration. 
• nomination by convention.
• political campaigning.

One way of ensuring the neutrality of the national judiciary was to

• have judges be elected by the people.
• have judges be appointed for four-year terms.
• allow judges to hold their offices for life with good behavior.
• allow judges' salaries to be decided by popular vote.

The Anti-Federalists were people who

• opposed increasing the power of the national government.
• opposed the creation of the Articles of Confederation.
• were loyal to the British monarch.
• supported Shays' Rebellion

To get enough support for the ratification of the Constitution, the Federalists agreed to

• remove the necessary and proper clause.
• amend the three-fifths clause.
• outlaw slavery in the colonies.
• add a bill of rights.

The constitution was ratified by a vote of 

• state legislatures.
• special state conventions.
• all registered voters.
• members of congress.

A system of government in which power is shared by the nation government, the state governments, and the people is called

• unitary system. 
• totalitarian system.
• federal system.
• confederation system.