Chapter 5 Quiz Review

Why were checks and balances necessary?

• Prevent any branch from becoming more powerful than the others
• Prevent the judicial branch from becoming more powerful than the executive
• Prevent the executive from being more powerful than the judicial
• Prevent the legislature from controlling the judical and the executive branches

Which branch of government makes the laws?

• Legislative Branch
• Executive Branch
• Judicial Branch
• none

Which branch of government enforces the laws?

• Legislative Branch
• Executive Branch
• Judicial Branch
• none

Which branch of government interprets the laws?

• Legislative Branch
• Executive Branch
• Judicial Branch
• none

The Great Compromise was a compromise between--

• Mass. Plan and New Jersey Plan
• Virginia Plan and New Jersey Plan
• Virginia Plan and New York Plan
• Virginia Plan and Delaware Plan

Congress is made up of two houses, which one is based on population?

• House of Burgesses
• Senate
• House of Representatives
• Continental Congress

Congress is made up of two houses, which one has equal representation of 2 representatives per state?

• House of Burgesses
• Senate
• House of Representatives
• Continental Congress

What was the result of the Great Compromise?

• Representation in Congress was based upon population.
• Two houses were created, one with equal representation and the other with representation based on population
• Representation in Congress was equal.
• Two houses were created, both with representation based on population.

The 3/5 Compromise settled the argument of--

• Representation in the Senate
• How slaves should be counted for representation
• How states should be represented
• Borders of states

An Abolitionist is a person who...

• wanted all slaves to have equal rights as whites
• thought only northern African-Americans deserved equal rights
• only wanted southern slaves to have equal rights
• wanted to end the slavery.