Social Studies Chapter 14

The document that described the first government of the United States of America was called the

• Constitutional Convention

• Declaration of Independence

• Articles of Confederation

• Constitution

Delegates from most of the United States met to work on a document that created a stronger government. This meeting was called the

• Constitutional Convention

• Declaration of Independence

• Boston Massacre

• Boston Tea Party

The document that created a strong national government and still exists today is called the

• Declaration of Independence

• Constitutional Convention

• branches of government

• Constitution

The U.S. government is divided into three parts, or _____, each with its own powers and responsibilities.

• sections

• branches

• trees

• checks and balances

The system that keeps any one part of the national government from becoming too powerful is called

• checks and balances

• branches

• veto

• Congress

The key problem of the Articles of Confederation was that it made the national government too strong.

• True

• False

George Washington, James Madison, and Gouverneur Morris were three key figures at the Constitutional Convention.

• True

• False

During the Constitutional Convention, there were no disagreements. The delegates all had similar ideas for how the new Constitution should be written.

• True

• False

The Constitution created a national government that was divided into three branches: the executive, the legislative, and the judicial.

• True

• False

This branch has the power to determine whether a law is unconstitutional.

• Executive branch

• Legislative branch

• Judicial branch