US Regents Greatest Hits (2023)

The _ is the document that explains the reasons why the 13 colonies wanted to be independent from British control.

• Articles of Confederation

  (1783-87)

• Declaration of Independence

  (1776)

• Constitution

  (1787-now)

• Emancipation Proclamation

  (1862)

The United States's first system of government (after it became an independent nation in 1783) was called...

• the Haudenosaunee Confederation

• the Articles of Confederation

• the Constitution

• the Confederacy

The Articles of Confederation failed (and had to be replaced by the Constitution) because...

• they made the federal government too weak to do its job

• they gave the federal government too much power

The _ is the document that explains the rules for how the US system of government works.

• Articles of Confederation

  (1781-1787)

• Declaration of Independence

  (1776)

• Constitution

  (1787-now)

• Emancipation Proclamation

  (1862)

Consent of the governed means

• women and ethnic minorities have equal rights

• the police must have your consent to search your property

• the state and federal government are equally powerful

• the people are the source of government's power

In the Constitutional Convention (1787) the Great Compromise resolved the issue of

• length of presidential terms

• number of justices on the Supreme Court

• how many representatives each state should get in Congress

• how many branches of government there would be

In the Constitutional Convention (1787), the 3/5 Compromise solved the conflict between

• big population states and small population states

• Federalists and Antifederalists

• the north and the south

• abolitionists and slaveowners

The 3/5 Compromise in the Constitution gave more political power to...

• enslaved people

• the white male leaders of southern states

Which of these is an example of checks and balances?

• president issues an executive order

• president negotiates a treaty with a foreign country

• president chooses a vice presidential running mate

• president vetos a bill passed by Congress

The process for choosing the president (according to the Constitution) is called the _.

• impeachment process

• electoral college

• popular vote

• ratification