US Constitution RETEST

What system prevents any branch from having too much power? 

• Power Balance

• Checks and Balances

• Constitutional Convention

• Power Checks 

How many representatives does each state get in the House of Representatives?

• Every state gets 2

• Based on population

• Every state gets 1

• Only certain states get into the House

Name the 2 parts of Congress.

• President & Supreme Court

• House of Representatives & Senate

• Supreme Court & Senate

• House of Representatives & Supreme Court

The first constitution of the United States was called _____________________--

• Articles of Confederation

• Preamble

• Constitution

• Declaration of Independence

The system of dividing powers and duties of government into different branches is called...

• Checks and balances

• Separation of powers

• Third amendment

• Constitutional rights

Who was the Father of the Constitution?

• Alexander Hamilton

• George Washington

• James Madison

• Gouveneur Morris

What is the Constitution?

• a document that explains where Americans can travel. 

• a Document that declared our independence from Great Britain

• the document that helps us make money. 

• A document that outlines how our government will be ran. 

The Constitution was signed in ____.

• 1776

• 1783

• 1787

• 1790

Which of the following provided procedures for admitting new states:

• Proclamation of 1763

• Virginia Plan

• Northwest Ordinance of 1787

• The Seventh Amendment

The Articles of the Confederation was the new nation’s _________ form of government. It established a ______ central government.

• democratic, powerful

• first, weak

• federal, large

• last, strong