The Constitutional Convention was convened to...

• write the Treaty of Paris.
• get all the signers of the Declaration together to celebrate.
• decide who would fight Daniel Shay.
• improve the Articles of Confederation.

The branch of government that suggests laws and carries out the laws made by Congress. Its leader is the president.

• Judicial

• Legislative

• Executive

The branch of government that makes laws for the country. It is made up of the Congress.

• Judicial

• Legislative

• Executive

This branch of government makes sure laws are constitutional. It is made up of the Supreme Court with 9 justices and many other courts.

• Judicial

• Legislative

• Executive

What was the purpose in creating a system of checks and balances?

• To outline the powers held by each branch of govt.

• To strengthen the powers held by each branch of govt.

• To give the people an opportunity to control the branches of govt.

• To keep any one branch of govt from becoming too powerful.

The 3/5s Compromise stated that

• slaves had 3/5 of the same rights as landowners.

• the South could only count 3/5 of the slave population towards their population.

• the North could only claim 3/5 of their population towards representation.

• the South could only claim 3/5 states in the Senate.

Who is the "Father (Writer) of the Constitution"?

• Alexander Hamilton

• George Mason

• Patrick Henry

• James Madison

When U.S. citizens elect members of Congress, they are practicing

• Direct Democracy

• Representative Democracy

• Authoritarian Government

• Constitutional Monarchy

Who drafted the list of proposed constitutional amendments that became the Bill of Rights?

• George Washington

• Alexander Hamilton

• Thomas Paine

• James Madison

According to the idea of majority rule, whose decisions make policy for everyone?

• the greatest number of people in a society

• the oldest people in a society

• the most talented people in a society

• the person elected to lead a society