SS Chapter 8

What does the word ratify mean?

• to approve

• to change

• to judge

• to reject

What branch of government is responsible for enforcing laws?

• the legislative branch

• the executive branch

• the congressional branch

• the judicial branch

What role did Gouverneur Morris have at the Constitutional Convention?

• He wrote the Bill of Rights

• He wrote the Great Compromise

• He wrote the Preamble to the Constitution

• We wrote the Three-fifths Compromise

Which question did the delegates at the Constutuional Convention try to resolve?

• How strong should politicall parties be

• How should representation in Congress be divided among the states

• What courts should be created besides the Supreme Court

• How should new immigrants be counted in each state

Which of the following had to share the power to govern under the federal system?

• state and local governments

• England and the United States

• the national and the state governments

• the states and the citizens of the nation

Which of these problems in the United States was highlighted by the events of Shay's Rebellion?

• the poor treatment of American Indians

• the weakness of the national government

• the need to collect higher taxes

• the need for improved transportation

Why did many delegates insist on adding ten amendments to the Constitution soon after it was ratified?

• to establish guidelines for political parties

• to protect the basic rights of the people

• to outline the powers of each branch of government

• to limit the powers of state governments

Which amendment protects the right to free speech?

• first

• second

• third

• fourth

Why did the writers of the Constitution add checks and balances to the federal government?

• to allow leaders to make bolder decisions

• to prevent any one branch of government from controlling the government

• to ensure all power belonged to the people

• to set guidelines for making amendments to the Constitution

This branch has the power to approve the appointments of the Supreme Court justices.

• executive

• legislative

• judicial