Constitution Review

The main job of the legislative branch is to

• resolve disputes involving the law.
• enforce and carry out federal laws.
• make laws needed for the country.
• obey laws once they are passed.

The framers designed a system of checks and balances to

• share power between the national and state governments.
• make it difficult but not impossible to amend the Constitution.
• make sure that the Constitution was the supreme law of the land.
• keep any one branch of government from becoming too powerful.

Suggested by Roger Sherman it solved the most important disagreement at the Constitutional Convention, the issue of representation in Congress.

• The Great Compromise

• The 3/5 Compromise

• The Electoral College Compromise

• The Federalist Compromise

A government in which citizens rule through elected representatives is called a

• monarchy

• republic

• theocracy

• sovereignty

A major weakness of the Articles of Confederation was that all changes had to be approved by

• 7 states

• 13 states

• 9 states

• 11 states

The division of powers between the national government and the states is a

• local system

• feudal system

• federal system

• national system

What keeps any one branch of government from gaining too much power?

• voting on a bill

• the executive branch

• vetoing

• checks and balances

This compromise addressed how the enslaved population in the South would affect representation in Congress.

• The Great Compromise

• The Virginia Compromise

• 3/5 Compromise

• The Paris Compromise

What was America's first national constitution called?

• American Constitution

• Articles of Confederation

• Bill of Rights

• Republic Plan

The amendment outlined the 5 basic freedoms of all Americans.

• 1st

• 2nd

• 3rd

• 4th