The Constitution Unit Test Review B

What is the name of the first written plan of government in America?

• Constitution
• Treaty of Paris
• Declaration of Independence
• Articles of Confederation

The biggest weakness of the Articles of Confederation was that the national government could NOT:

• Collect Taxes
• Sign Treaties
• Declare War
• Print Money

The document that replaced the Articles of Confederation was:

• The Constitution
• The Declaration of Independence
• The Northwest Ordinance
• The Land Ordinance

This plan solved the issue of slavery at the Constitutional Convention

• The Great Compromise
• The Connecticut Compromise
• The New Jersey Plan
• The Three-Fifths Compromise

The division of power between the levels of government (esp. between the state and national levels)

• Separation of Powers
• Checks and Balances
• Federalism
• Bill of Rights

Plan at the Constitutional Convention that solved how states were represented in Congress

• Three-Fifths Compromise
• Great Compromise
• New Jersey Plan
• Virginia Plan

They wanted to add a Bill of Rights to the Constitution in order to limit the government's power

• Federalists
• Anti-Federalists
• Democrats
• Republicans

These are the advisers to the President

• Cabinet
• Congress
• Supreme Court
• None of these

This system was designed to make sure that no branch of government could overpower the other two branches of government. 

• Federalism
• Check-Mate
• Checks and Balances
• Reserved Powers

This branch of government makes/passes the laws

• Legislative 
• Executive
• Judicial