VUS.5

Which of the following is NOT attributed to James Madison?

• Presided over the convention

• Authored much of the Bill of Rights

• Often led the debate and kept copious notes

• Authored the Virginia Plan

The ___________ is to Thomas Jefferson as the Virginia Plan is to James Madison.

• Declaration of Independence

• Articles of Confederation

• Constitution

• Treaty of Paris

The system of checks and balances established by the Constitution allows each branch of government to

• limit the powers of the other two branches

• function independently

• make its own laws

• impeach members of either opposing branch

The delegates of the Constitutional Convention endorsed a compromise allowing states to include in their population counts all

• free persons and three-fifths of the slaves

• free men and women

• free men, including two-thirds of all slaves

• free persons, including all slaves

During the Constitutional meeting in 1787, many ideas were suggested to solve the problems presented by the Articles of Confederation. One plan that found favor was the Virginia Plan. Who is recognized as the basic author of the Virginia Plan?

• James Madison

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

• Patrick Henry

What part of the Constitution explains the powers and duties of the three branches of government?

• Articles

• Preamble

• Amendments

• The Bill of Rights

Explain the importance of the Great Compromise.

• The Great Compromise established a bicameral legislature, and gave both large and small states a voice in the national government

• The Great Compromised established a bicameral legislature, and gave only small states a voice in the national government.

• The Great Compromise established a bicameral legislature and gave only large states a voice in the national government

• The Great Compromise established the executive branch for the national government

What did anti-federalists propose to convince Massachusetts to ratify the Constitution?

• A Bill of Rights that would restrict federal power and protect the rights of states and citizens

• A new system for electing the leader of the executive branch of the federal government

• A process by which states could veto acts of Congress and the executive branch

• A process by which the federal government could overrule laws passed by the state

Many plans were put forth during the Constitutional Convention. The Virginia Plan was finally agreed upon and called for

• three branches of government

• a weak central government

• a king

• a two-party system

The Virginia Plan set forth three branches of government, each with specific powers. One branch, the Legislative Branch, is commonly referred to as

• Congress

• President

• Supreme Court

• the court system