The Constitutional Convention

What is a Constitution?

• a list of rules of a government

• a document that declares independence

A list of freedoms that a government must respect is also called a....

• constitution

• bill of rights

• congress

How many houses of Congress did the Articles of Confederation create?

• a one-house legislature called Congress

• a bicameral legislature called Congress

Which of the following was NOT a problem under the Articles of Confederation?

• tax and trade issues

• strong state government

• weak national government

• could not collect taxes

What happened to farmers during the economic depression?

• farmers harvests were very successful

• farmers lost their land because they could not pay their taxes.

The original purpose of the Constitutional Convention was to change the Articles of Confederation, how did that purpose change?

• they ended up re-writing the entire constitution over three months

• they kept the articles the way they were and renamed them The Constitution

This branch judges the laws

• Judicial

• Legislative

• Executive

This branch enforces the laws

• Judicial

• Legislative

• Executive

This branch writes the laws

• Judicial

• Legislative

• Executive

This branch evaluates the laws

• Judicial

• Legislative

• Executive