Standard 3 Review

How may the President of the United States formally check the US Supreme Court?

• Veto laws

• Hold a State of the Union Address

• Impeach federal judges

• Can appoint Justices of to the court

Under the Articles of Confederation, most government power was held by which of the following?

• States

• Local communities

• National Government

• Parliament

Under the Articles of Confederation, how many states had to agree to the pass legislation?

• Five

• Seven

• Nine

• Eleven

The Legislative Branch has the power to approve international treaties negotiated by the Executive Branch. This is an example of

• Limited Government

• Federalism

• Popular Sovereignty

• Checks and Balances

What did the Framers want to achieve by establishing the principle of federalism in the Constitution

• Expansion of the government

• Distribution of state and national powers

• Supremacy of state government

• Limitations on the rights of states

Delegates gathered in Philadelphia in May of 1787 to do what?

• Write an entirely new plan for government

• Revise the Articles of Confederation

• Encourage states to support the Confederal Congress

• Frame a Constitution

What ideal did the Antifederalists find the Constitution lacked?

• Representative Government

• Social contract

• Individual Rights

• Economic freedom

Why did large states favor the Virginia Plan?

• It was proposed by James Madison

• Representation in the legislature would be based on Population

• It solved the debate over counting enslaved people for representation.

• Representation in the legislature would be equal for all states.

Why was the Great Compromise acceptable to the smaller states?

• The powers of the executive would be sharply limited

• States would be represented equally in the Senate

• Representation in the House of Representatives would be based on population.

• Congress would be unicameral

The Articles of Confederation were considered a weak government for all of the following reasons EXCEPT

• no chief executive

• Congress could not tax

• National Court was too powerful

• 9 states needed to pass a law