Intro to government

The first government system of the United States was the

• U.S. Constitution.
• Declaration of Independence.
• Articles of Confederation. 

What are the first ten amendments to the Constitution called?

• The Declaration of Independence
• The First Ten Rules
• The Bill of Rights
• The Treaty of Paris

What was the Great Compromise?

• The Virginia Plan
• The New Jersey Plan
• A combining of the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan
• A destruction of the Virginia & New Jersey plans

What does the political cartoon represent?

• 3/5 Compromise: every 5 slaves = 3 people for representation & taxation in Congress

• 5/3 Compromise: every 3 slaves = 5 people for representation & taxation in Congress

• 3/5 Compromise: every 3 slaves = 5 people for representation in the slave trade taxes

• 10/8 Compromise: every 10 slaves = 8 people for representation in the Appalachian Mountains

Determining representation in the House of Representatives & the Senate caused - 

• conflict between the north and the south
• conflict between the large states & the small states
• conflict between the middle colonies, the southern colonies & the New England colonies
• conflict between all the delegates

What was New Jersey's plan?

• Representation in Congress and taxation is based on population
• All states have equal representation in Congress & taxation
• That we only have 2 branches of government: legislative and executive
• That we keep the Articles of Confederation the same

What was Virginia's plan?

• Representation in Congress and taxation is based on population
• All states have equal representation in Congress & taxation
• That we only have 2 branches of government: legislative and executive
• That we keep the Articles of Confederation the same

Who wrote the U.S. Constitution?

• Benjamin Franklin
• Thomas Jefferson
• James Madison
• George Washington

Which list is in order of when it occurred (earliest to most recent)?

• Mayflower Compact, US Constitution, English Bill of Rights, Magna Carta

• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, Magna Carta, Articles of Confeeration, Declaration of Independence

• Magna Carta, English Bill of Rights, Declaration of Independence, US Constitution

• Articles of Confederation, US Constitution, Magna Carta, Declaration of Independence

Bicameral means...

• Three House
• Two House
• One House
• Five House