2020 Constitution 2

The U.S. government was in debt in the 1780s because it had borrow money to finance the Revolutionary War.

• True

• False

The U.S. govt was unable to get out of debt because the Continental Congress

• lacked the ability to force states to pay taxes to it

• was not allowed to tax

• it keep printing money

• it lacked a president

The Constitutional Convention was held in Philly in 1787 in order to

• revise the Articles of Confederation

• create a new system of governemnt

• try to figure out a way to address some of the problems confronting the nation

• all of the above

The man known as the Father of the Constitution because he wrote most of it was

• Thomas Jefferson

• Alexander Hamilton

• James Madison

• George Washington

Which term best explains how branches prevent each other from becoming too powerful?

• popular soverignty

• republicanism

• checks and balances

• habeas corpus

Dividing govt responsibilities among branches is known as

• popular soverignty

• federalism

• checks and balances

• separation of powers

A system of government that divides power between a federal government and state governments is known as

• federalism

• popular sovereignty

• Antifederalist

• concurrent

The people who were against the Constitution were known as Antifederalists

• True

• False

What does veto mean?

• to say no to a bill

• to overrule the Supreme Court

• to approve the adoption of a document

Powers of the federal government include

• right to tax

• right to print (coin) money

• right to sign treaties

• right to declare war