Unit 2 Constitution Practice

Sharing of powers between the federal/nation government and the states government

• Federalism

• Amendment

• Bicameral

• Ratify

A proposal by a Member to alter the language or provisions of a bill or act.

• Bicameral

• Ratify

• Constitution

• Amendment

The quality of having two branches, chambers, or houses, such as the United States Congress, which is made up of the Senate and the House of Representatives

• Ratify

• Bicameral

• Constitution

• Federalism

To sign or officially approve an agreement, treaty, contract, amendment, or similar document

• Constitution

• Federalism

• Biameral

• Ratify

The document which establishes the basic principles of the American Government.

• Federalism

• Constitution

• Ratify

• Amendment

What was the purpose of the Articles of Confederation?

• To win the American Revolution

• To create courts for the country

• To make changes to the United States Constitution

• To create a government after the American Revolution

Which level of government had more power under the Articles of Confederation; federal or state? Why?

• Federal because Americans feared a monarchy

• State because Americans feared a monarchy

What was the purpose of the Constitutional Convention?

• To revise the Articles of Confederation

• To revise create court system for the country

• To elect a president

• To plan a strategy to win the American Revolution

What was the main difference between the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan?

• How many representatives each state should get in Congress

• How enslaved people should count towards the population and for taxation purposes

• How to elect a president

• How the court system should be set up for the country

What was the three-fifths compromise?

• A compromise that decided how enslaved people should count towards a states population and for taxation purposes

• Representation should be based on population in the House and in the Senate each state gets 2 representatives

• A president would be elected every 4 years

• There would be 9 Supreme Court justices