Constitution Unit

Article I of the Constitution explains which topic in the Constitution?

• Legislative Branch

• Executive Branch

• Judicial Branch

• Amending Process

Article 5 of the US Constitution explains which topic?

• Relationships Among the States

• Amending Process

• National Supremacy

• Ratification

The elastic clause _______________.

• established the US Constitution as the supreme law of the land

• expanded the power of the president beyond what the Constitution gives to them

• expanded the power of Congress beyond what the Constitution gave them

• added the Bill of Rights to the Constitution

The original purpose of the Constitutional Convention was to

• create the Articles of Confederation

• create the United States Constitution

• create the Declaration of Independence

• fix the problems in the Articles of Confederation

The Virginia Plan and New Jersey Plan debate

• prevented the Constitution from being ratified for years

• ended with a compromise that created the structure of the legislative branch

• allowed the south to count 3/4ths of their slaves in their population

• ended with the Bill of Rights being added to the Constitution

The first 10 amendments to the Constitution are known as the

• Bill of Rights

• preamble to the Constitution

• articles of the Constitution

• supremacy clause

The group of people that believed the new constitution created by the Founding Fathers was too strong, couldn't be trusted because it was completed in secrecy, and could not be approved because it contained no protection for the rights of citizens or states were the

• federalists

• anti-federalists

• small states

• big populated states

Who was given power to ratify the US Constitution?

• federalists

• anti-federalists

• the states

• Founding Fathers

Choose the two ways an amendment can be ratified.

• 2/3rds vote in Congress or a 2/3rds vote in state legislatures

• 3/4 vote in state legislature or 3/4th vote in Congress

• 3/4 vote in state legislature or 3/4th vote at national convention

• 2/3rd votes in Congress or 3/4th vote in state legislature

Which branch of government creates laws?

• legislative branch

• executive branch

• judicial branch