Constitution review for quiz

What was wrong with the Articles of Confederation?

• It made the government have too much power

• It made the government weak

• It closed schools

• It was not signed by a delegate

What was the purpose of the Constitutional Convention?

• To have popcorn and a movie

• To ratify the Articles of Confederation

• To elect a President

• To choose generals for war

What were the 2 plans named at the Constitutional Convention?

• The Lewis and Clark

• The Battle of Lexington

• The Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan

• None of the above

What was the purpose of the Great Compromise?

• Divided congress into two parts-Senate and House of Representatives

• Gave women right to vote

• Freed slaves

• Gave men right to vote

Who was George Washington?

• Delegate from New Jersey

• President of the Constitutional Convention and first President of America

• a slave

• Voted for Women to have the right to vote

The Constitution did the following

• Created schools

• Collect taxes for land

• Three branches of the government

• Made soldiers have to go to war

The three branches of the government are the following (real branches not our explanation)

• The President, the Principal, the teacher

• The community, the family, the church

• The delegates, the aristocrates, the commoners

• The Executive, The Legislative, The Judicial

What is the system that ensures that one branch does not become more powerful than another branch?

• Executive

• Articles of Confederation

• Checks and balances

• Legislative

The President is included in which branch of government?

• Judicial branch

• Executive branch

• School branch

• Local branch

The congress including the Senate and the House of Representatives are in which branch of government?

• Legislative branch

• Executive branch

• Local branch

• School branch