Apex US Government Unit 6 test review

Which was given more power under the Constitution?

• the federal government

• the state governments

• the local governments

The Articles of Confederation could do which of the following things?

• coin money

• collect taxes

• raise a military

• permit new states

The New Jersey plan favored small states and proposed:

• one house based on equal representation

• two houses based on population

• two houses based on equal representation

• no President but two houses

The Great Compromise settled the issue of

• representation in Congress

• executive leadership

• Cabinet selection

• Supreme Court justices

What was the biggest issue between Federalists and Anti-Federalists?

• Taxation

• An addition of a Bill of Rights

• whether to permit slave states from joining

• how states should be represented in Congress

Which group wanted limits on government authority and power?

• Federalists

• Anti-Federalists

Article I of the Constitution sets up which branch?

• Legislative

• Executive

• Judicial

Changes made to the Constitution are difficult and require approval at multiple levels. These are known as

• reforms

• changes

• amendments

• articles

What role does the judicial branch play in the amendment process?

• They propose the amendment

• They approve the amendment

• They vote on the amendment

• They play no formal role in the process

Popular sovereignty means that government gets its power from

• the President

• the people

• the Supreme Court

• the Congress