Unit 3 - Constitution

What is federalism?

• a government system where the central government holds supreme power
• a system that keeps each branch of government from obtaining too much power
• the sharing of power between a central government and the states
•  the part of government responsible for making the laws of a country or nation

To "amend" means to...

• Fix

• Change

• Break

• Re-Write

The Federalists papers were written to persuade people to support the new constitution.

• True
• False

Which vocabulary word means to "approve"?

• Convention
• Amend
• Ratify
• Compromise

Which compromise is made up of ideas from the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey plan?

• The Great Compromise
• The three-fifths compromise
• The constitutional compromise
• The big compromise

Anti-federalists SUPPORTED making a new constitution.

• True
• False

Federalist SUPPORT a strong, national government and creating a new constitution.

• True
• False

The Great Compromise solved the problem of both big and small states wanting representation. 

• True
• False

The Three-Fifths Compromise help settle the debate over whether to count slaves in the population or not.

• True
• False

The 8th amendment protects us against _ and unusual punishment.