Unit 2 Government Exam

What is the "supreme law of the land" in the United States?

• Constitution

• English Bill of Rights

• Federalist Papers

• Executive Branch

Separation of powers distributes the nation's powers between what three branches?

• State, Federal, Local

• Executive, Judicial, Legislative

• Federal, Legislative, Executive

• Parliament, Legislative, Presidential

List 2 weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?

• Couldn't tax, No Executive Branch

• Could not raise National Army, No regulation of trade

• No Judicial Branch, Gave National Taxes

• Easy to pass legislation,

What branch of government makes laws?

• Judicial

• Executive

• Legislative

• Presidential

What document is the first 10 amendments of the constitution?

• English Bill of Rights

• Petition of Right

• Bill of Rights

• Articles of Confederation

What branch of government enforces the law?

• Judicial

• Legislative

• Executive

• Parliament

What branch of government interprets and applies laws?

• Judicial

• Executive

• Legislative

• Parliament

Supporters of the first Constitution as it was originally presented. They were once known as “nationalists”.

• Anti-federalist

• federalist

• Confederate

• Monumentalist

Rebellion led by Daniel Shays of farmers in western Massachusetts in 1786-1787, protesting mortgage foreclosures.

• Shay's Rebellion

• Antifederalist

• Federalist

• Boston Tea Party

Compromise made by the Constitutional Convention in which states would have equal representation in one house of the legislature and representation based on population in the other house.

• Individual Rights

• Articles of Confederation

• Great Compromise

• 3/5th Compromise