Constitution/Amendment/Government Review

Many of our individual liberties are protected by which document?

• The Articles of Confederation
• The Declaration of Independence
• The Bill of Rights
• The Fundamental Orders 

What is the name for a change or addition to the Constitution?

• Amendment
• Preamble
• Ratification
• Compromise

Which Constitutional principle states that the power of government comes from the people?

• Federalism
• Republicanism
• Checks and Balances
• Popular Sovereignty

Which branch of government interprets laws?

• Judicial (courts)
• Executive (president)
• Legislative (Congress)

Which group wanted to keep the Articles of Confederation and give more power to the states?

• Federalists
• Anti-Federalists
• Judiciary
• Legislature

What was the name for the essays written in support of ratification of the Constitution?

• Letters from a Pennsylvania Farmer
• The Anti-Federalist Essays
• The Federalist Papers
• The Fundamental Orders

Which compromise concerned the issue of how to count slaves for representation and taxation?

• The Great Compromise
• The Commerce Compromise
• The 3/5 Compromise
• The Connecticut Compromise

Which compromise concerned how many representatives different sized states would have in Congress?

• The Great Compromise
• The 3/5 Compromise
• The Commerce Compromise
• The Intolerable Compromise

Who is the head of the executive branch?

• The Supreme Court
• The Senate
• The President
• The Cabinet

Which of the following is a system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other branches in order to prevent abuse of power?

• Tyranny
• Checks and balances
• Federalism
• Ratification