Constitution

Why did the delegates at the Constitutional Convention decide to abandon the Articles of Confederation?

• In hopes that they could return to Great Britain as colonies.

• To create a strong central government.

• The delegates wanted to create a monarchy.

• They were looking to become part of the French Empire.

Why was the national government under the Constitution stronger than the national government under the Articles of Confederation?

• It had the power to maintain an army.

• The supremacy clause made state laws the highest in the land.

• It did not have the power to tax the people.

• State governments had been dissolved.

Which of the following decided how slaves would be counted into the figuring a state’s population?

• The Virginia Plan

• Three-fifths Compromise

• The New Jersey Plan

• The Great Compromise

Division of Government between the National and state governments

• Unicameral

• Bicameral

• Federalism

• Separation of Powers

The presidential power to not sign a law.

• Checks & Balances

• Veto

• Federalism

• Bicameral Legislature

Prevents any one branch of government from becoming too powerful

• Separation of Powers

• Federalism

• Checks & Balances

• Natural Rights

Right that protects freedom of personal expression

• 2nd amendment
• 3rd amendment
• 1st amendment 
• 10th amendment

Authority to govern must be given by the people

• popular soverignty
• 2nd amendment
• checks and balances
• 1st amendment

Right that protects owning a firearm

• 1st amendment
• 5th amendment
• 2nd amendment
• 3rd amendment

Protection from unreasonable searches and seizures 

• 5th amendment
• 8th amendment
• 3rd amendment
• 4th amendment