US Constitution Practice Part I: Framers

Which plan for the Constitution suggested the legislature be based on the population of each state AND proposed a BICAMERAL LEGISLATURE?

• Virginia Plan

• New Jersey Plan

• New York Plan

• Philadelphia Plan

Congress is part of which branch of government?

• Executive Branch

• Legislative Branch

• Judicial Branch

Has the power to declare laws unconstitutional

• Executive Branch

• Legislative Branch

• Judicial Branch

• Chicken Bacon Branch

Has the power to create and pass legislation

• Executive Branch

• Legislative Branch

• Judicial Branch

• Chicken Bacon Branch

The main goal of the Constitutional Convention was to ______.

• Elect a King

• Repair the relationship with Britain

• Declare Independence

• Create a stronger Central Government

This was the first government of the United States and cemented the nation's autonomy. Also it created a very weak Central Government.

• Preamble

• Articles of Confederation

• US Constitution

• Declaration of Independence

Federalists believed that the other colonies SHOULD support the new Constitution

• True

• False

Anti-Federalists believed that the other colonies SHOULD NOT support the new Constitution

• True

• False

The New Jersey Plan argued for...

• Representation to be based on Size

• Representation to be based on Population

• Representation to be based on Equality

• Representation to be based on Age

Bicameral Legislatures mean...

• There is only one House

• There are three houses

• There are four houses

• There are Two Houses