Unit 3 Gov

What is bicameral?

• two leaders

• one leader

• two chambers in congress

• one chamber in congress

What congressional compromise established a 2 chamber Congress?

• 3/5 Compromise

• Great Compromise

• Presidential Compromise

• New Jersey Plan

What document starts with "the said states herby severally enter into a firm league of friendship?"

• Declaration of Independence

• Articles of Confederation

• US Constitution

What document starts with "in the course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands"

• Declaration of Independence

• Articles of Confederation

• US Constitution

What document starts with "we the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union"

• Declaration of Independence

• Articles of Confederation

• US Constitution

Who is considered the "father of the constitution?"

• Thomas Jefferson

• James Madison

• George Washington

• Alexander Hamilton

What event led to a call for a stronger national government?

• Shay's Rebellion

• French and Indian War

• Declaration of Independence

• Mayflower Compact

What ways did the US Constitution limit the government? (pick 3)

• Separation of Power

• Checks and Balances

• Judicial Review

• Popular Sovereignty

What group made of T. Jefferson, Patrick Henry and Samuel Adams believed that state governments needed to be protected and advocated for a Bill of Rights in the US Constitution?

• Federalists

• Anti-federalists

What group of essays were written to persuade citizens to support the new constitution?

• Cato's Letters

• Letters to Juliet

• Federalist Papers

• Congressional Letters Vol 34