Unit 2: North America Test Review

This branch of government can approve or reject Presidential appointments:

• Executive

• Judicial

• Legislative

• Dense

What is the highest court in the land?

• Supreme Court

• President

• Vice President

• Senator

Which of the following was a document that influenced the U.S. Constitution?

• English Bill of Rights

• Magna Carta

• Treaty of Paris

• Emancipation Proclomation

What are Checks and Balances?

• The idea that political power belongs to the people.

• Act vesting the branches of government in separate bodies.

• An alliance of states created for a common purpose.

• A system established by the Constitution that prevents any branch of government from becoming too

  powerful.

The main issue of the 3/5’s Compromise was about:

• Counting of enslaved people for the purposes of determining representation.

• Establishment of upper and lower legislative bodies.

• Manner in which bills and amendments would become law.

• Portion of federal revenue to be paid to slave states.

Why were the Articles of Confederation not successful?

• After the war, the U.S. economy was bogged down with too much debt.

• Too many politicians wanted to gain political power.

• It created a government too weak to manage relations among the states.

• America was too small of a country to exist on its own

What are the three branches of government?

• House of Representatives, Senate, Department of Defense

• Executive, Legislative, Judicial

• President, Secretary of State, Secretary of Treasury

• Army, Navy, Air Force

How was representation in Congress addressed in the Constitution?

• Each state was given one vote in Congress.

• House of Representatives is based on each states population, while the Senate gets two members from

  each state.

• Wealthier states were given more votes in Congress because they were more important to the nations

  economy.

• Elections were decided by a direct popular vote.

Who is the head of the Executive Branch?

• President

• Vice President

• Supreme Court Judge

• Senator

States:United States:____:Canada

• Cities

• Countries

• Provinces

• Counties