Civics Chapter 5 quiz

What are two documents that U.S. state constitutions took many of their rights from?

• The Monroe Doctrine and the Ordinance of 1785

• The Articles of Confederation and the Bill of Rights

• The Code of Federal Regulations and The Treaty of Versailles

• The English Bill of Rights and the Magna Carta

What is the legislative branch?

• the courts

• the president

• Congress

• part of a tree

What is the executive branch?

• The president

• The courts

• Congress

What is the judicial branch?

• The president

• The Courts

• Congress

What are the three branches of government?

Which one of these is NOT a weakness of the Article of Confederation?

• Congress had a large amount of power in terms of enforcing laws

• There wasn't a president or chief executive with real power

• Congress could not collect taxes or regulate trade

• 9 states had to vote for a new law and 13 had to vote to change the Articles of Confederation

What were two major differences between the Virginia and New Jersey Plans?

• The Virginia Plan called for a weaker central government and gave each state one vote

• The New Jersey Plan called for a stronger central government and gave states power that was proportional to their populations

• The Virginia Plan called for a stronger central government and gave states power that was proportional to their populations

What did Federalists and Anti-Federalists stand for?

• Federalists were in favor of anarchy and Anti-Federalists were in favor of autocracy

• Federalists wanted more power to be with the states and Anti-Federalists wanted more power with the federal government

• Federalists were in favor of the ratification of the U.S. Constitution and Anti-Federalists were against it

• Federalists were in favor of the Articles of Confederation and Anti-Federalists were in favor of the U.S. Constitution

True or false: Opposition from the Anti-Federalists led to the Bill of Rights being included in the U.S. Constitution

• True

• False

What are checks and balances?

• Ways that the president can check the power of the people

• Ways that the people can check the power of the government

• Ways that the three branches of government can check each other's power

• Ways that states can check the power of the federal government and vice-versa