The Story of the World - Early Modern Times Chapter 23

A _____ is a set of rules explaining how a country will work.

• constitution

• constellation

• conservation

A _____ government has the power to act for all of the states.

• feral

• federal

• festival

The _____ is responsible for making laws for the United States of America. It is made up of two “houses” called the _____ and the ______.

• Congress, Senate, House of Representatives

• Congress, Senate, House of Parliament

• Colonies, Socialism, Totalitarianism

George Washington chose four men to help him run the country. These men became known as the President’s ____.

• Cohort

• Cool guys

• Cabinet

How many American colonies became states?

• nine

• thirteen

• twelve

• fifteen

The different states disagreed over ______.

• what type of money to use

• foreign treaties

• how to pay back France for the money borrowed during the revolution

• all of the above

The Constitutional Convention took place in the city of ______.

• New York

• Philadelphia

• Williamsburg

• Washington, D.C.

The President belongs to the ____branch of the government.

• legislative

• executive

• judicial

• federal

The Supreme Court belongs to the _____ branch of the government.

• legislative

• executive

• judicial

• federal

Why did George Washington not want to be the first president?

• He thought the Constitution was a “horridly frightful document.”

• He wanted the colonies to remain a part of Great Britain.

• He wanted to stay on his farm in Virginia.

• He thought he had already fulfilled his duty to the people of the United States.