Creating a New Government

This is a diagram that describes some key features and responsibilities of a branch of the American government.

What branch of the American government should be used as the title for this diagram?

• Legislative Branch

• Executive Branch

• Judicial Branch

• Federal Branch

Why did Antifederalists believe that a Bill of Rights was a necessary addition to the Constitution?

• to protect the personal freedoms of citizens

• to allow the Constitution to be updated as times changed

• to give the states more power than the central government

• to prevent the Constitution from being changed.

This chart describes the parts of one branch of government.

Which branch of government is described in the chart?

• Executive

• Federal

• Judicial

• Legislative

Into how many branches in the American Government divided?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Because he wrote most of the actual document, which individual is sometimes called "The Father of the Constitution"?

• Thomas Jefferson

• Alexander Hamilton

• John Adams

• James Madison

What name is given to the first ten amendments to the original constitution?

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Bill of Rights

• The Emancipation Proclamation

• The Bill of Freedoms

Which congressional house provides each state with equal representation?

• The House of Representatives

• Senate

• Supreme Court

• White House

This is a statement that could have been made at the Constitutional Congress.

Which person would be most likely to agree with this statement?

• an Anti-Federalist

• a Democrat

• a Federalist

• a Republican

What is the main duty of the Supreme Court?

• to decide punishments for people who have broken the law

• to make laws that are supported by the Constitution

• to approve the budget for the United States

• to determine if laws and actions by the government are constitutional

How did the Three-Fifths Compromise impact taxation and representation in the early history of the United States?

• Only three-fifths of the states in the North were allowed to legalize slavery.

• Only three-fifths of the slaves in the South were allowed to vote.

• Slaves counted as three-fifths of a person for both taxation and representation purposes.

• Women counted as three-fifths of a person for both taxation and representation purposes.