Chapter 7 & 8 Test

Only white men 21 or older could vote in most states

• True

• False

Native Americans, African Americans, and women were part of the Constitutional Convention

• True

• False

The first three articles of the Constitution describe the structure of the federal government.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Article I - Legislative Branch

Article II - Executive Branch

Article III - Judicial Branch

The Bill of Rights Limits the power of the government and protects the rights of individuals.

• True

• False

The government cannot limit the citizens' right to protest even if the public's safety or health is at risk.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

The government's job is to protect the people. If a protest is happening and lives could be at risk, it is the government's job to put a stop to it.

powers given specifically to Congress

• concurrent powers

• veto power

• enumerated power

• the freeing of individual slaves

Checks the power of Congress

• veto power

• two separate lawmaking chambers

• enumerated power

• to fall in value

Powers shared by the federal and state governments

• to fall in value

• concurrent powers

• wrote that the government is a contract between the ruler and the people

• veto power

manumission

• two separate lawmaking chambers

• veto power

• to fall in value

• the freeing of individual slaves

bicameral

• two separate lawmaking chambers

• enumerated powers

• to fall in value

• wrote that the government is a contract between the ruler and the people

Answer explanation

Congress is broken into two separate lawmaking chambers: the house of representatives and the senate