The Constitutional Convention

What is the primary function of the legislative branch of government?

• draft laws

• enforce laws

• interpret laws

• eliminate laws

What is the primary function of the executive branch of government?

• draft laws

• debate laws

• enforce laws

• interpret laws

What is the primary function of the judicial branch of government?

• enact laws

• debate laws

• enforce laws

• interpret laws

The _______ was added to the Constitution in order to satisfy Anti-Federalists demands for protections of civil liberties against the stronger central government.

Bicameral refers to:

• the creation of three separate branches of government

• the division of power between two legislative houses

• the use of a head of government and a head of state

• the need for two branches of government to enact a law

The purpose of the Electoral Collage is to: (choose more than one)

• protect the presidency from Congress

• allow the individual states more say in who is elected president

• insulate the presidency from the direct influence of voters

• discourage voter participation in federal elections

At the Constitutional Convention, the Great Compromise resolved the debate between the:

• North and South

• high- and low-population states

• East and West

• Federalists and Anti-Federalists

At the Constitutional Convention, the Three-Fifths Compromise preserved the ____ while attempting to limit the power of ____

• Articles of Confederation; government

• institution of slavery; the North

• Electoral College; Congress

• Union; slaveholding states