Unit 5 After Rev Test Review

The Articles of Confederation favored a...

• Strong central government and weak state governments

• weak central government and strong state governments

• weak central government and weak state governments

• strong central government and strong state governments

The separation of power in government that ensures one branch does not have more power than another branch

• the preamble

• bill of rights

• checks and balances

• judicial branch

The principle that the Supreme Court follows to determine if an act by the legislative or executive branch is constitutional or not

• Judicial Review

• Judicial branch

• Federalism

• Amendment

What branch makes the laws?

• Legislative

• Executive

• Judicial

Which branch of government interprets the laws?

• Legislative

• Executive

• Judicial

Slaves will be counted as 3/5 of a white person when counting a states population is known as

• The Great Compromise

• The 3/5 Compromise

• The Virginia Plan

• The New Jersey Plan

The first ten amendments in the Constitution that guarantees individual rights and freedoms to U.S citizens

• The Preamble

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Bill of Rights

• The NJ Constitution

What branch of government enforces the laws?

• Legislative

• Executive

• Judicial

This group did not want to ratify the constitution because there is a strong central government and no bill of rights

• Federalists

• Anti-Federalists

At the Constitutional Convention (1787), which issue was resolved by the Great Compromise?

• Representation of States in Congress

• Power of Congress to tax exports

• method of electing a president

• regulation of interstate commerce