AOC and Constitution Review Per 1

What prevents one branch of the national government from becoming too powerful?

• Elastic Clause

• Federal Supremacy

• Checks and Balances

• Electoral College

One weakness of the Articles of Confederation was that it:

• Created too many political parties

• Rejected the idea of a democratic government

• Gave too little power to the national government

• Established a national court system

At the Constitutional Convention of 1787, the agreement known as the "Great Compromise" dealt with the question of:

• Foreign trade

• The powers of the president

• Each state's representation in government

• How to count slaves for representation

In our system of democracy, the final political power rests with the

• People of the nation

• President

• U.S. Congress

• U.S. Supreme Court

The purpose of checks and balances is to:

• List the procedures for introducing bills into congress

• Allow each branch of government to veto laws

• Explain the president's treaty

• Prevent any one branch of government from becoming too powerful

Delegates to the Constitutional Convention wrote a new constitution because

• They wanted to increase the power of the states

• The Revolutionary War was over

• They believed a stronger central government was necessary

• The Articles of Confederation were about to expire

Many of the settlers of the thirteen colonies had experienced religious discrimination in Europe. This influenced the authors of the Constitution to establish:

• The right to bear arms

• Freedom to petition the government

• Freedom from cruel and unusual punishment

• Separation of church and state

What problems did the new nation face under the Articles of Confederation?

• New government could not raise enough money

• Foreign countries did not respect the nation

• The government could not settle disputes between states

• All of the above

Shay's Rebellion was important because it showed people that

• Soldiers were reluctant to arrest citizens

• Massachusetts had an efficient state government

• The Articles of Confederation were not working

• British influence was still strong

Small states were against the Virginia Plan because they

• Didn't want to count the slaves in the south

• Believed that each state should not have one vote

• Feared large states would outvote them

• Feared the debate over it would destroy the convention