Studies Weekly-Week 28 Shortcomings & Remedies

The framers of the Constitution agreed the government should get its power from _____ ​ and individual ​liberty should always be the first consideration.

• the people

• the president

• the electors

• the congress

Why was Edmund Randolph's plan not chosen?

• He suggested the executive branch be based on states' populations.

• Small states believed they would have less representation.

• The plan called for three branches of government.

• Large states worried they would not have enough representation.

Which problem was solved the by Coinage Act?

• Weak central government without executive or judicial branches.

• States issuing their own money.

• States creating their own militias

• States making their own rules for commerce.

Which problem was solved by the Great Compromise?

• Weak central government without executive or judicial branches.

• States issuing their own money.

• Staes creating their own militias

• States making their own rules for commerce.

The ________ system helps empower the central government and limit it at the same time.

• Electoral College

• Three-fifths compromise

• bicameral legislature

• checks and balances

How many delegates attended the Constitutional Convention?

• 39

• 55

• 13

• 68

The special group of representatives responsible for electing our presidentis called the ______.

• POTUS

• Federalist

• Electoral College

• legislature

​ __________ arrived from a ship coming from the ​Carribean.

• Covid-19

• Scarlett Fever

• Yellow Fever

• The Plague

What was one major problem with the Articles of Confederation?

• Gave too much power to the federal government

• Didn't give enough power to the federal government

• Created a signle house of congress

• It's name was too long ;-p

What is the Constitution?

• A letter to King George III with complaints about how he treated the colonies.

• 10 amendments that give Americans rights.

• The tax law that allows the government to collect money for war.

• Governing document that granted federal government the power needed to run the nation