U.S. Constitution Formative Assessment

Match the following

• Separation of Powers

• Government is divided into branches, each with separate and independent powers.

• Limited Government

• Principle of government under which separate branches of government are empowered to prevent actions by other branches.

• Checks and Balances

• Government power is restricted by law, usually in a written constitution.

• Federalism

• The authority of a state is created and sustained by consent of the people.

• Popular Sovereignty

• Power and responsibility are divided between a federal government and local or state governments.

Judicial Review is the process under which executive or legislative actions are subject to review by the the courts or the Supreme Court.

• True

• False

All of the following are true about the United States Constitution except?

• It provides the framework and organization for the United States Government.

• It is the foundation and source of the legal authority of the United States.

• It is the supreme law of the United States.

• It gives United States citizens their rights.

This founding father is considered to be "the father of the Constitution"?

• Thomas Jefferson

• James Madison

• Mr. Lukes

• Alexander Hamilton

What was one of the problems with the Articles of Confederation?

• Congress did not have the power to regulate commerce between states.

• The Articles had a clear separation of powers, with a bicameral legislature.

• The Articles gave congress the power to tax.

• The Articles had a strong central government.

Shay's Rebellion convinced leaders of the new states that a strong central government was necessary.

• True

• False

The purpose of the "Constitutional Convention" was to write a new constitution.

• True

• False

Several different plans were brought to the constitutional convention, which one suggested a bicameral legislature based on population?

• New Jersey Plan

• Floor Plan

• Franklin Plan

• Virginia Plan

Several different plans were brought to the constitutional convention, which one suggested a unicameral legislature based on equal representation?

• Virginia Plan

• Evacuation Plan

• New York Plan

• New Jersey Plan

The Three-Fifth's Clause, was created to make the federal government's power 3/5ths of state power.

• True

• False