Unit 1 Test Government study

The Anti-Federalists were concerned over which of the following?

• The British Government overstepping the rights of the Colonists

• The Constitution providing too much power to the National Government

• Winning the Revolutionary War

• States having too much power

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Anti-Federalists

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(b) Federalists

• Legislative Branch has too much power

• Against Ratification

• Separation of Powers in the Constitution limited power enough

• Supported Ratification

• Constitution prevents Factions

• Constitution Needs a bill of Rights

Label the Body of Each Branch of Government

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f

g

Congress and Senate

Mayor

King

Governor

Appellate Court

Parliament

Supreme Court

President and Vice President

Match the Powers to the Branch of Government

• Congress and Senate

• Creates Laws, Taxes

• Supreme Court

• Commander in Chief of the Military

• President

• Can decide Laws, Rulings, Unconstitutional

Created a legislature with two houses, one being equal and one based on population

• Three-fifths Compromise

• New Jersey Plan

• Virginia Plan

• Great Compromise

The _____ opposed the Constitution because it failed to protect individual rights.

• Radicals

• Anti-Federalists

• Federalists

• Whigs

Solved the issue of representation in slave-holding states

• Three-fifths Compromise

• New Jersey Plan

• Virginia Plan

• Great Compromise

What was the first Government of the United States called?

• The Magna Carta

• The Bill of Rights

• The Articles of Confederation

• The Constitution

The three main branches of the U.S. government are:

• State, Local, and Federal

• Executive, Legislative, and Judiciary

• The House of Representatives, Senate, and Supreme Court

• The President, Senate, and Supreme Court

This branch's role is to enforce the laws.

• Legislative Branch

• Executive Branch

• Judicial Branch