Chapter 5: Constitution Review

The Great Compromise suggested

• a two-house Congress

• a unicameral Congress

• supporting the Virginia Plan

• Creating a Supreme Court

states that the Constitution and other laws federal laws & treaties are the "supreme law of the land"

• checks & balances

• supremacy clause

• federalism

• implied powers

__________ is where representatives are chosen by the people.

• authoritarian regime

• oligarchy

• republic

• monarchy

powers held by both the federal and state governments. ex: power to tax and set up courts.

• delegated powers

• concurrent powers

• enumerated powers

• reserved powers

In order to ratify the Constitution, the Anti-Federalists wanted a _____.

• Bill of Rights

• unicameral Congress

• stronger central government

• a clause to dissolve the state governments.

Voters can reject and replace representatives who serve them poorly. This is an example of...

• popular sovereignty

• rule of law

• federalism

• checks and balances

Which Massachusetts event involved an armed group of citizens attacking a federal arsenal that demonstrated a weakness of the Articles of Confederation?

• Shays's Rebellion

• the Boston Tea Party

• the American Revolution

• the Whiskey Rebellion

The Mayflower Compact established self-government, the Magna Carta limited the power of the monarchy and the English Bill of Rights gave rights to _______________

• American colonists

• English citizens

• Monarchs

• parliament

What did the constitution mean by "Insure domestic tranquility"?

• the people rule

• government should provide for peace in our nation

• create an army and a navy

• make sure citizens live happy, healthy lives

How did the Constitution solve a weakness of the Articles of Confederation?

• it created an executive branch to carry out the laws

• it got rid of the judicial branch

• it expanded the power of the king

• State laws had more power than national laws.