Unit 2 - Early Government Quiz Review

Which branch of the government has the responsibility of making sure the laws are enforced and is led by the president?

• Legislative

• Judicial

• The Legislative Branch

• Executive

Why is there a system of checks and balances in the Constitution?

• To prevent any one branch of government from becoming too powerful (ie vetoing of Bills, voting on Judges)

• Outlines the purposes of government

• The farmers were losing their farms due to lack of money and high debts.

An example of Checks and Balances would be...

• The President vetoing a BIll

• Telling the Supreme Court when to be in session

• Making laws and enforcing them

• Building new roads and bridges

If the Bill of Rights outlines the rights of individuals, what does the Preamble do?

• Federal power

• Outlines the purposes of government

• The slave population

• The bill of rights

Congress dividing into the House of Representatives and Senate, each state getting 2 votes in the senate, and each state having different number of representatives in the House based on their population size is describing what?

• The Great Compromise

• The Three-fifths Compromise

• Separation Of Powers

• The Legislative Branch

Declaring war, admitting new states into the union, and distribution of coin money are what kind of powers as outlined in the U.S constitution?

• Local power

• Concurrent power

• Federal power

• State power

What was the main cause of Shays' Rebellion?

• The legislative branch

• They did not want to be ruled by another oppressive government like they had with Britain.

• The farmers/veterans were losing their farms due to not having enough money and high debts.

• The slave population

The Anti-Federalists wanted strong state governments and what else?

• George Washington to rule

• More Federal Power

• The US and Texas to get along

• Bill of Rights for individuals

"We the people of the United States, in order to..." What is this phrase from the Preamble explaining?

• An urge to provide peace, law, and safety for the people within the U.S

• The Bill of Rights

• The Constitution is an agreement between the people and the government they created.

• The system of checks and balances.

Which branch of the government has the responsibility of writing and passing laws?

• The executive branch

• The legislative branch

• The great compromise

• The judicial branch