Topic 4: A Constitution for the United States

A system of courts to interpret the laws is known as this.

• Legislative Branch

• Executive Branch

• Supreme Court

• Judicial Branch

To pass a law despite a presidential veto.

• Overrule

• Override

• Overjoyed

• Overboard

The idea that the people are the source of the government's power.

• Population

• Popular sovereignty

• Popular vote

• Electoral college

What was proposed in the Virginia Plan?

• slaves would not count as part of the population

• states with more population would get more representatives

• every state gets equal representation in Congress

• slaves would count as one person in determining population

Someone who owes loyalty to and is entitled to all the rights and protections of a particular nation.

• Citizen

• Constitution

• Checks and balances

• Compromise

A proposal or idea for a new law is called this.

• Veto

• Bill

• Compromise

• Repeal

A document that states the rules for how a government will operate.

• Citizen

• Constitution

• Compromise

• Conservatory

What did the representatives at the Constitutional Convention agree upon in terms of counting slaves for population?

• each slave would count as 3/4 of a free person

• each slave would count as 1/2 of a free person

• each slave would count as 3/5 of a free person

• each slave would count as 1/4 of a free person

This is the term for "a person who enters another country in order to settle there."

• Citizen

• Resident alien

• Immigrant

• Dictatorship

He created the Great Compromise to settle a disagreement between large and small states.

• George Washington

• Alexander Hamilton

• Benjamin Franklin

• Roger Sherman