Unit 4: The Constitution Review

What kind of government was created by the Articles of Confederation?

• A republic based on a loose association of states where the states held most of the power

• A democracy with a strong national government

• A royal monarchy ruled by a king

• A direct democracy where decisions are based on popular sovereignty

Rather than revising the Articles of Confederation, the delegates to the Constitutional Convention of 1787 decided to write a new constitution because...

• The Revolutionary war was over

• The Articles of Confederation were about to expire

• They wanted to increase the power of the individual states

• They believed a stronger central government was needed

At the Constitutional Convention, the Great Compromise settled the dispute over...

• Representation in Congress

• The issue of slavery

• The presidential veto power

• Judicial Review

Debates at the Constitutional Convention (1787) between delegates from states with large populations and states with small populations were mainly resolved by...

• Creating a two-house legislature

• Establishing federal control over interstate commerce

• Permitting states to count Native American Indians in their population

• Providing for an electoral college

Delegates at the Constitutional Convention of 1787 agreed to the Three-Fifths Compromise as a way to...

• Limit the power of the president

• Provide legal rights for women

• Settle differences over counting slaves for representation in Congress

• Establish term lengths for senators

During the struggle over ratification of the Constitution, Federalists and Anti-Federalists disagreed mainly over the...

• Wisdom of maintaining friendship with England

• Need for the continuation of slavery

• Election of George Washington as the first president

• Division of power between the national government and the states

To win support for ratification of the United States Constitution, Federalists agreed to...

• Give up western land claims

• Restrict the importation of slaves

• Add the Bill of Rights to the document

• Grant voting rights to all adult white males

The authors of the United States Constitution included a system of checks and balances to...

• prevent any one branch of government from controlling the other branches

• protect states against the power of the national government

• guarantee respect for the freedoms listed in the Bill of Rights

• safeguard the United States against foreign attacks

Name one check that the Legislative Branch has on the Executive Branch.

• May override the President’s veto

• May declare laws unconstitutional

• May veto bills

• May kick out Supreme Court Justice

Which constitutional principle does the following statements illustrate? Each branch can stop each other from doing something and making sure they don't get too powerful

• Flexibility

• Federalism

• Checks and balances

• Federal supremacy