Unit 1- Foundations of the U.S.

During the Constitutional Convention of 1787, the Great/Connecticut Compromise resolved a conflict over

• the issue of nullification

• representation in Congress

• taxes on imports

The idea that the government rules by consent of the people being ruled

• Divine Right

• Social Contract

• Socialism

Texas and the United States have republican forms of government because both have

• a bill of rights

• a written constitution

• an elected legislature

What was the primary reason for holding the Constitutional Convention of 1787?

• place taxes on imports and exports

• revise the Articles of Confederation

• reduce the power of the federal government

Which plan favored smaller states and gave each state equal representation in the legislative branch?

• Connecticut Plan

• New Jersey Plan

• Great Compromise

During the Constitutional Convention of 1787, the plans for Congress proposed by delegates from New Jersey and Virginia differed mainly over the issue of

• appointed legislators or elected legislators

• plans for representation

• power to check other branches or power limited to lawmaking

What clearly communicates the intentions of the framers and the purpose of the Constitution?

• Common Sense

• The preamble

• Articles of Confederation

Which of the following favored a strong central government in order to limit the power of the states. This group favored ratification of the Constitution.

• Anti-Federalists

• Federalists

• Confederalists

Federalism is a term used to define the division of power between the

• Senate and the House of Representatives

• national and state levels of government

• three branches of the federal government

A system of government in which power is divided between national and regional governments

• unitary system

• federal system

• sovereignty