Constitution Vocabulary Quiz

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1) Each enslaved person would count as three-fifths of a person for taxation and representation. That meant that every 5,000 enslaved people would count as 3,000 “persons.” The Constitution also required that the importation of new enslaved people from Africa would end by 1808.

• Shays' Rebellion
• 3/5 Compromise
• Legislative Branch
• Judicial Branch

2) This document created a framework of laws for the first government of the United States. It lasted for 10 years. - from 1777 to 1787.

• The US Constitution
• The Mayflower Compact
• The Great Compromise
• The Articles of Confederation

3) Each of the three branches of government can limit the powers of the other branches. This way, no one branch has too much power.

• Checks and Balances
• Separation of Powers
• 3/5 Compromise
• House of Representatives

4) This compromise provided for three branches. There would be two houses in the legislative branch. One would be called the Senate and the other the House of Representatives. The Senate would have two representatives per state. The number of representatives in the House of Representatives would be based on the population of the state.

• 3/5 Compromise
• Great (Connecticut) Compromise
• Virginia Plan
• New Jersey Plan

5) This group is made up of 538 electors who chose the president of the United States.

• Executive Branch
• Legislative Branch
• Electoral College
• House of Representatives

6) Headed by the president, this section of government is responsible for carrying out (or enforcing) the laws passed by Congress.

• Legislative Branch
• Judicial Branch
• Delegates
• Executive Branch

7) The court systems of local, state, and federal governments, responsible for interpreting the laws passed by the legislative branch and enforced by the executive branch.

• Judicial Branch
• Legislative Branch
• Executive Branch
• United States Senate

8) This branch makes the nation’s laws. It consists of two parts - the House of Representatives and the Senate.

• Executive Branch
• Judicial Branch
• Legislative Branch
• Supreme Court

9) There would be only one house in the legislative branch. Each state would only have one vote.

• New Jersey Plan
• Virginia Plan
• Great Compromise
• 3/5 Compromise