Constitution Practice test

The________is the branch of Government that interprets the laws.

• Legislative

  Branch

• Judicial

  Branch

• Executive

  Branch

Congress can vote to ________, or accuse a government official, for committing a crime.

• cabinet,

• compromise

• Executive branch,

• impeach

The group of advisors that help the president are called the _________.

• Judicial branch]

• cabinet

• compromise,

• Executive branch

The ________is the branch of government that carries out laws.

• impeach

• Cabinet

• Executive branch

• Judicial

  Branch

An agreement in which each side gives up some of what it wants is called a(n)_______.

• solution

• compromise

• Pact

• Agreement

A weakness of the Articles of Confederation was that the central government________.

• took power from the states

• could not pay its bills

• was too strong

The men in Shays' Rebellion were fighting to _______.

• free enslaved people

• unite the states.

• keep their homes

Why did the states call a Constitutional Convention?

• to improve the Articles of Confederation.

• to write the state constitution

• Articles of Confederation

Which delegate from Virginia had a plan for a strong central government?

• Gouverneur Morris

• Benjamin Franklin

• James Madison

The Great Compromise was an agreement between ________.

• northern and southern states

• rich and poor states

• large and small states