Chapter 8 SS test

What problem in the U.S was highlighted by the events of Shay’s Rebellion?

• Strength of the government

• Smarts of the government

• Weakness of the government

• Monkey shoes of the government

Who had to share the power to govern under the federal system?

• George Washington

• The national and state governments

• The federal government

What question did the delegates try to resolve at the Constitutional Convention?

• The relationship between the states and the national government or how each state would be represented in the new government

• About having a strong national government

• How do cars move

What role did Gouverneur Morris have at the Constitutional Convention?

• To make everything gloomy

• To eat bananas

• He expressed that the Constitution should outlaw slavery

What branch of government is responsible for enforcing laws?

• Executive Branch

• Representative Branch

• Judicial Branch

• Crusty foot branch

Ratify means__ ______

• to think

• To eat

• To approve

Why did many delegates insist on adding ten amendments to the Constitution soon after it was ratified?

• To protect people

• To protect the rights of people

• To protect people’s food

What amendment protects the right to free speech?

• 2nd

• 3rd

• 88th

• 1st

Why did the writers of the Constitution add checks and balances to the federal government?

• To make one branch more powerful than another

• To make no money

• To keep every branch from getting too powerful

• To smell stinky toots

What power does the executive branch have?

• To make laws

• To enforce laws

• To draw

• To talk like a baby