Constitution STAAR REVIEW

Based on the excerpt, how did the Great Compromise help create this governmental structure?

• By settling the issues over voting rights in the North

• By settling the issues between Federalists and Anti-Federalists

• By settling the issues over taxation

• By settling the issues between large and small states

Why did the Constitutional Convention agree to the Three-Fifths Compromise?

• To settle debates over the issue of counting the enslaved population for representation

• To settle debates over the issue of abolishing the importation of enslaved people

• To create a government based on the principle of federalism

• To create a government with a bicameral legislature

The Great Compromise addressed disagreements over federal representation by —

• creating a bicameral legislature

• enumerating the powers of the central government

• giving veto power to the executive

• establishing three branches of government

Which historic document had the greatest influence on the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution?

• The English Bill of Rights

• The Mayflower Compact

• The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

• The Articles of Confederation

Which weaknesses are associated with the Articles of Confederation?

• All states had to approve amendments.

• The one-house legislature was based on population.

• The central government held too much power.

• States coined their own money.

• Slavery was banned in the Northwest Territory.

He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.

• Congress may override a presidential veto.

• Congress may ratify amendments.

• The House of Representatives introduces tax bills.

• The Senate may vote to turn down treaties.

He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power.

• By making the president the commander in chief of the armed forces

• By requiring the president and members of Congress to take the oath of office

• By giving the president and Congress the power to make treaties

• By giving Congress the power to draft civilians into the armed forces

Which grievance from the Declaration of Independence is addressed by the Sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution?

• He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly.

• For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury . . .

• He has obstructed the . . . Laws for establishing Judiciary powers.

• For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us . . .

Which government principle is illustrated in this diagram?

• Federalism

• Popular sovereignty

• Republicanism

• Separation of powers

Which phrase best represents the U.S. principle of republicanism?

• The creation of a Congress to carry out the will of the people

• The establishment of courts to interpret laws and government actions

• The division of power between a federal government and state governments

• The power of a court to declare a law unconstitutional