Review Assessment: The US Constitution

What was the main outcome of the Great Compromise in 1787?

• Established a bicameral legislature with a House of Representatives and a Senate

• Abolished the Articles of Confederation

• Created the Bill of Rights

• Established the executive branch

What was the main aim of the delegates at the Constitutional Convention?

• Establish a monarchy

• Create a single branch government

• Create a limited central government with federalism and separation of powers

• Eliminate state governments

What is notable about the original U.S. Constitution?

• It is over 100 pages long

• It focuses on the executive branch

• It is about state rights

• It is seven articles long

Which articles of the Constitution establish the three branches of government?

• Article 1: executive, Article 2: legislative, Article 3: judicial

• Article 1: legislative, Article 2: executive, Article 3: judicial

• Article 1: judicial, Article 2: executive, Article 3: legislative

• Article 1: legislative, Article 2: judicial, Article 3: executive

Which branch of government did the framers of the Constitution consider the most powerful as they represent their state?

• Executive

• Legislative

• Judicial

• All branches are able to operate unchecked

What is the main role of the executive branch in Article 2 of the Constitution?

• Makes laws and taxes citizens

• Enforces laws, including waging war and negotiating treaties

• Interprets laws and declares them unconstitutional

• Creates state governments and appoints governors

What is the main function of the judicial branch in the Constitution?

• Interprets laws and checks their constitutionality

• Creates laws and taxes citizens

• Enforces laws and appoints judges

• Negotiates treaties and declares war

What is the purpose of checks and balances in the U.S. Constitution?

• To give all power to the executive

• To eliminate the judicial branch

• To let the legislative override all decisions

• To let each branch stop others' actions

How can the executive branch check the legislative branch?

• Declare laws unconstitutional

• Impeach members of Congress

• Appoint members of Congress

• Veto laws passed by Congress

How can the legislative branch check the executive branch?

• Appoint the president

• Declare laws unconstitutional

• Veto presidential decisions

• Impeach the president