Chapter 10 Lesson 2 Quiz: Debate in Philadelphia

What is the introduction to the U.S. Constitution. It begins, "We the people..."

• Foreword

• Introduction

• Preamble

• Prologue

When the President has the power to reject a bill passed by Congress it is called?

• ratify

• veto

• sign

• amend

________ was a proposal during the Constitutional Convention that said Congress should be given much greater power over the states, and that large states should have more representatives in Congress than small states.

• Virginia Plan

• New Jersey Plan

• Connecticut Compromise

• Three-Fifths Compromise

The division of power among the three branches of the federal government is called?

• judicial review

• checks and balances

• federalism

• separation of powers

________________ was an agreement at the Constitutional Convention that created a Congress with two houses.

• Great Compromise

• Three-Fifths Compromise

• Missouri Compromise

• New Jersey Plan

________ was the fourth President of the United States, and one of the main authors of the U.S. Constitution.

• Thomas Jefferson

• James Madison

• George Washington

• John Adams

__________ was a meeting of delegates in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1787; the delegates replaced the Articles of Confederation with the Constitution.

• Constitutional Convention

• Philadelphia Gathering

• Federal Assembly

• Colonial Congress

__________ the settlement of a disagreement in which each side agrees to give up part of its demands.

• Compromise

• Agreement

• Negotiation

• Concession

A proposal during the Constitutional Convention that said each state should have the same number of representatives in Congress.

• Three-Fifths Compromise

• Virginia Plan

• Connecticut Compromise

• New Jersey Plan

__________ a system set up by the Constitution that gives each branch of government the power to limit the power of the other branches.

• Separation of Powers

• Checks and Balances

• Federalism

• Judicial Review