Government Unit Terms: Post Constitutional Convention

Means a 2 house Congress ________.

• bicameral

• unicameral

• trilateral

• quadrilateral

When the 3 branches of government prevent one branch from becoming more powerful than the other 2 ________.

• checks and balances

• separation of powers

• federalism

• judicial review

The division of government into a 3 branch system of government is called ________ of ________.

• separation of powers

• division of authority

• distribution of control

• allocation of governance

This branch enforces & carries out the laws. ________.

• Executive

• Legislative

• Judicial

• Administrative

This branch of government makes the laws. ________.

• Legislative

• Executive

• Judicial

• Administrative

This branch of government interprets the laws ________.

• Judicial

• Executive

• Legislative

• Administrative

The type of government the US uses.

• Representative

• Monarchy

• Dictatorship

• Oligarchy

The 1st 10 amendments of the Constitution, added in 1791, are called the...? ________ of ________.

• Bill of Rights

• Declaration of Independence

• Articles of Confederation

• Constitutional Amendments

The 5 freedoms of the 1st amendment are the freedoms of ________, ________, ________, ________, and ________.

• Speech, Press, Assembly, Religion, Petition

• Speech, Religion, Voting, Assembly, Petition

• Press, Assembly, Religion, Petition, Voting

• Speech, Press, Religion, Petition, Voting

A series of 85 essays, written by Alexander ________ and James ________, were written to influence Americans to support the new Constitution were called the ________.

• Hamilton, Madison, Federalist Papers

• Jefferson, Adams, Anti-Federalist Papers

• Franklin, Washington, Constitution Papers

• Jay, Monroe, Liberty Papers