Constitution Review

A government in which citizens rule through elected representatives is called a

• monarchy

• republic

• theocracy

• sovereignty

How was the legislature structured under the Virginia Plan?

• 2 houses with representatives based on the states population

• 1 house with representatives based on how long the states were established

• 1 house with a fixed one vote

How many years does a Senator serve per term?

• 2 years

• 4 years

• 6 years

• 8 years

What keeps any one branch of government from gaining too much power?

• voting on a bill

• the executive branch

• vetoing

• checks and balances

What are the 3 branches of government?

• Federal, judicial, representative

• Limited government, checks and balances, the President

• Legislative, Judicial, Executive

• Popular Sovereignty, Republicanism, Federalism

The main job of the legislative branch is to

• resolve disputes involving the law.
• enforce and carry out federal laws.
• make laws needed for the country.
• obey laws once they are passed.

The framers designed a system of checks and balances to

• share power between the national and state governments.
• make it difficult but not impossible to amend the Constitution.
• make sure that the Constitution was the supreme law of the land.
• keep any one branch of government from becoming too powerful.

What does Federalism mean?

• Power is divided between the Federal government and the states

• The Federal government controls all decisions

• Power to the People

• Government is limited to the laws stated in the Constitution

A major weakness of the Articles of Confederation was that all changes had to be approved by

• 7 states

• 13 states

• 9 states

• 11 states

Why were the first 10 amendments added to the Constitution?

• To remove a part of the original Constitution

• To make changes to the electoral process

• To protect individual freedoms from governmental power

• To increase the power of the legislative branch