U.S. Constitution and Government Concepts

Who supported the Constitution and a strong central government?

• Federalists

• Anti-Federalists

• Loyalists

• Patriots

Who feared centralized power and wanted a Bill of Rights?

• Federalists

• Anti-Federalists

• Loyalists

• Patriots

Which group had the most lasting influence on the Founding Fathers?

• Federalist ideas

• Anti-Federalist ideas

Name the three branches of government and their main functions.

• Legislative: Makes laws (Congress); Executive: Enforces laws (President); Judicial: Interprets laws (Supreme Court)

• Legislative: Enforces laws (Congress); Executive: Interprets laws (President); Judicial: Makes laws (Supreme Court)

• Legislative: Interprets laws (Congress); Executive: Makes laws (President); Judicial: Enforces laws (Supreme Court)

• Legislative: Makes laws (Supreme Court); Executive: Enforces laws (Congress); Judicial: Interprets laws (President)

Which compromise combined the Virginia Plan and New Jersey Plan to create a bicameral legislature?

• Great Compromise

• Three-Fifths Compromise

• Missouri Compromise

• Commerce Compromise

What was the 3/5 Compromise?

• out of 5 slaves counted for population & taxes

•  No ban on slave trade for 20 years; Congress controls interstate trade.
  

• Combined Virginia Plan (big states) & New Jersey Plan (small states) → Bicameral legislature.
  

The Commerce & Slave Trade Compromise banned the slave trade immediately.

• True

• False

What are the two houses of a bicameral legislature?

• Senate and House of Representatives

• President and Vice President

• Supreme Court and Congress

• Governor and Mayor

What is Direct Democracy?

• A) People elect representatives to make laws.

• B) People vote on laws directly.

• C) Power shared between national & state.

• D) States hold power.

What is Representative Democracy (Republic)?

• People vote on laws directly.

• People elect representatives to make laws.

• Power shared between national & state.

• States hold power.