Counstitutional Convention

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Executive Branch

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(b) Legislative Branch

,

(c) Judicial Branch

• House of Representatives

• Interprets laws

• Declares laws or actions unconstitutional

• Overrides presidential vetos

• Congress

• Vice President of the United States

• President of the United States

• Judicial review

• Senate

• Carries out laws

• Approves laws or vetos laws

• Creates laws

• Supreme Court justices

 “We the People”, the first three words of the Preamble, establishes that the power of government comes from the ______.

Match the branch with the head of that branch

• Congress

• Judicial Branch

• Supreme Court

• Legislative Branch

• President

• Executive Branch

Which branch can declare laws unconstitutional?

• Legislative Branch

• Executive Branch

• Judicial Branch

• Federalism

Why was the central government weak under the Articles of Confederation?

• People did not know what a strong government looked like

• People were afraid the king would start another war

• People had just fought a war for independence from a powerful government

• People wanted the states to be rigid with central control

What did Daniel Shays do to become famous during the time of the Articles of Confederation?

• started a violent rebellion which proved the weakness of the national government

• asked Congress for permission to create a new constitution

Why was the national government considered to be weak under the Articles of Confederation?

• no President

• no national court system

• taxes were too high

• people were forced to join the military

The agreement made for the Constitution called for each slave to be counted as how much of a person?

• 1/2

• 1/3

• 3/5

• 2/3

Match each plan with its features

• Connecticut (Great) Compromise

• 2 houses in the legislature, 1 giving more representatives to states with more people and the other house having equal representation

• Virginia Plan

• 1 house in the legislature with equal number of representatives from each state

• New Jersey Plan

• 2 houses in the legislature with both of them giving more representatives to states with more people

Why is the Northwest Ordinance (1787) considered one of the most important laws passed following the American Revolution?

• The law established policies for selling land to other countries.

• The law reclaimed northwestern territory for the United States.

• The law unified all remaining land into one large U.S. territory.

• The law provided a system for admitting new states to the Union.