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WorksheetsCh.7 test
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 21mins
What is the system that keeps a branch from getting too much power?
Legislative branch
Executive branch
Checks and balances
Judicial branch
Who indirectly votes for the president?
The public
Electoral college
Past president
Government
Who led a rebellion?
George Washington
The president
John Hancook
Daniel Shays
Who are the supporters of the constitution?
Colonist
Federalist
Commrads
Benjamin Franklin
Any law
Ordinance
Put into action
Tradition
Amendmant
Why did Shay's Rebellion frighten many Americans?
Because he was headed to the armory
Because it told the people that the government couldn't stop violence
Because Daniel Shay was a former captain of the navy
Because other farmers thought that Daniel Shay and his followers might attack them
Why were Americans cautious about placing too much power in one ruler?
Because they didn't want to have a leader like King George 3
Because they didn't want to be a rich country
Because they didn't want to be a target for other countries
Because they were afraid the leader might take all the bread in the land and keep it for himself
Why did the Framers study the works of Locke and Montesquieu?
Because they had already came up with a plan
Because the were rich people
Because they were people in power and the people didn't want any discipline in the country
Because they were from Britian, therefore they were men with armies
Under the federal system, the final authority is the _________
President
Court system
Constitution
States
A government in which citizens rule through elected representatives is ____________________
Monarchy
Republic
Theocracy
Sovereignty
What are the TWO parts of the Legislative Branch?
The house of republic
Senate
Federalism
Checks and balances
was a Virginia planter, who was active in the movement for change.
James Madison
Alexander Hamilton
John Locke
Baron de Montesquieu
was a New York lawyer who was active in the movement for change
James Madison
Alexander Hamilton
John Locke
Baron de Montesquieu
Kept the Confederation's one-house legislature, with one vote for each state
Virginia Plan
New Jersey Plan
Amend
Preamble
was to count each enslaved person as three-fifths of a free person for determining both taxation and representation
Three-Fifths Compromise
1st Amendment
Federalism
Great Compromise
The sharing of power between federal and state governments
Federalism
Amendment
Tradition
Reside
The branch of government, including the federal court system, that interprets the nation's law
Judicial Branch
Legislative Branch
Executive Branch
Checks and Balances
The branch of government that makes the nation's laws
Judicial Branch
Legislative Branch
Executive Branch
Checks and Balances
The branch of government, headed by the president, that carries out the nation's laws and policies
Judicial Branch
Legislative Branch
Executive Branch
Checks and Balances
an addition to a formal document such as the Constitution
Tradition
Federalism
Amendment
Amend
cultural beliefs and practices
Federalism
Tradition
Preamble
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