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Total questions: 9

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which component ensures that the power of our government will not turn into a monarchy?

a)

state constitutions

b)

separation of powers

c)

allowing women to vote if they own land

d)

allowing men to vote if they own land

2.

The part of the government in charge of making laws is called ______.

a)

magistrate

b)

a trial

c)

legislative

d)

senate

3.

Every state had different ideas about how the new country should be run. What was done by the framers to ensure that all people and points of view were represented?

a)

They made sure that voters owned land.

b)

They asked the colonies to elect a governor from each state.

c)

They asked each colony to write their own state constitutions.

d)

The representatives decided who voted and who did not

4.

The process by which a person is determined to be guilty or innocent is called ________.

a)

the government

b)

legislative

c)

a trial

d)

unicameral

5.

Why was Edmund Randolph’s Virginia Plan not chosen?

a)

He suggested the executive branch be based on states’ populations.

b)

Small states believed they would have less representation.

c)

The plan called for three branches of government

d)

Large states worried they would not have enough representation.

6.

The __________________ system helps empower the central government and limit it at the same time.

a)

bicameral legislature

b)

Three-fifths Compromise

c)

checks and balances

d)

Electoral College

7.

Federalists believed in all of the following except ___________.

a)

states’ rights are not as important as national power

b)

the government should have more power than the people

c)

the central government should not be too strong

d)

only a few people should be in charge of the government

8.

The framers of the Constitution agreed the government should get its power from ____________________ and individual ___________ should always be the first consideration.

a)

representatives; rights

b)

the king; ideas

c)

the people; liberty

d)

the states; goals

9.

The special group of representatives responsible for electing our presidents is called the ____________________________.

a)

POTUS

b)

Federalist

c)

legislature

d)

Electoral College