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WorksheetsChapter 8 SS test
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 21mins
What problem in the U.S was highlighted by the events of Shay’s Rebellion?
Strength of the government
Smarts of the government
Weakness of the government
Monkey shoes of the government
Who had to share the power to govern under the federal system?
George Washington
The national and state governments
The federal government
What question did the delegates try to resolve at the Constitutional Convention?
The relationship between the states and the national government or how each state would be represented in the new government
About having a strong national government
How do cars move
What role did Gouverneur Morris have at the Constitutional Convention?
To make everything gloomy
To eat bananas
He expressed that the Constitution should outlaw slavery
What branch of government is responsible for enforcing laws?
Executive Branch
Representative Branch
Judicial Branch
Crusty foot branch
Ratify means__ ______
to think
To eat
To approve
Why did many delegates insist on adding ten amendments to the Constitution soon after it was ratified?
To protect people
To protect the rights of people
To protect people’s food
What amendment protects the right to free speech?
2nd
3rd
88th
1st
Why did the writers of the Constitution add checks and balances to the federal government?
To make one branch more powerful than another
To make no money
To keep every branch from getting too powerful
To smell stinky toots
What power does the executive branch have?
To make laws
To enforce laws
To draw
To talk like a baby
What power does the legislature branch have?
Decides if the laws are fair
Makes laws
Eats pickles
What power does the judicial branch have?
Decides if the laws are fair
Likes the laws
Believes in the laws
What was the original purpose of the Constitutional Convention?
What agreement did the delegates at the Constitutional convention finally reach under the Great Compromise?
What does it mean that the U.S is a republic? Explain.
What rights are guaranteed to citizens under the first amendment to the constitution of the U.S?
Why are checks and balances important? How do they help each branch of the federal government make more thoughtful decisions?
