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Road to the Constitutional Convention

Quiz by Sarajane Duncan-Richter

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  • Q1
    What is equal representation?
    The idea that each state should have the same number of representatives in Congress. The number of representatives in the Senate is based on equal representation.
    The right to have a lawyer representing an indiviiual in court
    The equality of the three branches of government.
    30s
  • Q2
    What are Checks and Balances ?
    The distribution and balance of power among the different branches of government so that no one branch is able to dominate the other.
    An essential technique used by governors to prevent riots.
    Method to confirm balance of checking account
    30s
  • Q3
    What are the Articles of Confederation?
    The first Constitution of the United States, created to form a perpetual union and firm league of friendship among the thirteen original colonies.
    Laws that created a strong central government
    Laws the Confederate Army put in place at the beginning of the Civil War.
    30s
  • Q4
    What is legislative supremacy?
    Constitutional Monarchy
    Executive Branch has full authority
    A system of government in which the legislative branch has ultimate powers.
    30s
  • Q5
    What are political parties?
    Legislators' meetings
    Social gatherings of the political elites
    Any organization that seeks to achieve political power by electing members to public office so that their political philosophies can be reflected in public policies.
    30s
  • Q6
    What is a veto?
    The road to the capitol of the U.S.
    The right of a branch of government to reject a bill that has been passed in an effort to delay or prevent its enactment.
    A congressional vote
    30s
  • Q7
    What is a petition?
    Law
    Bill
    The legal claim that allows a person to ask his or her government to correct things that he or she thinks are wrong or to do things he or she believes are needed.
    30s
  • Q8
    What was the Shays' Rebellion
    An uprising against the British Red Coats in Concord, MA
    An armed revolt by Massachusetts farmers in 186-87 who sought relief from debts and foreclosures of mortgages. Led by Daniel Shays.
    Slave Revolt
    30s
  • Q9
    What is a confederation?
    The title given to the first Thirteen colonies
    A form of political organization in which the sovereign states combine for certain specified purposes such as defence. The US was a confederation from 1776 to 1789
    A political agreement between two political parties
    30s
  • Q10
    What is the Northwest Ordinance?
    It allowed for the purchase of land from the Spanish.
    This ordinance provided funds for Lewis and Clark's exploration of the West.
    An important law passed by Congress under the Articles of the Confederation. The law prohibited slavery in the Northwest Territory and provided for settling the western lands and admission and organization of new states.
    30s
  • Q11
    What is popular sovereignty?
    Divine Right of Kings
    The natural rights concept that ultimate political authority rests with the people.
    Authoritarian Regime
    30s
  • Q12
    What does it mean to ratify something?
    To confirm or approve.
    To crown
    To deny
    30s

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