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The Constitution

Quiz by Jody Gilmore

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  • Q1
    a representative or a person chosen to be the voice of other people in government
    delegate
    30s
  • Q2
    the branch of government that makes laws (Senate and House of Representatives)

    Federal Branch

    Legislative Branch

    Executive Branch

    Judicial Branch

    30s
  • Q3
    the branch of government that enforces the laws (the President, Vice President, cabinet, and all federal departments and agencies)

    Judicial Branch

    Federal Branch

    Executive Branch

    Legislative Branch

    30s
  • Q4
    the first plan of government of the United States (too weak)

    Great Compromise

    Articles of Confederation

    Virginia Plan

    Bill of Rights

    30s
  • Q5
    a meeting about the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation that occurred in 1781 in Philadelphia Pennsylvania
    Constitutional Convention

    Great Compromise

    Independence Hall

    Annapolis Convention

    30s
  • Q6
    the branch of government that interprets the laws (the Supreme Court and the Federal Courts)
    Judicial Branch

    Legislative Branch

    Executive Branch

    Federal Branch

    30s
  • Q7
    James Madison's plan for a new government that included three branches with two houses in the legislative branch

    New Jersey Plan

    Constitutional Plan

    Great Compromise Plan

    Virginia Plan
    30s
  • Q8
    A change to the Constitution (27 in total)

    article

    convention

    amendment

    ratification

    30s
  • Q9
    The proposal at the Constitutional Convention that called for equal representation of each state in Congress regardless of the state's population.

    Great Compromise

    New Jersey Plan

    Virginia Plan

    Connecticut Plan

    30s
  • Q10
    an agreement on how to count slaves under the new constitution

    The Slavery Solution

    The Great Compromise

    The Three Fifths Compromise

    The Articles of Confederation

    30s
  • Q11
    agreement in which states would have equal representation in one house of the legislature and representation based on population in the other house

    The Constitutional Convention

    The Great Compromise

    The Three Fifths Compromise

    The Articles of Confederation

    30s
  • Q12
    the first 10 amendments to the Constitution that guarantee basic rights such as freedom of speech and freedom of religion

    Great Compromise

    Bill of Rights

    First Freedoms

    Constitutional Convention

    30s
  • Q13
    In what month did the delegates arrive at the Constitutional Convention?

    June

    August

    July

    May
    30s
  • Q14
    Why was the government under the Articles of Confederation unable to pay its debts?

    not enough senators or representatives

    the banks didn't recognize the government

    too many branches of government

    they could not collect taxes
    30s
  • Q15
    Which state declared that it was not going to pay its debts?

    Virginia

    Rhode Island

    South Carolina

    Georgia

    30s

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