
Unit 3: Constitution
Quiz by Aaron Hamilton
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Agreement on legislative representation which included a two-house legislature, made up of the Senate and the House of Representatives
Called for a legislature dived into two bodies with proportional representation. Supported by states with larger population
Agreement on how to count men and women held in slavery for purposes of taxation and representation in Congress
What are the three branches of government as established by the United States Constitution?
What group pushed for and supported the Bill of Rights?
Under the Articles of Confederation, each state's power in Congress was based on:
Why did our Founding Fathers originally not want a strong government?
The Articles of Confederation included all of the following weaknesses EXCEPT
What did Shay's Rebellion show America about the government under the Articles of Confederation?
The _________________ combines both of the plans proposed at the Constitutional Convention, the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan, and created a two house Congress. One with equal representation and one based on population.
Checks and balances refer to
Supporters of the Constitution called themselves
Passed by Congress on September 25, 1789, the Bill of Rights are the
The qualifications for a US senator or representative require all the following EXCEPT that he or she
The _______________________ branch has the power to make laws
The US Senator serves for a term of
The president must have been a US citizen
If the president neither signs nor returns a bill to Congress during the time allowed, that bill:
To take full effect the Constitution had to be ratified by
The last group to whom the constitution granted the right to vote was
The president is elected to a term of
the "supreme law of the land" in America is
Overriding a presidential veto of a bill requites:
The _______________ branch has the power to veto laws
The US has how many senators?
If a women accused of a crime "pleads the Fifth Amendments" she is
Match the Amendments