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Under the Articles of Confederation, each state's power in Congress was based on:
What is one vote per state.
Why did our founding fathers originally not want a strong government?
They were afraid of creating another king-like government
The _____________________ combined 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.
Great Compromise
Supporters of the Constitution called themselves
Federalists
A U.S. senator serves for a term of:
six years.
The Articles of Confederation included all of the following weaknesses EXCEPT…
The lack of an executive or president
The inability to tax the states
The power to regulate commerce
The provision for unanimous consent to amend the Articles of Confederation.
The power to regulate commerce
The Federalist papers written by John Jay, Alexander Hamilton and James Madison, which appeared in the New York newspapers from 1787 to 1788 were aimed to
Defend the Constitution
Checks and balances refer to…
The institutional checks of power between the three branches of government
Passed by Congress on September 25, 1789, the Bill of Rights are the
First 10 amendments of the Constitution
The president must have been a U.S. citizen:
since birth.
What did Shay’s Rebellion show America about its government under the Articles of Confederation?
The US Government is too weak
The president is elected to a term of:
four years.
The last group to whom the Constitution granted the right to vote was:
Women
The qualifications for a U.S. senator or representative require all the following except:
be a U.S. citizen.
be at least a certain age.
live in the state he or she represents.
belong to a registered political party.
belong to a registered political party.
If the president neither signs nor returns a bill to Congress during the time allowed, that bill:
becomes law.
The "supreme law of the land" in America is:
the Constitution.
The Twenty-Fourth Amendment makes it illegal to deny any citizen the right to vote based on his or her failure to pay:
a poll tax.
The three main branches of the U.S. government are:
executive, legislative, and judiciary
The ________________________ branch has the power to make laws.
Legislative
To take full effect the Constitution had to be ratified by:
nine states.
Overriding a presidential veto of a bill requires:
a two-thirds vote by both houses of Congress.
The _________________________ branch has the power to veto laws.
Executive
Our country has how many Senators?
100
Each of the following is a right guaranteed by the Bill of Rights except the right to:
vote.
assemble.
be tried publicly.
voice an opinion.
vote
If a woman accused of a crime "pleads the Fifth Amendment, " she is:
refusing to testify against herself in court.