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100

What branch of government is responsible for making laws, Congress?

What is the Legislative Branch?

100

How many branches of government were there under the Articles of Confederation?

What is 1?

100

The refusal to sign a bill into a law is know as what?

What is a veto?

100

How many branches of government are under the constitution?

What is 3?

100

How many years does the president serve for?

What is 4?

200

What branch of government carries out the laws?

What is the Executive Branch?

200

What is the name of the event which showed the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?

What is Shay's Rebellion?

200

What is the name for a person who represents others?

Who is a delegate?

200

Name the 3 branches of government under the Constitution.

What are the Judicial Branch, Executive Branch, and Legislative Branch?

200

How many Senators does each state elect?

What is 2?

300

What branch of government interprets the meaning of laws?

What is the Judicial Branch?

300

Under the Articles of Confederation who held the power?

Who are the states?

300

What is a plan of government?

What is a constitution?

300

What year was the Constitution ratified?

What is 1787?

300

How many told members are in the House of Representatives?

What is 435?

400

Who is under the Executive Branch?

Who is the President?

400

True or False, the Articles of Confederation was not the first U.S. Constitution?

What is false?

400

Dividing the government powers into branches is known as what?

What is Separation of Powers?

400

What two plans were merged together to create the Constitution?

What are the Virginia Plan (Edmund Randolph) and New Jersey Plan (William Paterson)?

400

How many total members are there in Congress?

What is 535?

500

What two houses make up the Legislative Branch?

Who are the House of Representatives and the Senate?

500

An Anti-Federalist is...

What is someone who supported the Articles of Confederation?

500

The branches being able to lijmit each others power is know as what?

What is the system of Checks and Balances?

500

What is the name of the plan which proposed having 2 houses in congress?

What is The Great Compromise or the Connecticut Plan?

500

How many representatives does New Jersey have?

What is 12?