Chapter 5

Question 0

Powers granted to the federal government

Answer 0

Delegated powers

Question 1

Political leaders receive their authority from the citizens to make and enforce laws

Answer 1

Republicanism

Question 2

Supporters of ratification of the Constitution

Answer 2

Federalists

Question 3

System established by the Constitution, allows for sharing power among branches and prevents any one branch from becoming too powerful

Answer 3

Checks and balances

Question 4

Powers shared by the federal and state governments

Answer 4

Concurrent powers

Question 5

Man that drafted the Virginia Plan

Answer 5

James Madison

Question 6

Legislation that established a system for governing the Northwest Territory

Answer 6

Northwest Ordinance

Question 7

Says that the Constitution and all federal laws outrank state constitutions

Answer 7

Supremacy clause

Question 8

Man that created the Great Compromise

Answer 8

Roger Sherman

Question 9

Legislation that established a system of how to divide the newly acquired Northwest Territory

Answer 9

Land Ordinance of 1785

Question 10

Meeting by delegates to strengthen the Articles of Confederation and the national government

Answer 10

Constitutional Convention

Question 11

Tax on import or exports

Answer 11

Tariffs

Question 12

Powers retained by the states

Answer 12

Reserved powers

Question 13

Document that created a group of states under a weak central government

Answer 13

Articles of Confederation

Question 14

The New Jersey Plan called for which type of legislature

Answer 14

Unicameral

Question 15

Stated that the human mind was created free and that the government control over religious beliefs or worships was tyrannical

Answer 15

Virginia Statue of a Religious Freedom

Question 16

English philosopher who developed the theory of “natural rights”

Answer 16

John Locke

Question 17

To override or overrule

Answer 17

Veto

Question 18

The state of counting the slave population by 3/5ths per slave

Answer 18

3/5th Compromise

Question 19

Delegates selected by state governments to represent the popular vote in federal elections

Answer 19

Electors

Question 20

Allows Congress to exert its powers in ways not specifically outlined in the Constitution

Answer 20

Elastic clause

Question 21

Clause in the U.S. Constitution that states that the Constitution and all federal laws outrank state constitutions and state laws

Answer 21

Supremacy clause

Question 22

Offered an alternative to the Virginia Plan

Answer 22

William Patterson

Question 23

Plan shifted power away from the states and towards a central government

Answer 23

Virginia Plan

Question 24

The division of power between a strong central government and the state governments

Answer 24

Federalism

Question 25

Granted each state equal voice in the upper house and in the lower house the voice was based on population

Answer 25

Great Compromise