Government: Chapters 2-3 Test Flashcards
Earliest document that protected against absolute power by king
Magna Carta
Weak government abolished by Constitution
Articles of Confederation
Document that provided the basis for American individual rights
English Bill of Rights
Provided for equal representation in Congress
New Jersey Plan
Later document that limited king’s power by allowing trial by jury and not quartering of troops
Petition of Right
Plan that favored large states
Virginia Plan
Called for a boycott of British goods
1st Continental Congress
Combined the New Jersey and Virginia Plans
Connecticut Compromise
Plan for counting slaves in the population
3/5 Compromise
Governed during the Revolution
2nd Continental Congress
T/F: The Articles of Confederation provided for a bicameral system in Congress
F, provided for a UNICAMERAL system
T/F: The Bill of Rights, as found in the Declaration of Independence, provides for all people with certain unalienable rights
F, as found in the CONSTITUTION
T/F: Judicial Review provides the Supreme Court with the means of declaring law unconstitutional.
T
T/F: The first 10 amendments are the Bill of Rights and the amendments 13-15 are the Civil War amendments.
T
T/F: To formally amend the Constitution, a bill has to pass by 2/3 in Congress and by 2/3 in the States.
F, and 3/4 in the states
