Packet 1

Question 0

Representation based on population was which plan?

Answer 0

The Virginia Plan

Question 1

What size states favored the Virginia Plan?

Answer 1

Small states

Question 2

What was the name of the man proposing the great compromise?

Answer 2

Roger Sherman

Question 3

Which plan suggested equal representation?

Answer 3

The New Jersey plan

Question 4

Which legislative body has an equal number of representatives?

Answer 4

The Senate

Question 5

Which states favored The Virginia Plan?

Answer 5

Large states

Question 6

What is the name of the man who proposed the Virginia plan?

Answer 6

EdmanRandolph

Question 7

What was the name of the man who proposed the New Jersey plan?

Answer 7

William Patterson

Question 8

What does it mean to compromise?

Answer 8

To meet in the middle, to both sacrifice something

Question 9

Why were the Southern states willing to count every slave?

Answer 9

They wanted more representatives

Question 10

Why did the north want every slave to be counted?

Answer 10

They wanted more tax revenue

Question 11

Where was the compromise, the 3/5 compromise, stated in the constitution?

Answer 11

Article 1, section 2, paragraph 3

Question 12

Explain how the 3/5 compromise worked.

Answer 12

For every five slaves three counted towards taxes and representation.

Question 13

How did the government make sure no one branch of the government was too powerful?

Answer 13

Checks and balances

Question 14

The constitution is divided into how many main parts?

Answer 14

Three

Question 15

What is the purpose of the preamble?

Answer 15

To explain the reasons for writing the Constitution

Question 16

How many articles are there in the Constitution

Answer 16

Seven

Question 17

Article one

Answer 17

The legislative branch

Question 18

Article 2

Answer 18

The executive branch

Question 19

Who runs the legislative branch?

Answer 19

The Vice President

Question 20

Who runs the executive branch?

Answer 20

The president

Question 21

Who runs the judicial branch?

Answer 21

The Chief Justice

Question 22

Which branch creates laws?

Answer 22

The legislative branch

Question 23

Which branch carries outlaws and recommends new laws?

Answer 23

The executive branch

Question 24

Which branch rules laws constitutional or unconstitutional?

Answer 24

The judicial branch

Question 25

What does it mean to check the power of a branch of government?

Answer 25

To limit it

Question 26

Who can veto a legislation passed by Congress?

Answer 26

The president

Question 27

How can the Congress override a veto?

Answer 27

By a two thirds vote of both houses

Question 28

Which branch appoints Supreme Court justices and other federal judges?

Answer 28

The executive branch

Question 29

How can federal courts check the presidents power?

Answer 29

Judicial review

Question 30

What limit is on the presidents power to make treaties with other countries?

Answer 30

The senate may approve or disapprove the Treaty

Question 31

What is another term for checks and balances?

Answer 31

Separation of powers