Section 2

Question 1

Having two houses

Answer 1

Bicameral

Question 2

The idea that government should serve the will of the people

Answer 2

Representative government

Question 3

Protection against him arbitrary taking of life, liberty, or poverty

Answer 3

Due process

Question 4

A written grant of authority from the king

Answer 4

Charter

Question 5

The idea that government is restricted in what it may do

Answer 5

Limited government

Question 6

Having only one house

Answer 6

Unicameral

Question 7

Legal authority

Answer 7

Jurisdiction

Question 8

Formal approval

Answer 8

Ratification

Question 9

The chair of a meeting

Answer 9

Presiding officer

Question 10

Uprising in western Massachusetts in 1786-1787

Answer 10

Shays rebellion

Question 11

Plan of government adopted but the Continental Congress after the American Revolution

Answer 11

Articles of Confederation

Question 12

A store of arms or military equipment

Answer 12

Arsenal

Question 13

Called for a unicameral legislature in which each State would be equal represented

Answer 13

New Jersey plan

Question 14

The delegates who drafted the U.S. Constitution

Answer 14

Framers

Question 15

An agreement about how to count slaves when determining the population of a state

Answer 15

Three-Fifth Compromise

Question 16

An agreement that Congress should be composed of a Senate, with States represented equally, and a House, with representation based on State’s population

Answer 16

Connecticut compromise

Question 17

Called for a bicameral legislature with representation based on population or financial support

Answer 17

Virginia Plan

Question 18

Prevented Congress from restricting slave trade for 20 years

Answer 18

Commerce and Slave Trade