Creating a Constitution - Quiz Quiz

Question 1

The Great Compromise overcame the obstacle of state representation by establishing

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C: a bicameral Congress, with representation in one house based on population.

Question 2

The Constitutional Convention’s dispute over state representation was settled by the

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D: Great Compromise.

Question 3

Which issue became an obstacle to the drafting of the United States Constitution?

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A: how to count enslaved people for purposes of state representation

Question 4

What does the Constitution state about the interaction of the judicial branch and new laws?

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A: The judicial branch can decide how the Constitution should be applied to new laws.

Question 5

The US Constitution limits the power of the executive branch through

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C: Congress and the Supreme Court.

Question 6

During the Constitutional Convention, the Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise gave Congress the power to

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A: regulate commerce in both the North and the South, but could not yet regulate the slave trade.; B: choose its own members as well as the nation’s chief executive.

Question 7

One purpose of the executive branch is to

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A: command the armed forces.

Question 8

At the Constitutional Convention, what proposal for state representation was supported by larger states but not by smaller ones?

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A: the Virginia Plan

Question 9

According to Article II of the Constitution, who represents the nation and creates policies?

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A: the president

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