Creating a Constitution

Question 1

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

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the Virginia Plan

Question 2

The US Constitution limits the power of the executive branch through

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Congress and the Supreme Court.

Question 3

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

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how to count enslaved people for purposes of state representation

Question 4

One purpose of the executive branch is to

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command the armed forces.

Question 5

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

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

Question 6

Which of the following best states the constitutional principle of limited government?

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Government can only do what the people give it authority to do.

Question 7

Which of the following statements best describes the general process of how laws are made in the United States?

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A law is created by Congress, signed by the president, and interpreted by the courts.

Question 8

What type of legislature did the New Jersey Plan propose?

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unicameral legislature

Question 9

The constitutional principles of limited government and popular sovereignty apply to

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federal, state, and local governments.

Question 10

Both state and federal government have the power to

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collect taxes.

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