Unit 2 Review

Front

Which branch of the government has the responsibility of making sure the laws are enforced and is led by the president?

Back

Executive

Front

Why is there a system of checks and balances in the Constitution?

Back

To prevent any one branch of government from becoming too powerful

Front

What does Separation of Power mean?

Back

Power is split up so no one has too much

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Congress dividing into the House of Representatives and Senate, each state getting 2 votes in the senate, and each state having different number of representatives in the House based on their population size is describing what?

Back

The Great Compromise

Front

Which branch of the government has the responsibility of writing and passing laws?

Back

The legislative branch

Front

The Three-Fifths Compromise applied to how the new government would count what?

Back

The slave population

Front

What was the main reason colonists created a weak central government under the Articles of Confederation?

Back

They did not want to be ruled by another oppressive government like they had with Britain.

Front

Because the articles of confederation created a weak government, what document was created?

Back

The U.S. Constitution

Front

Why did they replace the Articles of Confederation?

Back

It created a weak national government

Front

Where was the Constitution created?

Back

Philadelphia