The Constitution

Front

The system that keeps any one part of the national government from becoming too powerful is called __________.

Back

checks and balances

Front

The U.S. government is divided into three parts, or _____ each with its own powers and responsibilities.

Back

branches

Front

The document that created a strong national government and still exists today is called the _____.

Back

Constitution

Front

Delegates from most of the United States met to work on a document that created a stronger government. This meeting was called the _____?

Back

Constitutional Convention

Front

The document that described the first government of the United States of America was called the _____?

Back

Articles of Confederation

Front

The key problem of the Articles of Confederation was that it made the national government too strong.

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False

Front

George Washington, James Madison, and Gouverneur Morris were three figures at the Constitutional Convention.

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True

Front

During the Constuonal Convenonal, there were no disagreements. The delegates all similar ideas for how the new Constitutional should be written.

Back

False

Front

The Constitutional created a national government that was divided into three branches: the executive, the legislate, and the judicial.

Back

True

Front

This branch has the power to determine whether a law is unconstuonal.

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The Judicial Branch