The U.S. Constitution

What was the name of this meeting where U.S. delegates created a new government for our nation?

• First Continental Congress

• Constitutional Convention

• Treaty of Paris

• Second Continental Congress

The ____________ is the branch of government that interprets the laws.

• executive branch

• tree branch

• judicial branch

• legislative branch

The advisors to the head of the executive branch make up the _________.

• Senate

• ambassadors

• cabinet

• court

Why did the states call a Constitutional Convention?

• to write state constitutions

• to organize political parties

• to break away from Great Britain

• to improve the Articles of Confederation

The Great Compromise was an agreement between ______.

• rich and poor states

• large and small states

• northern and southern states

• industrial and agricultural states

An agreement in which each side gives up some of what it wants is called a(n) _____________.

• impeachment

• constitution

• compromise

• dilemma

The ________________ is the branch of government that carries out laws.

• executive branch

• legislative branch

• judicial branch

• olive branch

Congress can vote to _______________, or accuse a government official, for committing a crime.

• pardon

• veto

• declare

• impeach

The men in Shays' Rebellion were fighting to ________.

• free the slaves

• unite the states

• keep their homes

• get out of the army

Whose main job is to make laws?

• governor

• president

• Congress

• Supreme Court