AP Government Chapter 2.2 Reading Check

Which statement BEST describes the Constitutional Convention?

• A meeting held to establish a completely new form of government

• A meeting held to discuss trade and navigation issues

• A meeting held to fix the Articles of Confederation.

• A meeting held to decide who the president should be

Who would have been MOST likely to attend the Constitutional Convention?

• a wealthy, well-educated, white man

• a well-educated white woman

• a slave with no education

• a poor, white farmer with no education

How did the founding fathers treat the topic of slavery during the Constitutional Convention?

• as a practice that would help overseas trade

• as a question of representation in states

• as a practice to be outlawed under the new government

• as a moral issue, most found it deeply immoral

Which statement BEST defines the writ of habeas corpus?

• The right of someone being detained to have a lawyer present during all questioning

• The right of someone imprisoned to have a jury of their peers in court.

• The right of someone being arrested to know the date of their court appearance

• The right of someone being detained by the government to know the charges against them

If the legislature declares a person guilty of a crime without a trial, they are:

• suspending the writ of habeas corpus

• passing a bill of attainder

• establishing an ex post facto law

• violating Article VI

Which scenario BEST shows an ex post facto law in effect?

• One month ago, Abigail performed an action that was not a crime then, but is now being punished for that action since it is now illegal

• Carlos has been detained by the government for three months without knowing what he is being charged for and wants to find out

• Martha was detained and the legislature immediately declared her guilty of multiple crimes without a trial

• One year ago, Timothy committed a crime and is now being detained by law enforcement and has a date for a trial in the coming months

Large states worried that they would be _______________ in a legislature with equal representation

• overrepresented

• underrepresented

A unicameral legislature where each state receives one vote and the legislature is afforded new powers are characteristics of:

• the Constitution

• the New Jersey Plan.

• the Virginia Plan

• the Constitutional Convention

The Great Compromise established a two-chamber legislature, making it:

• unicameral

• bicameral

• the Senate

• the House of Representatives

According to the Great Compromise, how were states to be represented?

• equally in the House of Representatives, proportionately in the Senate

• equally in the Senate, proportionately in the House of Representatives

• equally in both the House of Representatives and the Senate

• proportionately in both the House of Representatives and the Senate