Unit 2 Vocab

What is the term for the agreement to count three-fifths of a state’s slave population towards representation and taxation purposes?

• Great Compromise

• Three-Fifths Compromise

• Commerce Clause

• Articles of Confederation

Which compromise created a bicameral legislature with equal representation in the Senate and representation based on population in the House?

• Three-Fifths Compromise

• Commerce Clause

• Great Compromise

• Rule of Law

What clause gives Congress the power to regulate foreign and interstate commerce?

• Supremacy Clause

• Commerce Clause

• Elastic Clause

• Necessary and Proper Clause

Which document was the first attempt at creating a unified government after independence?

• Bill of Rights

• Articles of Confederation

• Federalist Papers

• Constitution

What term describes a single-chamber legislature?

• Bicameral

• Concurrent Powers

• Unicameral

• Reserved Powers

Which principle states that no government is all-powerful and is restricted to powers given by the people?

• Popular Sovereignty

• Limited Government

• Separation of Powers

• Rule of Law

What ensures that government officials are subject to the law, not above it?

• Popular Sovereignty

• Rule of Law

• Federalism

• Enumerated Powers

What is the division of power between national and state governments called?

• Checks and Balances

• Federalism

• Rule of Law

• Popular Sovereignty

What principle assigns distinct powers and responsibilities to the executive, legislative, and judicial branches?

• Federalism

• Popular Sovereignty

• Checks and Balances

• Separation of Powers

What system allows each branch of government to limit the power of the other branches?

• Federalism

• Checks and Balances

• Rule of Law

• Supremacy Clause