United States Constitution Vocabulary Quiz

Definition: Plan presented at the constitutional convention that favored small states because state representation was equal.

• New Jersey Plan

• Bill Of Rights

• Great Compromise

• Virginia Plan

Definition: Plan presented at the constitutional convention that favored large states because representation was based on population.

• Great Compromise

• Virginia Plan

• Bill Of Rights

• New Jersey Plan

Definition: Powers not specifically mentioned in the Constitution.

• Elastic Clause

• Concurrent Powers

• Supremacy Clause

• Implied Powers

Definition: Charges against a president approved by a majority of the House of Representatives.

• Amendment

• Ratification

• Impeachment

• Checks And Balances

Definition: Offered a two-house Congress to satisfy both small and big states.

• Checks And Balances

• Great Compromise

• Virginia Plan

• New Jersey Plan

Definition: Representatives of each state who cast the final ballots that actually elect a president.

• A) Bill Of Rights

• B) Federalism

• C) Electoral College

• D) Supremacy Clause

Definition: The first ten amendments to the Constitution.

• A) Preamble

• B) Bill of Rights

• C) Articles of Confederation

• D) Ratification

Definition: Powers held jointly by the national and state governments.

• Implied Powers

• Supremacy Clause

• Concurrent Powers

• Checks And Balances

Definition: Constitution is the supreme law of the land.

• Elastic Clause

• Implied Powers

• Preamble

• Supremacy Clause

Definition: A change to the Constitution.

• Amendment

• Impeachment

• Ratification

• Preamble