Unit 2 Quiz

This branch consists of the House of Representatives and the Senate

• The Legislative Branch
• The Executive Branch
• The Judicial Branch

This branch consists of the Courts (Supreme Court, Court of Appeal, District Courts).

• The Legislative Branch
• The Executive Branch
• The Judicial Branch

Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay are all _____________ , who support the ratification of the Constitution.

• Anti-Federalists
• Federalists
• Anti-Government
• Anti-Federalism

This branch consists of the President (executive office) and other independent government agencies.

• The Executive Branch
• The Legislative Branch
• The Judicial Branch

Thomas Jefferson, Samuel Adams, John Hancock, Richard Henry Lee, and Patrick Henry are all ___________, who were against ratifying the Constitution without a Bill of Rights.

• Anti-Federalists
• Federalists
• Anti-Governemnt
• Anti-Federalism

A government and its’ officers are subject to the law and not above the law.

• Rule of Law
• Federalism
• Limited Government
• Ratification

Government is not all powerful and can only do those things that the people have given it power to do.

• Limited Government
• Federalism
• Rule of Law
• Ratification

The Great Compromise addressed which of the following issues?

• How to count enslaved people for representation and taxation.
• Representation in Congress.
• Regulation of commerce and the slave trade.
• How to establish new states.

Where did the delegates meet to discuss improving the Articles of Confederation, because it was ineffective?

What were some of the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?