Counstitutional Convention

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Executive Branch

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(b) Legislative Branch

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(c) Judicial Branch

• Overrides presidential vetos

• Approves laws or vetos laws

• President of the United States

• Supreme Court justices

• Senate

• Vice President of the United States

• Creates laws

• Congress

• Carries out laws

• Declares laws or actions unconstitutional

• Judicial review

• Interprets laws

• House of Representatives

 “We the People”, the first three words of the Preamble, establishes that the power of government comes from the ______.

Match the branch with the head of that branch

• President

• Judicial Branch

• Supreme Court

• Legislative Branch

• Congress

• Executive Branch

Which branch can declare laws unconstitutional?

• Legislative Branch

• Executive Branch

• Judicial Branch

• Federalism

Why was the central government weak under the Articles of Confederation?

• People did not know what a strong government looked like

• People were afraid the king would start another war

• People had just fought a war for independence from a powerful government

• People wanted the states to be rigid with central control

What did Daniel Shays do to become famous during the time of the Articles of Confederation?

• started a violent rebellion which proved the weakness of the national government

• asked Congress for permission to create a new constitution

Why was the national government considered to be weak under the Articles of Confederation?

• no President

• no national court system

• taxes were too high

• people were forced to join the military

The agreement made for the Constitution called for each slave to be counted as how much of a person?

• 1/2

• 1/3

• 3/5

• 2/3

Match each plan with its features

• Connecticut (Great) Compromise

• 2 houses in the legislature, 1 giving more representatives to states with more people and the other house having equal representation

• Virginia Plan

• 2 houses in the legislature with both of them giving more representatives to states with more people

• New Jersey Plan

• 1 house in the legislature with equal number of representatives from each state

Why is the Northwest Ordinance (1787) considered one of the most important laws passed following the American Revolution?

• The law established policies for selling land to other countries.

• The law reclaimed northwestern territory for the United States.

• The law unified all remaining land into one large U.S. territory.

• The law provided a system for admitting new states to the Union.