1) Name the three branches of government: a) Executive, Laws, Veto b) Executive, Legislative, Judicial  c) Legislative, Executive, Senate d) Senate, Judicial, Congree 2) What Branch has the power to veto a law passed by congress? a) Legislative b) Executive c) Judicial d) Senate 3) How can Congress overcome a veto?  a) Three-fifths compromise b) Reverse veto c) The President says so d) Two-thirds vote 4) Who can impeach judges to remove them from office? a) Senate b) Congress c) The President d) The Supreme Court 5) The system established by the U.S constitution that keeps any one branch of gov. from having too much power. a) Checks and Balances b) Veto Powers c) Executive Branch d) Congress 6) Freedom of speech, religion, the press, peaceable assembly and to petition the government are guaranteed under  a) First Amendment, Bill of RIghts b) Constitutional Convention c) Great Compromise d) Checks and Balances 7) Proposal during the Constitutional Convention that larger states get more representatives in congress than smaller ones a) New Jersey Plan b) Great Compromise c) Virginia Plan d) Articles of Confederation  8) Proposed during the Constitutional Convention that each state have the same number of representatives in Congress a) New Jersey Plan b) Great Compromise c) Virginia Plan d) Articles of Confederation 9) Agreement at the Constitutional Convention to create a congress with houses. First proposed by Roger Sherman a) New Jersey Plan b) Great Compromise c) Virginia Plan d) Articles of Conferation 10) What are the two Houses of Congress called? a) Senate and Judicial Branch b) House of Representatives and Legislature c) Chamber of Secrets and The US Capitol d) House of Representatives and Senate 11) Who was the first President of the United States? a) John Adams b) Abraham Lincoln c) George Washington d) John Hancock 12) He was the only person to sign all four great state papers of the United States: The Continental Association, the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the Constitution. a) George Washington b) Roger Sherman c) James Madison d) John Adams 13) The "Father of the Constitution", he helped write the papers that later became the Constitution, and later became 4th President of the US. a) James Madison b) John Adams c) Roger Sherman d) George Washington 14) He helped write the papers that later became the constitution, was a voice for ratification, and the founder of the financial system for the US.  a) James Madison b) Alexander Hamilton c) John Adams d) Roger Sherman 15) A series of essays in 1787 by James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay in Support of the Constitution a) The Essays of the New World b) Great Compromise c) The Federalist Papers (Federalist) d) Bill of Rights 16) Those who opposed the US constitution's emphasis on strong government. a) Anti-Federalists b) Anti-Americans c) British d) The Federalist 17) What is the part of government that passes laws? a) Executive Branch b) Senate c) Legislative Branch d) Judicial Branch 18) What is the part of government, headed by the president, that carries out laws? a) Executive Branch b) Congress c) Legislative Branch d) Judicial Branch  19) What is the part of government that decides meaning of laws? a) Executive Branch b) Senate c) Legislative Branch d) Judicial Branch 20) In Massachusetts, in 1786, about 1,200 farmers rose up in armed rebellion. Led by a man named ___________, they refused to pay their state taxes. a) Alexander Hamilton b) Daniel Shays c) George Washington d) Roger Sherman 21) The power of the president to reject a bill passed by congress. a) Cancel b) Three-Fifths Compromise  c) Two-Thirds Vote d) Veto 22) The agreement at Constitutional Convention that each enslaved person would be counted as three-fifths of a person. a) Three-Fifths Compromise b) Federalists c) Bill of Rights d) Two-Thirds Vote 23) The representative of New Jersey at the Constitutional Convention who supported and co-authored the New Jersey Plan. a) Roger Sherman b) William Paterson c) Daniel Shays d) James Madison 24) One of the chambers of Congress made up of 100 members (2 from each state). a) House of Representatives b) Congress  c) Senate d) Judicial Branch 25) One of the chambers of Congress made up of 435 Members, based on the population of each state. a) House of Representatives b) Congress c) Seante d) Judicial Branch 26) Revolt of Mass. farmers against high taxes led by Daniel Shay. a) Shay's Rebelion b) The Great Compromise c) Boston Tea Party d) Revolution 27) First plan of government for the U.S in affect from 1781 - 1789 that gave more power to the states than the government. a) Constitution of the US b) Bill of Rights c) The Federalist Papers d) The Articles of the Confederation  28) Why was the national government weak under the Articles of the Confederation? a) Took away all of the powers of the states b) It gave more power to the states making the central government weak c) Took away all of the government from Britain d) It caused a revolution 29) 10 constitutional amendments specifying freedom which caused many states to sign the Constitution. a) The Constitution b) The Articles of Confederation c) The Bill of Rights d) The Federalists Papers 30) Who were the supporters of strong government and the Constitution? a) Anti-Federalists b) Federalists c) Shay's Rebelion d) Delegates

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