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Chapter 7 Review
Chapter 7 test Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The type of government in which citizens rule through elected representatives | Republic |
| The major argument between states at the Constitutional Convention was | the number of representatives from each state |
| The movement that influenced the Constitutions framers | Enlightenment |
| The lawmaking branch of government | legislative branch |
| the division of powers between the national and state governments is known as | Federal system |
| America's First Constitution | The Articles of Confederation |
| the Virginia Plan and New Jersey Plan combined to make | The Great Compromise |
| What is the most distinctive feature of the United States government? | Separation of powers |
| The actual presidential electors | Electoral College |
| An example of the President's checks and balance of Congress | Veto |
| A period when economic activity slows and unemployment increases. | Depression |
| The judicial branch contains | Court systems |
| Movement of angry farmers | Shays’s Rebellion |
| What protects individual rights | Bill of Rights |
| An Enlightenment writer and thinker | John Locke |
| The main goal of the Articles of Confederation was to | Prevent a strong central government and protect the rights of the people |
| Under the Articles of Confederation who had the power to tax? | State governments |
| What were supporters of the new Constitution called? | Federalists |
| Why could the Articles of Confederation be considered a success? | Provided a system for governing western territories and adding new states |
| The basic principle underlying the Constitution | People are the ultimate source of power |
| Definition of Bicameral | Two house legislature |
| Why did the framers of the Constitution feel there was the need for the Electoral College | Felt the citizens were uneducated |
| Who can collect taxes under the Constitution? | National government |
| The main reason for the addition of the Bill of Rights | To protect individual liberties of the people |
| Who was the presiding officer at the Constitutional Convention? | George Washington |
| What did Federalists and Anti-federalists disagree over? | The amount of power given to the federal and state governments |
| Under the Articles of Confederation how did the federal government get soldiers? | They had to ask the states for men |
| What keeps any one branch of government from gaining too much power? | Checks and balances |
| The Articles of Confederation had to be approved by how many states? | 13 |
| Under the federal system, what has the final authority? | The Constitution |
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