Chapter 7 Challenge

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    Constitutional Convention

  1. Agreement that helped to solve the differences among delegates at the Constitutional Convention by establishing a Bicameral legislature.
  2. Your answer:
    New Jersey Plan
    Separation of powers
    Great Compromise
    XYZ Affair


  3. Plan of Government that was written to protect the interests of the smaller states.
  4. Your answer:
    Great Compromise
    Virginia Plan
    Itty bitty
    New Jersey Plan


  5. First Ten Amendments to the Constitution.
  6. Your answer:
    Bill of Rights
    Reserved Powers
    Concurrent powers
    Precedents


  7. Powers not given to the federal government but granted to the people or to the state governments.
  8. Your answer:
    Delegated Powers
    Judicial Powers
    Concurrent Powers
    Reserved Powers


  9. Event that occurred in October 1797 that caused relations between France and the United States to worsen.
  10. Your answer:
    Great Compromise
    XYZ Affair
    ABC Affair
    CBS Affair


  11. Division of political powers and duties among different branches of government.
  12. Your answer:
    Concurrent Powers
    James Powers
    Separation of Powers
    Reserved Powers


  13. Term used to describe actions taken by President Washington that served as models for later Presidents.
  14. Your answer:
    Washington Rules
    Precedents
    Concurrent Powers
    XYZ Affair


  15. Member of the first presidential cabinet and the head of the Department of Foreign Affairs.
  16. Your answer:
    Henry Knox
    Thomas Jefferson
    James Madison
    Alexander Hamilton


  17. Branch of government that interprets and applies the Constitution and the laws passed by Congress.
  18. Your answer:
    Judicial Branch
    Legislative Branch
    Oak Branch
    Executive Branch


  19. Branch of Government that carries out laws made by Congress.
  20. Your answer:
    Executive Branch
    Legislative Branch
    Big Stick Branch
    Judicial Branch


  21. The head of the Executive Branch of the federal government is...
  22. Your answer:
    Your Mom
    The President
    Congress
    The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court


  23. The government of the United States is based upon the idea of ...
  24. Your answer:
    NFL Parity
    Constitutional Supremacy
    Legislative Supremacy
    Executive Supremacy


  25. Many of the differences among the delegates to the Constitutional Convention were settled by ...
  26. Your answer:
    Compromises
    Edmund Randolph
    Boycotts
    Play-off Games


  27. The chief dispute at the Constitutional Convention was over the way in which the states would be represented in the ...
  28. Your answer:
    Judicial Branch
    Maple Branch
    Executive Branch
    Legislative Branch


  29. The Congress of the United States is a ...
  30. Your answer:
    Unicameral Legislature
    Single-house Legislature
    Three-house Legislature
    Bicameral Legislature


  31. One of the first actions taken by the new Congress was to ...
  32. Your answer:
    Add a system of checks and balances to the Constitution.
    Elect George Washington to the presidency.
    Vote for a missle defense system.
    Write the Bill of Rights.


  33. The power of Congress to make laws can be checked by the President through the President's use of ...
  34. Your answer:
    Compromise.
    The Elastic Clause.
    The Spandex Clause.
    A Veto.


  35. The Constitution gave the power to enlarge the federal court system to ...
  36. Your answer:
    Congress.
    Weight Watchers.
    The Supreme Court.
    The President.


  37. The Sedition Act was passed to ...
  38. Your answer:
    Stop the Republicans from criticizing the Federalists.
    Increase Immigration.
    Help finance the national debt.
    Stop the Democrats from raising taxes.


  39. Alexander Hamilton called for the federal government to fund the states' Revolutionary War debts by ...
  40. Your answer:
    Forgiving all debt.
    Levying taxes and placing high tariffs on imported goods.
    Borrowing money from rich Americans.
    Borrowing money from foreign countries.



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