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Ch.6 Lesson 2: Creating the Constitution

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  • …………… was elected President of the Constitutional Convention.
    James Madison
    George Washington
    Alexander Hamilton
  • Delegates met at the Constitutional Convention to create a plan for ……………
    government
    separation
    independence
  • It’s the idea that the powers and duties of government are divided among separate branches.
    checks and balances
    separation of powers
    Veto
  • The …………… can limit the power of Congress with a veto.
    president
    Shay’s Rebellion
    policies
  • What does the judicial branch do?
    It decides the meaning of laws
    It sells land
    It makes war
  • What does the executive branch do?
    It decides court cases
    It carries out laws
    It makes laws
  • …………… refused to attend the Constitutional Convention.
    Patrick Henry
    Benjamin Franklin
    James Madison
  • …………… of New Jersey, one of the smaller states, proposed a new plan for the government.
    George Washington
    William Paterson
    Edmund Randolph
  • A person who represents others
    delegate
    compromise
    constitution
  • written plan for the government
    constitution
    delegate
    compromise
  • The delegates debated for …………… before agreeing to what became known as the Great Compromise.
    . a month
    two years
    a year
  • refusal to sign a law
    delegate
    Veto
    Preamble
  • Delegates worked through the…………… of 1787, writing the new plan for government.
    Winter
    Summer
    Fall
  • Why did the Constitution create three branches?
    to confuse people
    to share power fairly
    to make government weak
  • Some of the delegates who met in Philadelphia wanted to ……………
    have weak government
    strengthen the Articles of Confederation
    sign Treaty of Paris
  • ..............was the oldest person to take part in the Constitutional Convention.
    Benjamin Franklin
    Patrick Henry
    James Madison
  • The introduction that expresses the main goals of the constitution.
    preamble
    compromise
    separation of power
  • . In …………… states with larger populations would have more representatives in Congress and government.
    New Jersey Plan
    New York Plan
    Virginia Plan
  • …………… called for each state to have the same number of representatives and equal power.
    . Yorktown Plan
    Virginia Plan
    New Jersey Plan
  • …………… defended the Articles of Confederation and opposed taking power from the states.
    Patrick Henry
    William Paterson
    George Washington
  • This takes place when people on both sides of an issue give up something to reach an agreement
    preamble
    separation of powers
    compromise
  • What does the legislative branch do?
    It makes laws
    It carries out laws
    It interprets laws
  • ……………, from Virginia, argued for a whole new form of government.
    William Paterson
    Edmund Randolph
    Patrick Henry
  • …………… supported a stronger national government.
    Edmund Randolph
    Benjamin Franklin
    Patrick Henry
  • A system where each branch of government has ways of limiting the powers of the other branches.
    checks and balances
    separation of powers
    Veto
  • Which document came before the Constitution?
    Bill of Rights
    Articles of Confederation
    Declaration of Rights
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