Creating a Constitution Answers

Select the appropriate plan from the drop-down menu. The ✔ VirginiaNew Jersey Plan was supported by large states.The Virginia✔ New Jersey Plan proposed a unicameral Congress.The ✔ VirginiaNew Jersey plan proposed that representation be based on population.

Complete each sentence.The Compromise combined elements of the Virginia and New Jersey Plans.

This compromise created a -house Congress.

The three-fifths compromise solved the issue of

The branch of government responsible for making laws is the

The passages on the right are from James Madison’s notes. The word importation refers to foreign trade. The revolution Mr. Martin mentions is the American Revolution.Read the following sentences and select the correct answer from the drop-down menu.Based on this quotation, was Mr. Martin from a Northern state or a Southern state? ✔ NorthernSouthernBased on this quotation, was Mr. Rutlidge from a Northern state or a Southern state? Northern✔ Southern

Match each definition with its principle by choosing the right principle from each drop-down menu.checks and balances✔ federalismlimited governmentpopular sovereigntyseparation of powers Power is divided between the national government and the state governments.checks and balancesfederalismlimited government✔ popular sovereigntyseparation of powers Government gets its power from the people.checks and balancesfederalismlimited governmentpopular sovereignty✔ separation of powers Power is divided among the three branches of government.✔ checks and balancesfederalismlimited governmentpopular sovereigntyseparation of powers No branch of government has more power than any other.checks and balancesfederalism✔ limited governmentpopular sovereigntyseparation of powers A government can only do what its people give it authority to do.

The phrase “We the People” illustrates which principle of the Constitution?

How does the separation of powers keep government from becoming too powerful?

Select the correct branch described in each article of the Constitution.Article I established the ✔ legislativeexecutivejudicial branch.Article II established the legislative✔ executivejudicial branch.Article III established the legislativeexecutive✔ judicial branch.

Which of the following provisions were part of the Great Compromise?Check all of the boxes that apply.

The branch of government responsible for enforcing laws is the