Creating a Constitution Answers

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

This compromise created a -house Congress.

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.

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

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

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? Based on this quotation, was Mr. Rutlidge from a Northern state or a Southern state?

Match each definition with its principle by choosing the right principle from each drop-down menu. Power is divided between the national government and the state governments. Government gets its power from the people. Power is divided among the three branches of government. No branch of government has more power than any other. A government can only do what its people give it authority to do.

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

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

The three-fifths compromise solved the issue of

The branch of government responsible for enforcing laws is the

In two or three sentences, describe one of the principles of the Constitution and identify its importance.