‎2.3 Pages 44 to 47

1) The most serious disagreement in the debate between large and small states at the
Constitutional Convention was the issue of
A) judicial power.
B) whether to create a republic or a monarchy.
C) taxation.
D) human rights.
E) representation in Congress.

2) A committee was appointed at the Constitutional Convention to work out the differences
between the proposals of large and small states; the result was the
A) Virginia Plan.
B) Maryland Plan.
C) Marshall Plan.
D) Congressional Compromise.
E) Great Compromise.

3) What was the Three-Fifths Compromise?
A) A three-fifths majority would be necessary to amend the constitution.
B) A three-fifths majority would be necessary to appoint members of the Supreme Court.
C) Three states would be ʺslave states,ʺ five states would be ʺfree states,ʺ and the remaining
states would be able to decide their own fate after 1820.
D) Each slave would count as three-fifths of one person for purposes of representation in
the House.
E) An agreement reached by three-fifths of the states to remove the Articles of
Confederation and write the Constitution.

4) How does the Electoral College work?
A) Each state determines how it will select its electors; electors then elect the president.
B) Voters elect electors to state conventions; state conventions then elect the president.
C) Congress selects a slate of electors; voters then select electors, who in turn elect the
president.
D) Voters elect electors; electors then select convention delegates, who in turn elect the
president.
E) Congress selects presidential candidates; voters then elect the president.

5) Who has the sole responsibility to hold the impeachment trial for a president who has been
accused of ʺTreason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanorsʺ?
A) the Electoral College
B) the House of Representatives
C) the Senate
D) the associate justices serving on the Supreme Court
E) the presidentʹs cabinet

6) A governmental structure that gives each of the three branches some degree of oversight and
control of each other is called
A) federalism.
B) command and control.
C) oversight powers.
D) incrementalism.
E) checks and balances.

7) The principles of separation of powers and checks and balances originated with
A) Machiavelli.
B) Rousseau.
C) Montesquieu.
D) Chanakya.
E) Voltaire.

8) A system of government in which power is divided between the state and national
governments is called a
A) federal system.
B) parliamentary system.
C) unitary system.
D) pluralistic system.
E) functionalist system.

9) The federal governmentʹs primary lawmaking authority rests with
A) the federal bureaucracy.
B) the judiciary.
C) Congress.
D) the president.
E) state legislatures.

10) When drafting the Constitution, the Framers were careful to create a government that did
NOT
A) separate powers.
B) check the powers of various branches.
C) balance the powers of the various branches.
D) reach politically viable compromises.
E) concentrate powers.