Lesson U6C3L2 - FIT Questions
1. (U6C3L2:F1) What year was the second U.S. Constitution written?
A)
B)
C)
D)
1787
1788
1789
1776
2. (U6C3L2:F2)
Fifty-five delegates attended the Philadelphia Constitutional Convention.
What do we call these men who attended today?
A)
B)
C)
D)
Delegates of the states
Representatives of the thirteen colonies
Framers of the Constitution
Congressmen
3. (U6C3L2:F3) What plan was used as the basis for the Constitution?
A)
B)
C)
D)
The Massachusetts Plan
The Virginia Plan
The New Jersey Plan
The Delaware Plan
4. (U6C3L2:F4) All of the following were parts of the New Jersey Plan, except for what?
A)
B)
C)
D)
Laws passed by Congress could be rejected by the states
The national government could collect taxes from the states
Congress could regulate trade between states and other nations
Laws created by Congress could not be rejected by the states
5. (U6C3L2:F5) The New Jersey plan continued the system of government that was
established by the Articles of Confederation.
A) True
B) False
6. (U6C3L2:F6) What was one of the issues not resolved by the Philadelphia Convention?
A)
B)
C)
D)
How to select a state governor
Which branch would have the most power
How to select Supreme Court judges
What powers the national government should have
Lesson U6C3L2 - Vocabulary
1. (U6C3L2:V1) Choose the term that best completes the sentence below.
When there is equal voting power for each state, it is known as ____________.
A)
B)
C)
D)
legislative
Senate
Framers
equal representation
2. (U6C3L2:V2) Choose the word that best completes the sentence below.
The ____________ branch of government has the power to decide over cases involving
treaties, trade among the states, or with other nations, and the collection of taxes.
A)
B)
C)
D)
Senate
judicial
legislative
executive
3. (U6C3L2:V3) Choose the term that best completes the sentence below.
The existence of two governments, national and state, each given a certain amount of
authority, is what we now call a ____________.
A)
B)
C)
D)
legislative
Senate
federal system
ratification
4. (U6C3L2:V4) Choose the term that best completes the sentence below.
People chosen to act for or represent others are known as __________.
A) delegates
B) Virginia Plan
C) executive
D) Framers
5. (U6C3L2:V5) Choose the term that best completes the sentence below.
The meeting in which the Constitution of the United States was drafted is known as the
____________.
A)
B)
C)
D)
Virginia Plan
House of Representatives
Philadelphia Convention
proportional representation
6. (U6C3L2:V6) Choose the term that best completes the sentence below.
______________ was the formal approval of the U.S. Constitution by the states.
A) Ratification
B) Senate
C) Legislative
D) Federal system
7. (U6C3L2:V7) Choose the word that best completes the sentence below.
The _____________ branch of government was given the power of taxes, trade, and control
over the states.
A)
B)
C)
D)
judicial
Senate
executive
legislative
8. (U6C3L2:V8) Choose the word that best completes the sentence below.
The group of men who attended the Philadelphia Convention are known as the __________ of
the Constitution.
A)
B)
C)
D)
Senate
Framers
ratification
delegates
9. (U6C3L2:V9) Choose the term that best completes the sentence below.
James Madison's ____________ traced the broad outlines of what would become the U.S.
Constitution.
A)
B)
C)
D)
Virginia Plan
Philadelphia Convention
House of Representatives
equal representation
10. (U6C3L2:V10) Choose the term that best completes the sentence below.
The __________ is the upper house of the U.S. Congress to which two members are elected
from each state by popular vote.
A)
B)
C)
D)
judicial
House of Representatives
legislative
Senate
11. (U6C3L2:V11) Choose the term that best completes the sentence below.
The system of _____________ means that states with larger populations would have
more representatives in the legislature than states with smaller populations.
A)
B)
C)
D)
delegates
proportional representation
House of Representatives
Senate
12. (U6C3L2:V12) Choose the term that best completes the sentence below.
The _________ branch of government has the power to administer national laws,
appoint other executive officials, and direct all military operations.
A)
B)
C)
D)
executive
judicial
legislative
federal system
13. (U6C3L2:V13) Choose the term that best completes the sentence below.
The ____________ are elected directly by the people of each state.
A)
B)
C)
D)
ratification
Framers
proportional representation
House of Representatives