G5-C13-The Constitution
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- A person chosen by the people to represent them is __________.
- a delegate
- A plan of government is known as a __________.
- constitution
- Additions to the United States Constitution are called __________.
- amendments
- One way the President checks the power of Congress is by __________.
- vetoing
- The judicial branch of the government is headed by the __________.
- Supreme Court
- What document divided the land north of the Ohio River from the Appalachians to the Mississippi River into smaller territories?
- Northwest Ordinance
- Who was known as the "Father of the Constitution"?
- James Madison
- What does the legislative branch of the government do?
- makes laws
- What part of the Constitution protects United States citizens' freedom of speech?
- Bill of Rights
- A federal government is a government in which __________.
- power is shared between the national and state governments
- George Washington was our nation's first __________.
- President
- A system of checks and balances keeps any branch of the government from becoming too __________.
- powerful
- The first plan of government approved by Congress was the __________.
- Articles of Confederation
- James Madison's plan for the Constitution called for __________.
- a strong central government
- The Northwest Ordinance helped the United States __________.
- expand its boundaries
- The Federalist party was based on the views of __________.
- Alexander Hamilton
- George Washington helped to make sure the new government set up by the Constitution ran smoothly by discussing problems with his __________.
- cabinet
- Under the Articles of Confederation, the government was weak because it had no control over the __________.
- states
- The Preamble to the Constitution lists the government's __________.
- goals
- The Great Compromise established that __________.
- Congress would have two houses
- What present-day state was part of the Northwest Territory?
- Ohio
- The land west of the Northwest Territory was owned by __________.
- Spain
- The western border of the Northwest Territory was formed by __________.
- the Mississippi River
- The land just south of the Northwest Territory was claimed by __________.
- Virginia
- Which Great Lake did not border the Northwest Territory?
- Ontario
- The executive branch of the government may check the power of the legislative branch by __________.
- vetoing laws
- The legislative branch may check the power of the judicial branch by __________.
- approving appointments of judges
- Does the judicial branch grant pardons?
- no
- Does the judicial branch impeach judges?
- no
- Does the judicial branch decide what laws mean?
- yes
- Congress can balance the President's power to appoint judges by __________.
- impeaching judges
- The judicial branch balances Congress's power to make laws by __________.
- ruling if laws are constitutional
- Does the judicial branch appoint executive officers?
- no
- Chapter 13
- The Constitution