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Chapter 3 “The Constitution” Study Guide
Terms
Constitutional Convention
Amendment
Legislative Branch
Bill of Rights
Executive Branch
Income Tax
Judicial Branch
Popular Sovereignty
Great Compromise
Rule of Law
Three-Fifths Compromise
Separation of Powers
Electoral College
Checks and Balances
Federalists
Expressed Powers
Federalism
Reserved Powers
Anti-Federalists
Concurrent Powers
Preamble
Study Questions
1. Who did delegates unanimously agree should preside over the Constitutional Convention?
2. Although elected as a delegate, ________________________ opposed the Constitutional
Convention and did not attend.
3. The ________________ called for Congress to have a Senate and a House of Representatives.
4. What plan proposed that every five enslaved persons would count as three free persons?
5. The form of government in which power is divided between the national government and the
states is called ___________________.
6. The middle part of the _______________________ states the six purposes of government.
7. The powers and duties of the __________________ include dealing with the leaders of other
countries.
8. The necessary and proper clause allows Congress to exercise_________________.
9. According to the ______________________, the law applies to everyone, even those who
govern.
10. What refers to powers given to state governments but not to the national government?
11. _____________________ was a famous diplomat, writer, inventor, and scientist who attended
the Constitutional Convention.
12. Because its leaders opposed a stronger central government, ____________________ was not
represented at the Constitutional Convention.
13. A committee headed by Roger Sherman of Connecticut proposed the _____________
_____________.
14. What is the group of people named by each state legislature to select the president and vice
president?
15. The ______________________ believed the Constitution should provide protection for certain
basic liberties.
16. What part of the Constitution deals with how the legislative branch will work?
17. The first 10 amendments to the Constitution are known as the _____________________.
18. _________________________ is the notion that governmental power lies with the people.
19. What keeps one branch of government from becoming too powerful?
20. ________________________ are held by both state and federal governments.
21. Who is the “Father of the Constitution”, author of the Virginia Plan, and kept a diary of the
Constitutional Convention?
22. The participants at the convention agreed to keep all discussions __________________.
23. What was the name of the plan that called for states to be represented on the basis of their
population in both houses of government?
24. What was the name of the plan that called for states to be represented equally in government?
25. In what city, state, and year did the Constitutional Convention take place?
ESSAY:
1. What are the three parts of the U.S. Constitution and explain the purpose of each.
2. Explain how the Great Compromise combined elements of the Virginia Plan and the New
Jersey Plan.
3. Why was it necessary for the leaders of the Constitutional Convention to compromise on
certain issues?