Civic Literacy Review questions with correct answers

Electoral College - Ans The president is elected by a majority of electoral votes. After an election a group of electors chosen by each state officially cast the electoral votes for their state to choose the President. Articles of Confederation - Ans This document was adopted by the Second Continental Congress in 1781 during the Revolutionary War to create a national government. The new government was weak because states held most of the power, and Congress lacked the power to tax, regulate trade, or control the coining of money. It was later replaced with the U.S. Constitution. Great Compromise - Ans introduced by Roger Sherman; set up a bicameral Congress - upper house called Senate with each state getting 2 votes & a lower house called the House of Representatives with each state's representation based on its population--satisfied both the large and small states 3/5 Compromise - Ans compromise made when writing the Constitution to sastify both free and slave states; said for every 5 slaves, 3 would count in a state's population for both representation and tax purposes Federalism - Ans is the breaking of the gov't into Federal and state levels, each having certain powers Checks and Balances - Ans system of each branch of gov't having a power to check the power of the other to make sure no one branch becomes too powerful Executive Branch - Ans headed by the President and carries out