GA CONSTITUTION EXEMPTION TEST UGA
UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
◉ Social Contract.
Answer: suggests that gov'ts are only legit if they are created by a
voluntary compact among the people
◉ 12; NY.
Answer: ____/13 states approved the Declaration of Independence→
_____ abstained
◉ Articles of Confederation.
Answer: The first constitution; specified the basic organization,
powers and limits of the government. Passed by the Second
Continental Congress in 1777.
◉ central government authority, interstate commerce, currency.
Answer: Articles of Confederation lacked ______ ____ ________, _______
_________, and ___________.
◉ Constitutional Convention.
,Answer: 55 delegates attended to draft the constitution in Philly;
framers were not common folk → they were wealthy men.
◉ Virginia Plan.
Answer: Proposed by the larger states; wanted gov't based on
population in states.
Proposed creation of a gov't with three branches—the legislative,
executive, and judicial, a 2 house legislature, and a legislature with
the power to select the executive and the judiciary.
◉ New Jersey Plan.
Answer: Proposed by the smaller states; wanted equal
representation of states.
Wanted to strengthen the Articles and not replace them, create a
one-house legislature with one vote for each state, and give Congress
the power to raise revenue from duties on imports and from postal
service fees. Create a Supreme Court
◉ GREAT COMPROMISE (Connecticut Compromise).
Answer: SETTLED DISPUTES OVER THE VIRGINIA AND NEW
JERSEY PLANS; called for a lower legislative house based on
population size (House of Reps) and an upper house based on equal
representation of the states (Senate)
, ◉ Separation of Powers.
Answer: divides the power of government among the legislative,
executive, and judicial branches, each staffed separately, with
equality and independence of each branch ensured by the
Constitution
◉ Checks & Balances.
Answer: constitutionally mandated structure that gives each of the
three branches of government some degree of oversight and control
over the actions of the others
◉ Federal System.
Answer: system of government in which the national government
and state governments share power and derive all authority from
the people
James Madison was a huge proponent of this
◉ Legislative.
Answer: Article I is about....
◉ congress; house; senate.
Answer: All legislative powers are given to _________, which is made
up of the _________ and the __________.
UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
◉ Social Contract.
Answer: suggests that gov'ts are only legit if they are created by a
voluntary compact among the people
◉ 12; NY.
Answer: ____/13 states approved the Declaration of Independence→
_____ abstained
◉ Articles of Confederation.
Answer: The first constitution; specified the basic organization,
powers and limits of the government. Passed by the Second
Continental Congress in 1777.
◉ central government authority, interstate commerce, currency.
Answer: Articles of Confederation lacked ______ ____ ________, _______
_________, and ___________.
◉ Constitutional Convention.
,Answer: 55 delegates attended to draft the constitution in Philly;
framers were not common folk → they were wealthy men.
◉ Virginia Plan.
Answer: Proposed by the larger states; wanted gov't based on
population in states.
Proposed creation of a gov't with three branches—the legislative,
executive, and judicial, a 2 house legislature, and a legislature with
the power to select the executive and the judiciary.
◉ New Jersey Plan.
Answer: Proposed by the smaller states; wanted equal
representation of states.
Wanted to strengthen the Articles and not replace them, create a
one-house legislature with one vote for each state, and give Congress
the power to raise revenue from duties on imports and from postal
service fees. Create a Supreme Court
◉ GREAT COMPROMISE (Connecticut Compromise).
Answer: SETTLED DISPUTES OVER THE VIRGINIA AND NEW
JERSEY PLANS; called for a lower legislative house based on
population size (House of Reps) and an upper house based on equal
representation of the states (Senate)
, ◉ Separation of Powers.
Answer: divides the power of government among the legislative,
executive, and judicial branches, each staffed separately, with
equality and independence of each branch ensured by the
Constitution
◉ Checks & Balances.
Answer: constitutionally mandated structure that gives each of the
three branches of government some degree of oversight and control
over the actions of the others
◉ Federal System.
Answer: system of government in which the national government
and state governments share power and derive all authority from
the people
James Madison was a huge proponent of this
◉ Legislative.
Answer: Article I is about....
◉ congress; house; senate.
Answer: All legislative powers are given to _________, which is made
up of the _________ and the __________.
