PVL's Unit 3 Practice Exam Questions With Correct Detailed Answers.
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Three-Fifths Compromise - correct answer Agreement that each slave counted as three-fifths of a person in determining representation in the House for representation and taxation purposes (negated by the 13th amendment)
Great Compromise - correct ans...
Three-Fifths Compromise - correct answer Agreement that each slave counted
as three-fifths of a person in determining representation in the House for representation and taxation
purposes (negated by the 13th amendment)
Great Compromise - correct answer Compromise made by Constitutional
Convention in which states would have equal representation in one house of the legislature and
representation based on population in the other house
Commerce Compromise - correct answer an agreement during the
Constitutional Convention protecting slave holders; denied Congress the power to tax the export of
goods from any State, and, for 20 years, the power to act on the slave trade
Popular Sovereignty - correct answer A government in which the people rule
by their own consent.
Virginia Plan - correct answer "Large state" proposal for the new constitution,
calling for proportional representation in both houses of a bicameral Congress. The plan favored larger
states and thus prompted smaller states to come back with their own plan for apportioning
representation.
Electoral College - correct answer a body of people representing the states of
the US, who formally cast votes for the election of the president and vice president.
enumerated powers - correct answer Powers given to the national
government alone
reserved powers - correct answer Powers given to the state government alone
concurrent powers - correct answer powers shared by the national and state
governments
, Due Process - correct answer (law) the administration of justice according to
established rules and principles
Equal Protection - correct answer the equal application of the law regardless
of a person's race, religion, political beliefs, or other qualities
Naturalization - correct answer A legal process to obtain citizenship
Amendment Process - correct answer the way in which changes are added to
the Constitution
double jeopardy - correct answer
Anti-Federalist Papers - correct answer a series of essays written to counter
and defeat the proposed U.S. Constitution
Patrick Henry - correct answer a leader of the American Revolution and a
famous orator who spoke out against British rule of the American colonies (1736-1799)
George Mason - correct answer delegate who opposed the Constitution
James Madison - correct answer "Father of the Constitution," Federalist
leader, and fourth President of the United States.
Article of Confederation - correct answer a document that outlined the first
form of government in the United States of America
Northwest Ordinance - correct answer a law passed by Congress in 1787 that
specified how western lands would be governed
Critical Period - correct answer
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