constitution and legislative branch

Question 1

Under the Virginia plan, Edmund Randolph wanted to establish a bicameral with BOTH houses’ representation based on…

Answer 1

population

Question 2

The “Great Compromise” is MOST closely related to which of these elements of the federal government?

Answer 2

how congressional representation is determined

Question 3

Made at the Constitutional Convention, which compromise helped to develop the structure of the Legislative Branch in the United States federal government?

Answer 3

The “Great Compromise”

Question 4

Under the New Jersey plan, William Patterson wanted to establish a unicameral with representation based on…

Answer 4

Equal for each state

Question 5

The principle of “separation of powers” is defined as…

Answer 5

the division of governmental power among the three branches of the federal government; the executive branch, the judicial branch, and the legislative branch.

Question 6

The principle of “checks and balances” is defined as…

Answer 6

the system established by the U.S. Constitution that gives each of the branches of government the power to limit the power of the other two.