Structure of Government, Bill of Rights, and Constitution Test - Set 1

America's first constitution

Number of Senators in the US Senate

This plan called for a bicameral legislature. The number of representatives each state would get in both houses would be proportional to the size of the state. It favored larger states.

Length of terms for US Senators

Length of terms for US Representatives

Length of terms for members of the Supreme Court

A group of states united under a weak central government

The Constitution says this is the "supreme law of the land"

This idea gives people of the country the ability to govern themselves

The meeting that happened in 1787, where representatives met in Philadelphia to fix the Articles of Confederation

This was added to the Constitution and listed rights not already in the Constitution

This branch is headed by the president of the United States