Chapter 2.1: Foundations Of Government

Great Britain's law making body is called the House of Representatives.

False

In federalism, the government is completely controlled by the national government

False

People who opposed the new constitution were called federalists

False

The Magna Carta allowed people to be put in prison and forced to leave the nation without a trial by a jury of peers.

False

The Magna Carta include the right to petition and fair punishment for people found guilty of crimes.

False

Benjamin Franklin, the oldest delegate at the Constitutional Convention, did not approve of parts of the Constitution

True

James Madison kept an accurate journal of what happened at the Constitutional Convention.

True

Only two states, North Carolina and Rhode Island, did not approve the Constitution until after it went into effect.

True

Parliament is bicameral

True

The U.S two-party system was based on the bicameral system in England

True

The U.S. Constitution is the world's second oldest written constitution still in effect.

True

The delegates to the constitutional convention kept their meetings secret to avoid pressure from outsiders.

True

lawmaking body is called a legislature

True