Among the most undemocratic features of the U.S. Constitution is the
A) unicameral legislature.
B) executive supremacy clause.
C) state equality rule.
D) bicameral legislature.
E) federal supremacy clause.
The original procedure for selecting the vice president, under the electoral college, was
A) the president would select a vice president after being elected.
B) the vice president would be selected by the Senate.
C) the vice president would be selected by the House.
D) the candidate with the next-greatest number of votes would become vice president.
E) the vice president would be selected by the Supreme Court.
The Great Compromise provided for
A) a two-chamber legislature with equal representation for all states in one chamber and population-based representation in the other.
B) upper-house members elected separately from lower-house members.
C) a two-chamber legislature with equal representation for all states.
D) a one-chamber legislature with representation based on population.
E) a two-chamber legislature with representation based on population.
According to the New Jersey Plan, how was representation to be structured in Congress?
A) States would have equal representation in one house and population-based representation in the other.
B) Representation was to be based on the three-fifths compromise.
C) There would be one house, and representation in it would be based on population.
D) There would be population-based representation in both houses.
E) There would be one house, and all states would have equal representation in it.
One similarity between the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan was that both plans
A) left unspecified how many people might comprise the executive.
B) provided for a legislature with two houses.
C) based representation on state population.
D) provided for a plural executive.
E) provided for a unicameral legislature.
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