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100
This could occur when a territory reached a population of 60,000.
When could a territory apply for statehood?
100
This is the idea of sharing power between federal and state governments.
What is federalism?
100
Many state governments were based of the ideas in this famous document.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
100
Daily Quadruple!
Do you ever feel like a plastic bag? NO, actually, never. Why would I have ever once felt like a plastic bag? Who would ever ask this question? At least it's not in a song or anything crazy like that. Seriously? Stop, put your pencils down, put your answer sheet inside...
100
This was the name of the first constitution/governing system of the United States of America.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
200
Under the first governmental system in the U.S., these had the most power.
What are the states?
200
This term means government by the consent of the governed.
What is popular sovereignty?
200
This term, referring to a legislature, means dividing into two parts, or houses.
What is bicameral?
200
During the early days of government in the U.S., this country closed the lower Mississippi River to Americans.
What is Spain?
200
During the early days of government in the U.S., this country would not allow American trade in the West Indies and refused to remove their troops from the Great Lakes area.
What is Britain?
300
This law established a procedure for surveying and selling western lands.
What is the Ordinance of 1785?
300
This group supported ratifying the Constitution.
Who were the Federalists?
300
This law provided a democratic model for western expansion.
What is the Northwest Ordinance?
300
These two powers were denied to Congress during the time of the 1st governmental system in the United States.
What are the powers to tax and enforce laws?
300
This group opposed ratifying the Constitution.
Who were Antifederalists?
400
This was a meeting of men in Philadelphia, PA, to improve the U.S. system of government and discuss trade.
What was the Second Continental Congress?
400
This rebellion of 1,000 farmers attempting to seize a federal armory scared leaders into reconsidering the U.S. format of government.
What was Shays' Rebellion?
400
This phrase means that laws passed by Congress cannot be against the Constitution.
What is the "Supreme Law of the Land"?
400
This term means the freeing of individual enslaved persons.
What is manumission?
400
These two Enlightenment thinkers most influenced the ideas in the Constitution.
What were Locke and Montesquieu?
500
This was the name of the compromise which led to the adoption of our current U.S. plan of government.
What is the Connecticut Compromise / Great Compromise?
500
These were the two plans of government proposed at the Constitutional Convention.
What were the Virginia and New Jersey Plans?
500
This was the first colony to organize as a state AND create a constitution.
What is New Hampshire?
500
This is what the Constitutional Convention came up with to deal with the issue of slavery.
What is the 3/5 Compromise?
500
These are the names of the branches of government under the U.S. Constitution.
What are Legislative, Executive, and Judicial?
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