Confederation what?
Land things
Convention Time
Constitutional stuff
Constitutional stuff Continued
100
No power to tax
No executive branch and the federal level
No power to enforce the laws the federal government passed.
What are weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation
100
This ordinance outlawed slavery in the newly created territories.
What is the Northwest Ordinance?
100
This man was selected to be the president of the Convention.
Who is George Washington?
100
This was created to try and settle the issue of slavery and state representation in the federal government. It is considered to be one of the worst pieces of law in our history.
What is the 3/5ths Compromise?
100
The ability to remove a sitting President from office is an example of this constitutional principal.
What is checks and balances?
200
This lost state, while never admitted in the United States, exposed a weakness in the Articles of Confederation were too weak.
What is the Lost State of Franklin
200
This law allowed for settlers to purchase western land that was formally owned by the government.
What is the Land Ordinance of 1785?
200
This man is considered the "Father of the Constitution."
Who is James Madison?
200
This part of the US Constitution starts with "We the people in order to create a more perfect Union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility..."
What is the Preamble?
200
This amendment to the US Constitution protects a citizens rights to freedom of speech, freedom of religion, right to peacefully assemble and petition the government.
What is the 1st Amendment?
300
These two events demonstrated the inability of the national government, under the Articles of Confederation, to solve problems of the new nation.
What are Lost State of Franklin and Shays' Rebellion?
300
This ordinance established a path to statehood for the newly created NW Territory.
What is the Northwest Ordinance of 1787
300
This plan called for a unicameral legislature with each state having equal representation-which is a benefit for the "smaller" states.
What is the New Jersey Plan?
300
This constitutional principal is included in the US Constitution with the opening statement in the Preamble; :"We the People."
What is Popular Sovereignty?
300
This ability of the federal and state government to issue an income tax is in line with this constitutional principal.
What is Federalism?
400
Created a federal government with only one branch, the legislature.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
400
This ordinance allowed for the selling of western lands to citizens to help pay off American debt.
What is the Land Ordinance of 1785
400
This plan called for a bicameral legislature where state representation was based upon population; benefited "larger" states.
What is the Virginia Plan?
400
These powers are reserved to the states.
What are the reserved powers?
400
This group of American founders insisted that the US Constitution must include a Bill of Rights in order to ensure citizens liberty and freedoms were protected.
What are the Anti-Federalists?
500
The farmer led rebellion demonstrated that federal governments need to be able to suppress violent rebellions.
What is Shays' Rebellion?
500
Created a system in which newly admitted states would be on equal in the federal government to the original states.
What is the Northwest Ordinance of 1787?
500
This famous compromise created the bicameral legislature of the Federal government; one house based on population and a senate where every state has two senators.
What it the "Great Compromise?"
500
This constitutional principal ensures that no one branch of government has too much power by dividing federal power into 3 different branches.
What is separation of power?
500
This branch of the federal Government has the power and responsibility to enforce our nations laws.
What is the Executive Branch?