The Articles of Confederation
Each state had this many votes in Congress under the Articles of Confederation.
1
Article five discusses how to change the Constitution. What is this action called?
An Amendment
This Article describes the office of the President and his/her powers.
Article II
The three types of government systems are Federal, __________, and __________.
Confederal, and Unitary
2 members represent each state in this chamber of Congress.
The Senate
The Articles had no executive (leader), or what we call the ______________ under our Constitution.
President
The idea for the House of Representatives came from what plan?
The Virginia Plan
The Supreme Court
Powers that are shared by the federal and state governments are known as...
Concurrent Powers
The section of the Constitution that says federal law overrules any state law is known as the...
Supremacy Clause
The Articles of Confederation prevented the federal government from doing this, crippling its ability to function.
Collect taxes
This was added to the Constitution shortly after it was written to appease people who worried it didn't do enough to protect individual rights.
The Bill of Rights
When the Preamble says "We the people..." it establishes what principle?
Self-Government
Powers that the federal government does not have are said to be ____________ to the states.
Reserved
An amendment requires a _____ vote in Congress followed by _____ of the state legislatures voting "yes" on the Amendment.
2/3, 3/4
Representatives met in 1787 to re-write the Articles in this US city.
Philadelphia
This compromise settled the debate about how African slaves should be counted by the US government.
The Three-Fifths Compromise
Article Seven mentions what about the Constitution?
The Ratification Process
The power to declare war is this type of power
Expressed
The idea that representatives in government be based on population is known as...
proportional representation
One of the few successes of the Articles was the ___________ ___________ of 1787, which established rules for statehood.
Northwest Ordinance
The Great Compromise, which established Congress as a two-chamber body, was presented by a delegate from this state.
Connecticut
The Constitution has been amended this many times in its over 200-year history.
27
Which article of the Constitution describes Federalism?
Article VI
This Western Massachusetts revolt dramatically exposed some of the weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation.
Shays’ Rebellion