America's Beginning Pt. 1
Types of Government
Constitutional Principles
America's Beginning Pt. 2
Randomly Random
100
This led to protests that eventually spiraled into the revolution.
Taxation
100
“State governments hold most of the power in this form of government”
Confederation
100
“Power is divided and shared between the local, state, and national government”
Federalism
100
What group of people tried to prevent the US Constitution from becoming ratified?
Anti Federalists
100
“Form of government that emphasizes power be divided between the local, state, and national levels of government”
Federalism
200
He served as Washington's aide-de-camp and would later go on to lead the Federalist Party
200
“Instead of voting for others to make government policies, the people make all the public policy.”
Direct Democracy
200
“People are the ultimate controllers of the government aka ‘People Power’”
Popular Sovereignty
200
What was the name of America’s first government that eventually was replaced?
Articles of Confederation
200
What word describes “Changes made to the Constitution”?
Amendments
300
Compromise necessary between southern states and northern states regarding the counting of enslaved persons towards representation in the House of Representatives.
3/5ths Compromise
300
“A government that has total control of people’s lives”
Either one of these words is correct:
- totalitarian
- authoritarian
300
“Government power is divided between the legislative, executive, and judicial branches”
Separation of Powers
300
What is the name of the document that officially freed the 13 colonies from England?
Declaration of Independence
300
“Type of democracy whereby people elect others to run the government”
Representative Democracy or Indirect Democracy
400
“Economic decisions are decided in markets through the interaction of buyers and sellers”
Market Economy
400
“Form of government whereby the national government has more power than the state governments”
Unitary Government
400
“Each branch has the ability to prevent other branches from becoming too powerful”
Checks and Balances
400
What is the name of the list of liberties added to the Constitution in order to help ratify the document?
Bill of Rights
400
“Type of democracy that allows the people to choose both the legislative branch and the executive branch”
Presidential Democracy
500
This prompted the Battle of Lexington and Concord, the first battle of the American Revolution.
The shot heard around the world
500
“Type of democracy whereby the people elect the legislative branch, and the legislative branch chooses the executive”
Parliamentary Democracy
500
“Courts have the power to review government actions/laws and determine whether they are constitutional”
Judicial Review
500
What were the conflicting visions for the future of the United States?
Jeffersonian Republic of small farmers v. Hamilton's vision for an industrial nation
500
"The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people." is a quote from what constitutional amendment?
The tenth amendment