Articles of Confederation and the Constitution
The Articles of the Constitution
Vocabulary
The Bill of Rights
Miscellaneous
100
Who had more power under the Articles of Confederation?
What is the states
100
How many articles were originally part of the Constitution?
What is 7
100
to cancel
What is to veto
100
How many amendments are part of the Bill of Rights?
What is 10
100
How many Supreme Court Justices are there?
What is 9
200
What was the purpose of the Constitutional Convention?
What is originally, to fix the Articles of Confederation, but later to draft a new form of government (the Constitution)
200
What do articles I, II, and III discuss?
What is the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Branches
200
To bring charges against a public official
What is impeach
200
What is the purpose of the Bill of Rights?
What is to protect the rights of the American people
200
Name the people who supported the Constitution and those who opposed the Constitution
What is the Federalists and the Antifederalists
300
Name 3 problems of the Articles of Confederation
What is powerless, weak, failing; no central military; no power to tax; no way to hold the states accountable to the federal government
300
This article discusses amendments. Which one is it?
What is the Fifth Article
300
To formally approve
What is ratify
300
What do the fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth amendments all have in common?
What is they deal with the rights of the accused.
300
Define Due Process
What is the fair application of the law; everyone is treated fairly and fully under the law
400
When was the Constitution ratified and when did it go into effect?
What is ratified in 1878 and into effect in 1788
400
Article II discusses the qualifications of Senators and Representatives. Name 2 qualifications of a Senator and 2 of a Representative
What is a Senator must be 30 years old, must be a U.S. citizen for 9 years, and must live in the state they represent. A Representative must be 25 years old, have been a U.S. citizen for 7 years, and live in the state they represent.
400
Principle of government that says the people of the U.S. hold the final power; power lies within the people
What is popular sovereignty
400
What two amendments do people argue are out of date and why?
What is the second and third. Second, because we don't have state militias and guns today are not the same as the past and are too powerful. Third, because no one will be forced to house or quarter soldiers
400
Define a naturalized citizen.
What is a person born in another country who has been granted citizenship in the US
500
The compromise that set up the system we use in Congress (bicameral, House of Reps and Senate) today is called?
What is the Great Compromise
500
Which two articles of the Constitution discuss federal powers and state powers?
What is the Fourth Article (states powers) and the Sixth Article (national powers)
500
Principle of government that the power is divided between the national government and the state governments
What is federalism
500
Name the five freedoms that the First Amendment guarantees
What is freedom of speech, petition, religion, press, assembly
500
What are delegated, reserved, and concurrent powers? Give an example of each.
What is Delegated: powers given to the national government; reserved: powers given to the states; concurrent: powers shared by the national and state governments. Delegated (coin money, regulate interstate trade, declare war), reserved (license professionals, regulate trade in state, make traffic laws, marriage and divorce laws), concurrent powers (taxation)
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