Seeds of Rebellion
Constitutions
Part I
Constitutions
Part II
(Miscellaneous) Process, Ratification & Political Parties
The Early Republic
100
This was the first document to limit a king's power.
What is the Magna Carta?
100
This counted three-fifths of the slaves in any state for taxation and representation.
What is the three-fifths compromise?
100
He was the member of the Constitutional Convention primarily responsible for most of the ideas that were incorporated into the Constitution.
Who is James Madison?
100
According to Thomas Jefferson and the Republican Party, political power should be held by these people who were close to the earth.
Who are farmers?
100
Many Americans believed this series of laws violated freedom of speech.
What are the Alien and Sedition Acts?
200
This inspired America to have a two-house legislative branch.
What is the British Parliament?
200
When power is shared between the state and national levels of government.
What is federalism?
200
In this, citizens choose representatives to make laws for them.
What is a republic?
200
This group was against ratification of the Constitution because they felt it gave too much power to the national government.
Who are the Antifederalists?
200
The purchase of the Louisiana Territory during Jefferson's presidency roughly extended the western border of the U.S. here.
What are the Rocky Mountains?
300
The ideas of these three Enlightenment figures influenced the writing of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.
Who are Locke, Rousseau and Montesquieu?
300
Under this, America had a weak federal government and strong state governments.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
300
This showed our nation's leaders that the Articles of Confederation did not work and needed to be changed.
What is Shays's Rebellion?
300
Washington’s response to this demonstrated that the new constitution and government were capable of handling difficult situations.
What is the Whiskey Rebellion?
300
When George Washington became president, this was the western boundary of the U.S.
What is the Mississippi River?
400
This was the first document written in America that established the idea of self-government and majority rule.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
400
These led to slavery being banned in the Northwest territory, land being set aside for schools and explaining how a territory could become a state.
What is the Land Ordinance of 1785 and the Northwest Ordinance of 1787?
400
The phrase “endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights” refers to this idea.
What is the idea that all people are born with natural rights that cannot be taken away?
400
This describes Alexander Hamilton's way of interpreting the constitution (do not use the word interpretation, use the other word that means the same thing).
What is a loose construction?
400
To control of the Mississippi River and the Port of New Orleans and to have more land for the country for farming was Jefferson's motivation for this.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
500
This led to encouraging greater religious enthusiasm and political independence.
What is the Great Awakening?
500
The Great Compromise resolve the debate over representation at the Constitutional Convention by establishing this (give all of the details).
What is a two-house system with one house based on equal representation and one house based on proportional representation (based on population)?
500
Limiting the government's power and protecting individual rights.
What is the main purpose of the constitution?
500
These three must approve in order for a bill to become a law.
Who are the President, Senate and the House of Representatives?
500
"It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world, so far, I mean, as we are not at liberty to do it, for let me not be understood as capable of patronizing infidelity to existing engagements," was a way for George Washington to warn America to do this.
What is staying neutral in foreign affairs?
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