American Gov. History
This document was the first attempt at writing a constitution?
What is Articles of Confederation
This man was appointed first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court?
Who is John Jay
One of the three branches of government, headed by the president.
What is Executive Branch
After the revolution, this was abolished by most states as a qualification for voting?
What is property
The growing of this new crop in the South spurred the settlement of Alabama and Mississippi and spread slavery westward
What is cotton
This president was the first to live in the White House?
Who is John Adams
Part of the legislative branch, made up of a number of elected representatives from each state based on population.
What is the House of Representatives
full political privileges, protected by U.S., and owes loyalty to U.S
What is Citizen
The agreement to have the upper house based on two men from each state and the lower house of Congress based on population so that large and small states would both be satisfied is known as?
What is the Great Compromise
This Federalist served as the first Secretary of the Treasury and advanced policies that favored the wealthy finance man and seaport merchants of the northeastern U.S.?
Who is Alexander Hamilton
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Writes, debates, passes bills into law
What is the Judicial powers of the legislative branch
allows a person to cross borders
What is Passports
This series of 85 essays published in American newspapers by James Madison, John Jay and Alexander Hamilton argued the need for a strong central government?
What are the Federalists
This Chief Justice of the Supreme Court firmly asserted the Court's power of "judicial review" which recognized that only the Supreme Court can decide the constitutionality of any law
Who is John Marshall
As opposed to a bi-cameral legislature, this is what the framers of the Constitution first considered?
What is a unicameral legislature
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states purpose/time allowed in U.S.
What is Visa
This rebellion which took place in Massachusetts in 1786, challenged the new state government's right to impose property qualifications for voting, levy taxes, put debtors and prison and confiscate property to pay debt
What is Shays Rebellion
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This astute real estate purchase by President Jefferson doubled the country's size in 1893?
What is the Louisiana Purchase
This meeting in Philadelphia in 1787 met to discuss the weaknesses of the Articles of the Confederation and would lay the groundwork for what important document essential to the founding of the United States as a democratic republic?
What is the Constitution
These documents, written by Jefferson in 1784, and 1785, called for the division of the newly available western land to be divided into territories, the use of a grid system to define property lines, established the price of land and the process for statehood?
What are Land Ordinances.