Articles of Confederation
True or False
The Articles of Confederation was a loose alliance of states with a weak central government?
What is True?
What is one thing debated at the Constitutional Convention?
What is representation in Congress or slavery or federal vs state government?
What are the three branches of our government?
What are Legislative, Executive, and Judicial?
What amendment guarantees the right to "bear arms?"
What is the 2nd amendment?
True or False?
Congress is in charge of declaring war
What is True?
True or False
A strength with the Articles was that the Congress could enforce laws?
What is False?
What "plan" of government favored small states by giving them 2 electors per states?
What is the New Jersey Plan?
Who is the President?
Forcing every American to be a Christian is a violation of what amendment?
Who has the power to nominate Supreme Court Justices?
Who is the President?
Under the Articles, who had the most power?
What are the states?
What did the Virginia Plan want?
What is, a strong central government, 2 houses of Congress, and representation based on population?
What branch interprets laws to ensure they are Consitituional?
What is the Judicial Branch?
Cruel and unusual punishment or excessive fines and bail is a violation of what amendment?
What is the 8th amendment?
What does it mean to impeach?
What is, to accuse a public official of committing a crime?
What did the Northwest Ordinance do?
What is, created a plan for how territories to the west could become states in the future?
What was the name of the compromise relating to how to count enslaved persons that was agreed on at the Constitutional Convention?
What is, the Three Fifths Compromise?
During the law making process in the Legislative branch, all laws start out as?
What are, bills?
What is double jeopardy and what amendment is it protected under?
What is charging someone for the same crime twice, and the 5th amendment?
What is federalism?
What is, a system which power is divided between the federal and state governments?
What did Shays' Rebellion show leaders about the Articles of Confederation?
What is, that they needed to fix/change the Articles and make a stronger central government?
How did the Great Compromise use the ideas of the New Jersey and Virginia Plans?
What is, created a 2 house Congress where the House of Representatives representation was based on population (Virginia Plan) and the Senate each state had 2 Senators (New Jersey Plan)?
How long is the term length for a Supreme Court Justice?
What is life?
What are the 3 things we use to categorize the Bill of rights?
What are, individual freedoms, rights of the accused, and a check on government power?
How many years do members of the House of Representatives and the Senate serve?
What is House - 2 years, Senate - 6 years?