Before the Constitution
The first Plan of Government
What is the Articles of Confederation?
Number of Amendments in the Bill of Rights
What is 10?
The main power of Congress with regards to the law
What is " make the laws"?
Branch that enforces the law.
What is the Executive Branch?
Freedoms listed in the 1st Amendment?
What is Freedom of speech, religion, the press, assembly, and to petition
Branch interprets the laws
What is the Supreme Court?
The other name for National Powers
What is delegated
Power to declare war, make peace, and establish trade with other nations.
What is a delegated power?
Name 2 weaknesses of the AOC
What is could not levy taxes, settled domesticate disputed, or enforce laws. Had no judicial or executive branches.
The military is a branch of government (True/False)
False
The 3 parts of the Constitution
What is the Preamble, Articles, and Amendments?
Minimum age to be a member of the senate
What is 30?
Minimum age to be president
What is 35?
Their position is for life
What is the Supreme Court?
The other name for States powers
What are Reserved powers
Power to tax, build roads, and regulate banks
What is a shared power
Name a Strength of the AOC - or something it did well
What is the Northwest Ordinance, freed slaves in the new territory, or established the US Post Office.
Number of years of each Presidential election
What is 4 years?
What is ratify?
What is to approve or validate.
What are the Articles define the 3 branches of government?
What are Articles I-III?
The total number of Amendments in the Constitution
What is 27?
What is Congress?
The 2 parts of the Legislative Branch is called
What do we called the powers "Shared" between the Nation and the States?
What is Concurrent?
Power to regulate local governments, public schools, and marriage and divorce.
What is a reserved power.
Name 3 States created out of the northwest territory
What are Wisconsin, Illinois, Minnesota, Michigan, Ohio, and Indianna
Determines the number of representatives a state has in the House of Representatives
What is population?
What is the 3rd Amendment?
No Quartering of soldiers
A check of the Executive Branch to deny a bill/decision from the Legislative Branch from becoming law.
What is a veto?
Prohibits unreasonable searches of a person's property
What is the 4th Amendment?
This official can be born only in the U.S while other government officials can be born anywhere else in the world
Who is the President?
This is a power that isn't directly stated in the constitution but may be necessary and proper for the country - AKA - elastic clause.
What is "Implied" powers
Has the power to impeach the president.
What is congress?
What was the date of the Northwest Ordinance
What is 1787
Explains why the Constitution was written - sets goals.
What is the Preamble?
Who is the Head of State and Commander in Chief?
The President
What is check and balances?
No branch of government can be too powerful
Compromise between the Federalists and the Anti-Federalist?
What is the Bill of Right?
The Western Boundary of the USA in 1789?
What is the Mississippi River?
System of sharing of powers invented by Benjamin Franklin
What is Federalism?
This term means to approve or raise taxes
What is levy?