This event led showed the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation & led to the passage of a new Constitution.
Why is Shays’s Rebellion an important event in U.S. history?/ What is Shay's Rebellion?
100
House of Representatives
The number of members [of which of these] is affected by state population?
(credit if # of members & state pop. mentioned)
100
To prevent any one branch from becoming too powerful.
What is the purpose of the system of checks & balances?
100
Freedom of: speech, the press, religion, to assemble, to petition government
What are the freedoms included in the 1st Amendment?
100
The first written plan of government for the United States.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
200
The purpose was to revise the Articles of Confederation.
What was the original purpose of the convention in May 1787?
200
To make laws for the country.
What is the primary work of Congress?
200
Raising taxes
What/which is a power that is shared by state & national governments?
200
The right to own guns
What right does the 2nd Amendment protect?
200
The group established by the Constitution to elect the president & vice president. Voters in each state choose their electors.
What is the Electoral College?
300
3 branches of government
What did both the Virginia & New Jersey Plans include?
300
To balance the rights of large & small states.
Why does each state have 2 senators?
300
Trade outside of the country is prohibited.
What is NOT an advantage to having states share a common market?
300
People accused of a crime
Which group is most affected by the rights and protections listed in the table (in the study guide)?
300
A formal listing of the basic rights of U.S. citizens/ the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights?
400
Executive, Legislative, Judicial
What are the 3 branches of government?
400
435 & 100
How many members are in the House of Representatives & the Senate?
400
• to serve as commander in chief of the military forces
• to make treaties
• to nominate ambassadors & Supreme Court justices
• to grant pardons
What are the powers of the executive branch (president)?
400
“You are protected from a search of your property without a search warrant.”
Which words in the table show that a person’s right to privacy is protected?
400
The constitutional system that shares power between the national & state governments.
What is federalism?
500
A series of essays written by James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, & John Jay in support of the ratification of the Constitution by the states.
What are The Federalist Papers?
500
• To decide how to spend tax money
• To raise an army & navy
• To declare war
• To pay government debts
• To grant citizenship
What are different powers of the legislative branch of government?
500
The power of the Supreme Court to decide whether laws & acts made by the legislative and executive branches are unconstitutional.
What is judicial review?
500
The basic freedoms of all people
What is included in the 1st Amendment to the Constitution?
500
An agreement made at the Constitutional Convention stating that enslaved persons would be counted as three-fifths of a person when determining a state’s population for representation in the House of Representatives.