What is the number of states that were needed to ratify the Articles of Confederation, or to change the Articles?
100
This group of people agreed with the new constitution.
Who were the Federalists?
100
The Preamble, the Articles and the Amendments.
What are the three main parts of the Constitution?
100
This is the ability for one branch of government to limit the power of the other two branches of government.
What is Checks and Balances?
100
Confederation
What is a group of individual states that are united for a common goal?
200
State governments were based on ideals found within it.
How did the Declaration of Independence effects states when they were building their state governments?
200
The Electoral College
How do we elect our president?
200
The powers and roles of the three branches of government.
What is talked about in the first three Articles of the Constitution?
200
Separation of Powers
What is the division of power in the government?
200
The Articles of Confederation
What is the first U.S. Government?
300
Set up a government in the Northwest Territory and provided a plan for admitting new states into the Union.
The Northwest Ordinance did what?
300
It says that Congress has two houses; one base on equal representation and one based on population.
What is the Great Compromise (Connecticut Compromise)?
300
The first ten Amendment are called the Bill of Rights. There have 17 added to the original ten.
What are the first ten Amendments of the Constitution called, and how many amendments have been added to them?
300
The five major principles are popular sovereignty, limited government and the rule of law, separation of powers, checks and balances and federalism.
What are the five major principles of the government?
300
Bicameral
What is the word used to describe a two house congress?
400
One house legislature in which each state got one vote.
How was the Legislative Branch set up under the Articles of Confederation?
400
Benjamin Franklin at age 81
Who was the oldest of the 55 delegates at the Constitutional Convention?
400
There are two steps to ratify the Constitution. Proposal and Ratification. An amendment is proposed when 2/3 of Congress agree to it. The amendment is ratified when 3/4 of the stats agree to it.
How many steps are in the process of Amending the Constitution? Describe both.
400
This is found in Article VI of the constitution and it declares the constitution is supreme law of the land.
What is the Supremacy Clause?
400
Shays' Rebellion
What is the name of the rebellion in Massachusetts that was lead by a farmer named Daniel Shays?
500
The Ordinance of 1785
What ordinance set up a plan for surveying western lands?
500
The delegates chose to build an entirely new government rather than edit the Articles because they thought it needed more than just editing.
Why did the delegates decide to build a new government rather than just edit the Articles?
500
The Judicial Branch uses either strict or loose interpretation to interpret the constitution.
Which branch is responsible for interpreting the constitution? What are two types of interpretation that they use?
500
Enumerated power, Reserved power and Concurrent power.
What are three types of powers that the government has?