VOCABULARY
VOCABULARY 2
BIG STATES VS. SMALL STATES
FEDERALISTS/ANTIFEDERALISTS
THE FIRST PRESIDENT
100
The laws and plan of a nation's government.
What is a Constitution? 
100
The part of the government that settles differences about the meanings of laws.
The Judicial Branch.  (The Supreme Court)
100
A two house Legislature is called a.....?


Which prefix means 2?  Example...2 wheels...

a Bicameral Congress.  
100
The group that supported a strong Central Government.
The Federalists.
100
Who was the First President of the USA?
Who was George Washington?
200
Land that belongs to a national government but is not a state.  
What is a Territory? 
200
To Approve
What is to Ratify?
200
What were the two Plans for the Constitution?  Named after 2 different states.
The Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan
200
The Group that supported more states' rights
Who were the Anti-Federalists?
200
What kind of job did George Washington have after becoming president?
What is an extremely hard job?
300
Who wrote the Articles of Confederation?
What was The Second Continental Congress in 1777?
300
A change or Addition to a document.
What is an Amendment?
300
The Virginia Plan favored which sized states?


Large or Small?

What  are large states?
300
The first ten amendments to the United States Constitution are called.....
The Bill of Rights.
300
How many 4-year terms did George Washington serve as president?
What are 2 4-year terms (8 Years)?
400
A large gathering of people for a particular reason
What is a convention?
400
The part of the government that enforces the laws.
What is the Executive Branch?
400
The New Jersey Plan favored which sized states?


Large or Small?

What are small states?
400
Why didn't the Federalists want the Bill of Rights?
Why did we need to protect ourselves from ourselves?
400
Please name 2 of 4 things Washington accomplished in 8 years.
What are 1) He kept the United States out of war, 2) He raised enough money to pay off the country's war debt, 3) He established a national bank (Hamilton's idea), & 4) He set up a money system.
500
A settling of differences where both sides give up something.
What is a Compromise?  
500
Part of the Executive Branch that advises the President of the United States.
What is the Cabinet?  Example: Secretary of Defense.  
500
The Great Compromise, by Sherman from Connecticut, did what for the United States Congress?
Two Houses.  The Senate would have 2 members per state and the House would be based on population. (Now 435 members).  
500
In what year or how long after the ratification of the Constitution, were the Bill of Rights added ?
In 1791 or 4 years later.
500
Why was the Capital moved to Washington DC?  (HINT:  Another Compromise)
It was a compromise for establishing the Central Bank.  Hamilton promised if South accepted the bank, then the capital would move further south.  (Southern Fear of a strong North).  
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