AOC
True or False: Congress had the power to tax under the Articles of Confederation?
False
What document is based on concepts from the Virginia Declaration of Rights and the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedoms?
Bill of Rights
Who is known as the father of the Constitution?
James Madison
Which branch of governments role is to carry out the laws of the land?
Executive
What is Federalism?
A system of balancing power between state and federal governments
Colonists didn't want another king so they deliberately created a ________ central government with the Articles of Confederation.
weak
Which two Amendments deal with interaction with the law?
4th and 5th
Shay's Rebellion led directly to the...
Constitutional Convention
Which legislative body's membership under the U.S. Constitution is based on a states population?
House of Representatives
Who was the president of the Constitutional Convention held in Philadelphia, PA?
George Washington
Why were the Articles of Confederation was never changed?
Any change required all thirteen states to agree
Any government role or action not granted the federal government is left to the....
State governments
At the Constitutional Convention where did the concept of a three branch government come from?
James Madison's Virginia Plan
Which branch of government's role it to create the laws?
Legislative
Which group argued that the checks and balances present in the Constitution would prevent any branch from acquiring tyrannical power?
Federalists
Which group believed that a strong government would eventually usurp (or take over) people's rights and the power of the states?
Anti-Federalists
What idea would come from Thomas Jefferson's Virginia Statute for Religious Freedoms?
Freedom of Religion
The founding fathers knew the Constitution would have to evolve as society changed so they...
set up a process for amending it
Which branch of government's role is to interpret the laws created?
Judicial
Which group at the Constitutional Convention would have argued that a Bill of Rights was not necessary because the Constitution was already written to protect basic rights?
Federalists
What principal is shared by both the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution of the United States?
Limited Government
Which amendments to the US Constitution was directly influenced by the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom?
First
Which document most directly influenced the first 10 amendments to the US Constitution?
Virginia Declaration of Rights
The system of checks and balances in the Constitution allows each branch of government to...
limit the powers of the other two branches
What compromise at the Constitutional Convention tried to solve the problem with Southern states wanting their slaves to count towards population for representation?
Three-Fifths rule