Articles of Confederation
What was the first form of government for the United States?
What is the Articles of Confederation?
What was the purpose of the Constitutional Convention?
What is to revise the Articles of Confederation?
What is the idea that government is based on elected representatives serving the people?
What is republicanism?
Who wanted a strong central government and supported the Constitution?
Who are the Federalists?
What is the Bill of Rights?
What is the first ten amendments to the Constitution?
Under the Articles of Confederation, how many branches of government existed?
What is one branch (the legislative branch)?
What did the Virginia Plan propose?
What is representation based on population?
Which English document limited the power of the king and influenced the Constitution?
What is the Magna Carta?
Who opposed the Constitution because they feared a strong central government?
Who are the Anti-Federalists?
Which amendment protects freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition?
What is the First Amendment?
What was one major weakness of the Articles of Confederation?
What is the lack of power to tax or regulate trade?
What did the New Jersey Plan propose?
What is equal representation for all states?
What economic system allows individuals to operate businesses for profit with little government interference?
What is free enterprise?
What did Federalists write to gain support for the Constitution?
What are the Federalist Papers?
Which amendment protects the right to bear arms?
What is the Second Amendment?
Under the Articles of Confederation, who held the most power?
What are the states?
What was the Great Compromise?
What is the creation of a two-house Congress: the Senate (equal representation) and the House of Representatives (representation based on population)?
What document guaranteed certain rights to English citizens and influenced the U.S. Bill of Rights?
What is the English Bill of Rights?
Name one argument the Anti-Federalists made against the Constitution.
What is the lack of a Bill of Rights?
Which amendment protects citizens from unreasonable searches and seizures?
What is the Fourth Amendment?
What event showed the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation and led to calls for a stronger government?
What is Shays’ Rebellion?
What was the purpose of the Three-Fifths Compromise?
What is to count enslaved people as three-fifths of a person for representation and taxation?
What principle divides the government into three branches: legislative, executive, and judicial?
What is separation of powers?
Who were two prominent Anti-Federalist leaders?
Who are Patrick Henry and George Mason?
Which amendment reserves powers not given to the federal government for the states and the people?
What is the Tenth Amendment?