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Special Dates
100
What question did the delegates at the Constitutional Convention try to resolve? a. How strong should political parties have to be b. How should representation in congress be divided by states c. What courts should be created should be created besides the supreme court d.How should new immigrants be counted in each state
b. How should representation in congress be divided by states
100
What branch of government is responsible for enforcing laws?
What is the Executive Branch
100
What was the first state to ratify the Constitution?
What is Delaware
100
Why did the writer's of the constitution add checks and balances to the federal government? a. allow leaders to make bolder decisions b. to prevent any one branch from controlling the gov't c. to ensure that all powers belonged to the people d. to set guidelines for making amendments to the constitution
What is b. to prevent any one branch from controlling the gov't
100
Which amendment protects the right to free speech?
What is the 1st amendment
200
What did the Constitution help found?
What is the American Republic
200
What branch of government is responsible for making laws?
What is the Legislative Branch
200
How many amendments were there?
There were 10
200
Where does the government get its power?
What is "From the people."
200
In what year was slave trade banned in other countries?
What is 1808
300
What made people think the national government could not keep order or protect them? a. Boston Massacre b. The New Jersey Plan c. Boston Tea Party d. Shay's Rebellion
What is D. Shay's Rebellion
300
What branch of government decides if laws are fair?
What is the Judicial Branch
300
Who was the 1st President?
Who is George Washington
300
What are the 3 levels of government
What is federal, state, and local
300
This means that all other authority belongs to the states or to the people
What is reserved powers
400
Which compromise solved the issue of counting slaves towards a states total population?
What is the three-fifths compromise
400
What did Gouverneur Morris write?
What is the Preamble to the Constitution
400
Who was the 2nd President?
Who is John Adams
400
This word means an alliance that works to reach common goals
What is "union"
400
In what year did the Twenty-Sixth Amendment lower the voting age from 21 to 18 years old?
What is 1971
500
This vocabulary word means "idea for a new law."
What is bill
500
This vocabulary word means "changes" to the Constitution?
What are amendments
500
The 5th through 8th amendments deal with this. It means that people have the right to a fair trial.
What is due process of law
500
This word means the right to vote
What is suffrage
500
This vocabulary term means to act with qualities that add to a healthy democracy such as obeying laws, serve on juries, and paying taxes.
What is civic virtue
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