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Vocabulary
100
The Articles of Confederation
What was the first document or Constitution ever used by the United States?
100
George Washington.
Who was the leader of the Constitutional Convention?
100
The Preamble
What is the intro to the Constitution that has 6 main purposes?
100
Popular Sovereignty, Limited Government, Separation of Powers, Checks and Balances, and Federalism.
What are the five principles of the Constitution?
100
A detailed, written plan for government.
Constitution
200
A document that lists rights.
What is a Bill of Rights?
200
The Virginia Plan
What plan had two houses based off of population?
200
The Articles.
What is the part of the Constitution that explains how the government works?
200
People Rule
What does Popular Sovereignty mean?
200
Federalists
People who supported the new Constitution
300
It set up a plan for surveying and divided lands into townships.
What did the Ordinance of 1785 do?
300
The New Jersey Plan
What plan had one house based off of equal representation.
300
The Amendments
What is the part of the Constitution that has all of the changes or additions?
300
The government can only do what the people want.
What does Limited Government mean?
300
The Preamble
The opening section to the Constitution
400
It set up a plan for admitting the new states to the union.
What did the Northwest Ordinance do?
400
Every five slaves counted as three people.
What was the three-fifths compromise?
400
The Bill of Rights.
What are the first 10 amendments called?
400
Checks and Balances allow each branch to keep the others equal.
How are Checks and Balances related to Separation of Powers?
400
Concurrent Powers
Powers that the governments share
500
Shay's Rebellion
What caused the Founding Fathers to reconsider the Articles of Confederation?
500
Electoral College.
How do we elect the President?
500
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How many amendments are there?
500
It means that powers are shared with the national and state governments. Each government gets their own powers and share some.
What does Federalism mean?
500
Rule of Law
Principle of which the law applies to everyone, even those who govern.
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