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Vocabulary
100
What was the first constitution of the United States?
What is Articles of Confederation
100
The plan that had a two house legislative branch based off of population?
What is the Virginia Plan
100
Known as the introduction to the Constitution?
What is Preamble
100
What principle states that the people rule?
What is Popular Sovereignty.
100
Powers for only the state government?
What is reserved powers
200
What is the ordinance used as a model to organize governments for other new territories?
What isNorthwest Ordinance
200
What is the name of the man who led the Constitutional Convention?
What is George Washington
200
The seven main parts of the Constitution?
What is Articles
200
What principle says that the government can only do what the people allow it to do?
What is Limited Government
200
Powers for both governments?
What is Concurrent Powers
300
What was the event where a man being taxed by the government and 1200 other people attacked an arsenal in Massachusetts?
What is Shays's Rebellion
300
The plan where there is one house and each state gets one vote
What is the New Jersey Plan
300
What are the changes of the Articles called?
What is Amendments
300
Power that is shared by the federal and state governments?
What is Federalism
300
What branch enforces the laws?
What is Executive Branch
400
The list of basic freedoms and legal protections that the citizens enjoyed? (life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness)
What is the Bill of Rights
400
What is the name of the Compromise that solved the problem for enslaved African Americans counting towards the population of a state?
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise
400
What does Article II explaining?
What is the executive branch and its powers
400
What principle says the powers are broken into 3 branches?
What is Separation of Powers
400
What is "to vote approval of" ?
What is ratify
500
The number of states required to change the Articles of Confederation?
What is 13
500
The name of the group of people who select the president and vice-president?
What is the Electoral College
500
What does Article IV explain?
What is the relationship between the state and federal government.
500
Which principle states that each branch has the power to check or limit the other branches?
What is Checks and Balances
500
What are powers only for the federal government?
What is Enumerated Powers
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