What are the three main parts of the constitution?
100
popular sovereignty
limited government and the rule of law
separation of powers
checks and balances
federalism
What are the five principles?
100
a group of individual state governments that unite for a common purpose.
What is a confederation?
200
The Northwest Ordinance.
What was the second ordinance?
200
George Washington.
Who did the delegates choose to guide the convention?
200
legislative branch, executive branch, and judicial branch.
What are Articles 1, 2, and 3 called.
200
The Constitution limits the power of both the federal and state governments.
What does the constitution limit?
200
a form of government in which power is divided between the federal, or national, government and the states.
What is federalism?
300
They created a one-house legislature in which each state had one vote.
What did the Articles of Confederation create?
300
Independence Hall.
Where did the convention or meeting take place?
300
An amendment.
What is any change to the constitution called?
300
enumerated, reserved, and concurrent.
What are the three types of powers?
300
the introduction to the constitution.
What is the preamble?
400
Some people lost land and had no jobs.
What problems after the war caused Shay's Rebellion?
400
The Electoral College
Some thought Congress should elect the president. Others wanted the people to have this right. What was the solution?
400
Article one lists the powers of congress.
What does article 1 list?
400
The constitution.
What is the highest law?
400
Government can only do what the people allow it to do
What is limited government?
500
Congress could not pass a law unless nine states voted for it.
Any attempt to amend or change the Articles required all 13 states to agree.
When congress passed laws it couldn't enforce them.
No one to ensure that laws were obeyed.
The Confederation Congress didn't have the power to tax.
What are the weaknesses of the Articles?
500
federalists supported the constitution and anti-federalists opposed it.
What is the difference between federalists and anti-federalists?
500
they explain the branches of government and their powers.
What are the purposes of articles one, two, and three of the Constitution?
500
enumerated power- power given only to the federal government
reserved powers- powers only given to the state
concurrent powers- powers that are shared by both the state and federal government
What are enumerated powers, reserved powers, and concurrent powers?
500
The delegates decided that every five enslaved persons would equal three free persons.