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Vocab
100
Legislature or by the citizens
How is a governor elected?
100
So reporters couldn't hear them and they could speak freely.
Why did Washington order the windows shut?
100
seven.
How many Articles are there?
100
Popular Sovereignty
Which principle means the people have the right to rule?
100
A legislature consisting of two parts, or houses
What is a bicameral?
200
Articles of Confederation
What document became the first constitution of the USA?
200
Two houses based on population
What was The Virginia Plan?
200
The opening section of the Constitution
What is the Preamble?
200
Helps keep the government's power equal.
What does checks and balances do?
200
a group of people named by each state legislature to select the president and vice president
What is an Electoral College?
300
Serious financial problems
What is a problem after the war that cause Shay's Rebellion?
300
One house with equal representatives
What was The New Jersey Plan?
300
Article 2
What Article explains the powers of the Executive Branch?
300
Popular Sovereignty, Limited government and rule of law, Separation of Powers, checks and balances, and federalism.
What are the five principles of the Constitution?
300
Any change in the Constitution
What is an Amendment?
400
Set up a plan for serveying western lands
What did the Ordinance of 1785 do?
400
How slaves counted toward population.
What was the 3/5 compromise?
400
Proposal and ratification
What are the two steps to amending the Constitution?
400
enumerated, reserved, and concurrent power
What are the three types of power?
400
powers granted directly to the national government by the Constitution; another name for expressed powers
What is enumerated power?
500
Congress couldn't pass a law unless 9 states agreed to it
What was the first weakness of the Articles?
500
People who supported the new Constitution. People how went against the new Constitution.
What were federalists? What were Anti- Federalists?
500
There are 27 and the Bill of Rights
How many amendments are there and what do we call the first 10?
500
the clause in Article VI of the Constitution that makes federal laws prevail over state laws when there is a conflict
What is the Supremacy Clause?
500
an uprising of Massachusetts farmers who did not want to lose their farms because of debt caused by heavy state taxes after the American Revolution
What is Shay Rebellion?
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