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Vocab
100
The first constitution of the United States
What is the Articles of Confederation?
100
The person chosen to lead the convention.
Who is George Washington?
100
The opening section of the Constitution.
What is the Preamble?
100
One of the Major Principles of Government.
What is Major popular sovereignty, limited government & the rule of law, separation of powers, checks and balances, and federalism.
100
They were supporters of the Constitution.
What is a Federalist?
200
The event that made the people want to change the articles of confederation.
What is Shays Rebellion?
200
The names for the two plans they came up with for the new constitution.
What is The New Jersey Plan and the Virginia Plan?
200
The two ways to amend the constitution.
What is formal and informal?
200
The power given only to the federal government, the powers given only to the state and the powers given to both the state and government.
What is Enumerated power, Reversed power and Concurrent power?
200
This allowed congress to do jobs not listed.
What is Loose interpretation?
300
The first ordinance, it set up a plan for surveying western lands.
What was The Ordinance of 1785?
300
It was that every 5 slaves counted as 3 free people.
What is the three-fifths Compromise?
300
One of the Seven Articles.
What is Article 1 = describe the powers and how it works leg., Article 2 = Describes the power of the executive branch, Article 3 = describes the power of the judicial branch and how it works, Article 4 = explains the relationship of the states and the national gov., Article 5 = Describes how the constitution can change, Article 6 = declares the constitution the supreme law of the land, Article 7 = states how to ratify the constitution.
300
An example of when the Executive branch tried to be more powerful.
What is Watergate scandal?
300
A legislature consisting of two parts, or houses.
What is bicameral?
400
Name a weakness to the Articles.
What is You need 9 of 13 states to pass a law, You need all, 13 states to change the Articles, Congress could pass a law but had no one to enforce it, Congress did not have the power to tax?
400
The thing that made most of the Anti-Federalists change there opinion.
What is The Bill of Rights?
400
The formal ways to amend the constitution, explained.
What is Proposal (an amendment must be proposed by ⅔ of congress or ⅔ of the states) or Ratify it (an amendment must be r by ¾ of the states).
400
Something that states that the constitution is the supreme law of the land.
What is The Supremacy Clause?
400
The idea that power lies with the people.
What is Popular sovereignty?
500
The second ordinance was passed in 1787. A law that set up a government for the Northwest Territory and served as a model for other new territories and as a plan for admitting new states to the Union.
What is Northwest Ordinance?
500
One of the other compromises.
What is Congress could regulate trade but they would not tax exports} Congress would not ban slave trade} When electing the president of the U.S, the U.S will use electoral college} At least 9 to 13 states have to agree to the new state constitution.
500
A change in the Constitution and the number of how many there are.
What are the 27 amendments?
500
What happens when a law that goes against the constitution?
What is being declared in sensational and trowed out?
500
A system in which each branch of government is able to check, or restrain, the power of the others.
What is Checks and Balances?
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