Bill of Rights
What are the first 8 amendments aiming to protect?
Individual Rights
Who has the most power under the Articles of Confederation?
States
Name the two houses that make up the legislative branch.
House of Representatives
Senate
When attempting to form a new government, what are Americans most afraid of?
TYRANNY
A national government that has too much power and controls the people similar to what Britain did.
A person chosen or elected to represent a group of people
Delegate
Name three of the five rights included in the first amendment.
Freedom of speech, religion, the press, and the right to peacefully assemble and to petition the government.
What were the Articles of Confederation supposed to do?
Unify the nation
Who makes up the Judicial Branch?
The Supreme Court
What has allowed the United States Constitution to remain effective after more than 200 years?
Control of power and interests through a system of checks and balances.
The system established by the US Constitution that gives each of the branches of government the power to limit the power of the other two
Checks and Balances
Why was freedom of the press included in the Bill of Rights?
Governments blocked the publication of stories they disliked.
Governments forced newspapers to print articles that suited their own purposes.
Why couldn't the United States repay their debt?
The national government couldn't produce money or levy taxes.
What power does the Executive Branch have?
Lead the nation and Enforce laws.
Who wrote the Constitution?
James Madison
having the right to self rule or independent government
Sovereign
Name the two individuals who supported the right to worship freely.
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
What caused Shays' Rebellion?
The inability for farmers to pay back their debts.
Which plan did larger states not like?
New Jersey Plan
Why was adding a Bill of Rights to the Constitution necessary?
To protect individuals and states.
To prevent abuse of power by the federal government.
The group that elects the US president
Electoral College
What do the last two amendments in the Bill of Rights protect?
States' Rights
In regards to credit, what changed in the United States once the British lost the revolution?
Credit could not longer be paid with goods but instead with money.
Explain the process of the Great Compromise.
The Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan are combined.
Two houses taken from the Virginia Plan.
One house is based on equality (New Jersey Plan)
One house if based on population (Virginia Plan)
What kind of government did antifederalists want?
One with a weak national government.
The support of a government where power is shared between the central, national government and that of states or provinces
Federalism