The Articles of Confederation were weak because...
What is the central government had limited power
100
The Compromise that dealt with the counting of the slave population for representation
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise
100
The Right to Bear Arms
What is the 2nd Amendment
100
The purpose of checks and balances in the Constitution is...
What is to prevent any one branch of government from becoming too powerful
100
People who supported the Constitution and a strong central government were called:
What is Federalists
200
The man who led a rebellion because he felt that taxes were unfair. His rebellion demonstrated a need for a stronger central government
Who is Daniel Shays
200
The plan at the Constitutional Convention that called for a strong national government with three branches and a two-chamber legislative....favored by LARGER states
What is the Virginia Plan
200
The right to a trial jury
What is the 7th Amendment
200
Name the three Branches of Government:
What is The Executive, Legislative, and Judicial Branch
200
People who did not support the Constitution and a weak central government were:
What is Anti-Federalists
300
One reason that the Articles of Confederation was weak was..
What is there was no president to execute laws and no courts to settle disputes between states
300
The plan at the Constitutional Convention that called for three branches of government with a single chamber legislature...favored by SMALLER states
What is the New Jersey Plan
300
The right to remain silent and the right to an attorney
What is the 5th Amendment
300
They make the laws
What is the Legislative Branch
300
What is the maximum number of terms a president can serve in office?
What is 2 terms (8 years)
400
The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 established a model for later settlement by providing for the:
process of territories to become states
400
The plan at the Constitutional Convention that settled the differences between large and small states
What is the Great Compromise
400
The right to freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom to assemble, freedom of petition
What is the 1st Amendment
400
They interpret the laws
What is the Judicial Branch
400
What is the elastic clause?
What is Congress has the power to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying out its specific duties. It enables Congress to stretch its powers to deal with the changing needs of the nation.
500
Why was it very difficult to create a new government after the Revolutionary War?
What is the states had disagreements about everything.
500
Agreement at the Constitutional Convention that three fifth of the slaves in any state be counted in its population
What is The Three-Fifths Compromise
500
Why were the first ten amendments added to the Constitution?
What is to protect the rights of individuals from the government
500
They enforce, or carry out, the laws
What is the Executive Branch
500
To support the ratification of the Constitution, the writers agreed to add: